This Sunday, Eastern Australia time, in Ocha & Chat (Tea and Talk), weโll practise using:
past tense verbs
past negative verbs
Weโll also continue our Interactive Story to develop our Japanese understanding and practise speaking together ๐
๐ง Mini Lesson: Past Tense Verbs
To say something happened in the past:
โ
Positive Past
ใใพใ โ ใใพใใ
Examples:
่กใใพใ โ ่กใใพใใ
ikimasu โ ikimashita
go โ went
้ฃในใพใ โ ้ฃในใพใใ
tabemasu โ tabemashita
eat โ ate
่ฆใพใ โ ่ฆใพใใ
mimasu โ mimashita
watch โ watched
โ Past Negative Verbs
To say something did NOT happen:
ใใพใ โ ใใพใใใงใใ
Examples:
่กใใพใ โ ่กใใพใใใงใใ
ikimasu โ ikimasen deshita
did not go
้ฃในใพใ โ ้ฃในใพใใใงใใ
tabemasu โ tabemasen deshita
did not eat
่ฉฑใใพใ โ ่ฉฑใใพใใใงใใ
hanashimasu โ hanashimasen deshita
did not speak
๐ฃ๏ธ Example Sentences
ๆจๆฅใๆ ็ปใ่ฆใพใใใ
Kinล, eiga o mimashita.
Yesterday, I watched a movie.
ๆจๆฅใๆฅๆฌ่ชใๅๅผทใใพใใใงใใใ
Kinล, Nihongo o benkyล shimasen deshita.
Yesterday, I did not study Japanese.
๐ Interactive Story
During the call, weโll read and build a story together using:
ใใพใใ
ใใพใใใงใใ
Weโll decide:
where the character went
what they did
what they DIDNโT do ๐
๐ซต Before the Call
Write one sentence:
ๆจๆฅใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใพใใใ
kinou, _____ ~mashita.
ๆจๆฅใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใพใใใงใใใ
kinou, _____ ~masen deshita.
Example:
ๆจๆฅใๆฌใ่ชญใฟใพใใใ
ๆจๆฅใ้ๅใใพใใใงใใใ
Looking forward to chatting together โ๐ฏ๐ต
Can you make it?