To do (verb) - Japanese Lesson 6

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Please view Lesson 5 for more verbs and vocabulary.

In this lesson you will learn a very useful Japanese verb "shimasu" - "to do". Proper sentence structure will also be covered, adding places, people and time to the sentence.

Vocabulary:

shimasu - to do (something)
benkyou o shimasu - to study
shigoto o shimasu - to work
kaigi o shimasu - to have a meeting
kaimono o shimasu - to shop
jogingu o shimasu - to jog
pati o shimasu - to party
tenisu o shimasu - to play tennis
kyou - today
ashita - tomorrow
kino - yesterday
asatte - day after tomorrow
ototoi - day before yesterday
uchi - house
kouen - park
depato - department store
kaisha - company (office building)
gakko - school
tomodachi - friend
sensei - teacher
hisho - secretary

Sentence structure:

Time (day of the week) + Place + de (particle for action at a place) + Person + to (particle for "with whom") + verb

Example:

Ashita kouen de Mary-san to tenisu o shimasu
Tomorrow I play tennis with Mary at the park

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[xXCarouChanXx]

5:10 does it mean " am learning at home" or "i am learning in a house" ?

[JapanSocietyNYC]

@xXCarouChanXx It means "I am learning at home".

[kofum2002]

i love this lady she teaches very nicely and it's easy to understand but i have a question can anybody tell me what "EIGA" means because in the time square example she said that word but i don't get what it means theatre maybe?

[JapanSocietyNYC]

@kofum2002 eiga is movie. eigakan is movie theater. Hope that helps!

[ekgomes]

domo arigato sensei

[Seafood1991]

Thanks for the Lesson ^_^ Really Love your way of teaching.

[AikishurendojoMaroc]

Arigato gozaimasu sensei

[Banoota543]

wo0ow it's amazing .. just now I know how to make crrect sentences in Japanese

I just need to learn more vocabulars and keep them in mind

.

sensei , arigatou gozaimasu

^_^

[quakemaster789]

sensei*

[quakemaster789]

Arigatou Gozaimasu sensi ^^

[bun223]

But using the pictures and then presenting different particles is a good way to teach this concept. If I ever have to sub for a Japanese class again.

[bun223]

wow she's introducing a butt-load of particles at once! We learned most of these over a period of weeks, including the past tense and stuff.

[sexyable5099]

Watashi waa bhutan jen desu. nihongoga sukishi wakarimasu .arigatou gozaimasu sensey.

[TheHuggableAsian]

@ArchWilson there is no difference. dropping the を is optional with polite speech , but when using casual speech  を is dropped to give it a more colloquial sound.