FOREIGN LANGUAGE NIHONGO
LESSON 9 ADJECTIVES
MR. ARNEL GINETE JAMIE MARIZ A. LUNIZA
Adjectives Atsui - hot samui - cold (temp)
Muzukashii - difficult yasashii - easy
(NA) Adjectives
Takai - expensive yasui - cheap
Hansamu (na) - Handsome
Takai - high hikui - low
Kirei (na) - beautiful, clean
Shizuka (na) - quiet Hayai - fast usoi - slow
Nigiyaka (na) - lively Hayai - early usoi - late
Yumei (na) - famous
Yasashii - kind kibishii - late
Shinsetsu (na) - kind
Oishii - delicious mazui - bad taste
Genki (na) - healthy, sound, cheerful
Akarui - bright kurai - dark
Hima (na) - free
Benri (na) - convenient (time) Kakoi - handsome minikui - ugly
Suteki (na) - fine, nice, wonderful Omoi - heavy karui - light
Hiroi - wide semai - narrow
(I) Adjectives
Taste - Aji
Ookii - big Chiisai - small
Amai - sweet Suppai - sour
Atarashii - new Furui - old
Karai - hot Koi - thick/strong
ii/yoi - good Warui - bad
Nigai - bitter usui - thin/weak
Atsui - hot tsumetai - cold (touch)
Shiokarai - salty
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Colors Grammar Pattern #2
Shiroi - white Kuroi - black (NOUN) wa dou desu ka.
Akai - red Aoi - blue Q : VMA wa dou desu ka. (NA)
A1 : VMA wa kerei desu.
Kiiroi - yellow Chairoi - brown
A2 : VMA wa suteki desu.
Midori - green Murasaki - purple
Q : VMA wa dou desu ka. (I)
Pinku - pink Orenji - orange A1 : VMA wa takai desu.
Beju - beige A2 : VMA wa chiisai desu.
Grammar Pattern #1
Particle using ga and soshite
(NA) adjective to become negative
Ga - means but (+ -) (- +) adjectives
Hansamu (na) - hansamu ja arimasen Soshite means and (- -) (+ +) adjectives
Kerei (na) - kerei ja arimasen
Suteki (na) - suteki ja arimasen Ex 1. SM depato wa dou desu ka.
-SM depato wa you desu ga, takai desu.
(I) adjective to become negative
-SM depato wa takai desu soshite,
yokunai desu.
Ookii - ooki + kunai
Chiisai - chiisakunai
Ex 2. Nihon tabemono wa dou desu ka.
Samui - samukunai Nihon tabemono wa oishii desu ga, takai
desu.
Oishii - oishikunai
Nihon tabemono wa oishii desu soshite,
yasui desu.
Ex. 3 Borakai wa dou desu ka.
Borakai wa kerei desu ga, takai desu.
Borakai wa shizuka desu soshite, suteki
desu.
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Donna - ______ What kind of ______
(-na adjective) -na noun
(-i adjective) -i noun
(NOUN) wa (donna ______) desu ka.
Machi - town or city
Nomimono - drinks
Gakko - school
Tokoro/Basho - place
Kuruma - car
Q: CEBU wa donna machi desu ka.
A: Cebu wa nigiyaka na machi desu.
Q: Milano san wa donna hito desu ka.
A: Milano san wa hansamu na hito desu.
A: Milano san wa kibishii hito desu.
Q: Sampaguita wa donna hana desu.
A: Sampaguita wa suteki na hana desu.
A: Sampaguita wa shiroi hana desu.
Q: Fuji san wa donna yama desu ka.
A: Fuji san wa kerei na yama desu.
A: Fuji san wa takai yama desu.
