JP2000 Lecture 30 Exercises


What would you say when:

  1. you have just written a letter to your friend in Japan?
  2. you are in the middle of watching a video?
  3. you are about to close the store?
  4. you are in the middle of trying to fix the washer?
  5. you had been thinking about calling him when he visited you?
  6. you had sent a fax when she called you?
  7. you thank your customer for taking the time to come when he is busy?
  8. you apologize to someone for visiting him when he is ill?
  9. the section chief came into the room, when you were in the middle of playing a game on the computer?

Transform the following sentences using ~ (no) ka mo shirenai.

  1. Kyoo wa gogo kara yuki ga furimasu.				今日は午後から雪がふります。
  2. Okane ga nai node, kotoshi wa Nihon ni ikimasen.		お金がないので、今年は日本に行きません。
  3. Yoshida-san wa watashi ni ki ga tsukimasen deshita.		吉田さんは私に気がつきませんでした。
  4. Maiku-san wa Nihongo Nooryoku Shiken ni ochimashita.		マイクさんは日本語能力試験に落ちました。
    
  5. Kono kaisha no shuushoku-shiken wa kanari muzukashii desu.	この会社の就職試験はかなりむずかしいです。
  6. Kono kurasu de Supeingo ga hanaseru no wa Santosu-san gurai	このクラスでスペイン語が話せるのはサントスさんぐらいです。
    desu.
  7. Kimu-san wa kurasu o yasunda koto ga nai kara, kyoo wa byooki	キムさんはクラスを休んだことがないから、今日は病気でしょう。
    deshoo. 

Add an appropriate news source using ~ ni yoru to ...soo desu

  1. Iraku wa kokuren no teean ni dooi-shimashita. 			イラクは国連の提案に同意しました。
  2. Ano futari wa kon'yaku o kaishoo-shimashita. 			あの二人は婚約を解消しました。
  3. Kotoshi no natsu wa kanari atsuku narimasu. 			今年の夏はかなり暑くなります。
  4. Nihon de wa Joshi-dai-see no shuushoku ga totemo muzukashii	日本では女子大生の就職がとてもむずかしいです。
    desu. 
  5. Otooto wa juken-shita daigaku ni hairemasen deshita. 		弟は受験した大学に入れませんでした。
  6. Haha wa gan no shujutsu o ukenakereba narimasen. 		母はがんの手術を受けなければなりません。

Translate into Japanese using ~ gurai.

  1. I have never done a work as troublesome as this.
  2. There is no one as kind as she is.
  3. This kind of math question, even a child can do.
  4. I was so sick that I could not eat or drink anything for a week.
  5. His story was so funny that people could not stop laughing.

Give the Japanese equivalent.

  1. a four and a half mat room
  2. 120 x3.3²
  3. job shortage
  4. write a test
  5. graduate from the university
  6. pass the exam
  7. go for an interview
  8. attend a class
  9. skip a class
  10. get on a bus
  11. get off the subway
  12. apply for a company
  13. make a hotel reservation
  14. be fired
  15. make an excuse


© Norio Ota 2011