Japanese Sentence Practice for JLPT N5 (eBook)

Japanese Language Proficiency Test N5

Clay Boutwell, Yumi Boutwell (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 1. Auflage
187 Seiten
Kotoba Inc (Verlag)
978-0-00-050133-2 (ISBN)

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Master Japanese One Sentence at a Time-Now with Interactive Online Practice!

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Sentences 1-5

Read each sentence (aloud if possible) and use the vocabulary list and notes for any understanding.

おはようございます。

good morning | (polite ending)

Good morning.

1. おはよう good morning [By itself, this is a casual greeting]

1. ございます [adds politeness to the phrase. おはようございます is a polite set phrase for “Good morning”]

 

今いま、何時なんじですか？

now | what time | is | (question marker)

What time is it now?

1. 今いま now

1. 何なん時じ what time [何なん means "what," and 時じ means "time" or "o'clock"; 何なに on its own is pronounced “なに”, but when combined with other kanji after it, it is often pronounced “なん“.]

1. ですis; be [polite form of だ copula; だ (plain) andです (polite) are used at the end of a sentence following a noun or an adjective]

1. か ? [question marker]

 

水みずを飲のんでもいいですか？

water | (object marker) | drink | even if | good | is | (question marker)

May I drink some water?

1. 水みず water

1. 飲のんでdrink [ て-form of 飲のむ (to drink) to connect to the following particle: も]

1. も [particle that means "also", “too” or "even", but here it is part of the expression ～てもいい which means "it is okay to do ~?"; literally, “Is it okay even if I do ~?”]

1. いい good; okay [～てもいいですか used for requesting something or asking for permission]

1. です [polite copula used after adjectives and nouns]

1. か ? [question particle]

 

 

お名前なまえは何なんですか？

your name | (topic marker) | what | is | (question marker)

What is your name?

1. お名前なまえ your name [honorific お prefix + 名前なまえ; the honorific お is often used to be polite]

1. は [topic particle which indicates the topic of the sentence]

1. 何なん what [While 何 is also pronounced “なに“. When used in the “What’s this” phrase, it’s always “なんですか?”]

1. です is [polite copula]

1. か ? [question particle]

 

これはいくらですか？

this | (topic marker) | how much | is | (question marker)

How much is this?

1. これ this

1. は as for [topic particle]

1. いくら how much [used when asking price or amount of something]

1. です is [polite copula]

1. か ? [question particle]

Fill in the Blank

 

おはよう____________________。

a)ございます

b)です

c)でしょう

d)でした

 

______________、何時なんじですか？

a)きのう

b)今いま

c)来年らいねん

d)時計とけい

 

水みずを＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿もいいですか？

a)読よんで

b)話はなして

c)飲のんで

d)食たべて

 

お名前なまえは＿＿＿＿＿＿ですか？

a)何なん

b)どこ

c)いつ

d)どうして

 

これはいくら_____________？

a)のに

b)ですか

c)どこ

d)何なにか

 

See answers at the end of this chapter

Translation Practice

Now translate each sentence into English. Note, there can be more than one correct answer, but see the first page of this chapter for our translations as well as a complete breakdown of the vocabulary and grammar.

 

おはようございます。

_______________________________________

今いま、何時なんじですか？

_______________________________________

水みずを飲のんでもいいですか？

_______________________________________

お名前なまえは何なんですか？

_______________________________________

これはいくらですか？

_______________________________________

 

Answers and Translations

Here are the answers for the Fill in the Blank as well as our English translations.

1) A, 2) B, 3) C, 4) A, 5) B

Need help understanding why? See below for a translation and explanation for why the correct answer is correct.

 

おはよう____________________。

a)ございます is; are [This is a polite form of ある which means “to be” or “to exist” for inanimate objects. However, おはようございます (good morning) should be memorized as a set phrase.]

b)です is; are

c)でしょう isn’t it

d)でした was; were

 

______________、何時なんじですか？

a)きのう yesterday

b)今いま now [This makes the most sense as it it appropriately sets the question in the present, aligning with the query about the current time]

c)来年らいねん next year

d)時計とけい clock

 

水みずを＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿もいいですか？

a)読よんで read

b)話はなして speak

c)飲のんで drink [You can’t read, speak to, or eat water so, “drinking” is best. The て form with もいい is used for politely asking permission.]

d)食たべて eat

 

お名前なまえは＿＿＿＿＿＿ですか？

a)何なん what [Since this is a question about someone else’s name, “what” makes the most sense.]

b)どこ where

c)いつ when

d)どうして why

 

 

これはいくら_____________？

a)のに although

b)ですか is (question) [Since this is a question about prices, the ですか makes the most sense. The other options do not form a proper question in this context.]

c)どこ...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• ISBN-10: 0-00-050133-6 / 0000501336
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-050133-2 / 9780000501332