Japanese Skill:Animals

Animals is the 97th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 5 lessons.

Grammar Notes[]

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Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

ヘビ (he-bi) = snake
カニ (ka-ni) = crab
カメ (ka-me) = turtle / tortoise
海ガメ (u-mi-ga-me) = sea turtle
くじら / クジラ (ku-ji-ra) = whale
海ガメは砂に卵を産む。(u-mi-ga-me-wa-su-na-ni-ta-ma-go-wo-u-mu) = Sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand. ("...lay eggs sand-wise.")
クジラは卵を産まない。(ku-ji-ra-wa-ta-ma-go-wo-u-ma-nai) = Whales do not lay eggs.
ヘビが地面に卵を産んだ。(he-bi-ga-ji-men-ni-ta-ma-go-wo-un-da) = The snake laid its eggs in the ground. ("... laid eggs ground-wise.")
哺乳動物 (ho-nyū-dō-bu-tsu) = mammal ("lactating, or breastfeeding animal / suckle milk animal / suckle milk moving thing")
カメは哺乳動物じゃない。(ka-me-wa-ho-nyū-dō-bu-tsu-ja-nai) = Turtles are not mammals.
[産み, 哺乳類]

Lesson 2[]

網 (a-mi) = grill / wire mesh / net
網で魚を焼いた。(a-mi-de-sa-ka-na-wo-yai-ta) = I roasted a fish on the grill.
巣 (su) = nest
鳥は木に巣を作る。(to-ri-wa-ki-ni-su-wo-tsu-ku-ru) = Birds build their nests in trees.
アリ (a-ri) = ant
くも / クモ (ku-mo) = spider
チョウ (chō) = butterfly
クモが巣を作っているのを見ていた。(ku-mo-ga-su-wo-tsu-ku-tte-i-ru-no-wo-mi-te-i-ta) = I was watching a spider spinning a web. ("I was watching the act of a spider making a nest.")

Lesson 3[]

双子 (fu-ta-go) = twins
彼らは双子です。(ka-re-ra-wa-fu-ta-go-de-su) = They are twins.
パンダ (pan-da) = panda
雌 (me-su) = female
雌猫 (me-su-ne-ko) = female cat
雄 (o-su) = male
雄犬 (o-su-i-nu) = male dog
あのパンダは雄ですか、雌ですか？(a-no-pan-da-wa-o-su-de-su-ka-me-su-de-su-ka) = Is that panda male or female?
君の子猫は雄なの、雌なの？(ki-mi-no-ko-ne-ko-wa-o-su-na-no-me-su-na-no) = Is your kitten male or female?
上野動物園でパンダが双子を産んだ。(u-e-no-dō-bu-tsu-en-de-pan-da-ga-fu-ta-go-wo-un-da) = The panda at Ueno Zoo gave birth to twins.

Lesson 4[]

ライオン (rai-on) = lion
虎 (to-ra) = tigre
後ろでライオンの唸り声がした。(u-shi-ro-de-rai-on-no-u-na-ri-go-e-ga-shi-ta) = I heard the growl of a lion behind me. ("...behind me, at that place.")
虎が唸るのが聞こえた。(to-ra-ga-u-na-ru-no-ga-ki-ko-e-ta) = I could hear a tiger growling. ("I heard a tiger, its act of growling.")
吠える (ho-e-ru) = to bark
吠える犬は噛まない。(ho-e-ru-i-nu-wa-ka-ma-nai) = Barking dogs do not bite. [吠 means 'mouth, dog' while 噛 means 'mouth, teeth'.]
[唸って, 吠えた, 吠え声]

Lesson 5[]

祖先 (so-sen) = ancestor
うちの祖先はワルシャワに住んでいた。(u-chi-no-so-sen-wa-wa-ru-sha-wa-ni-sun-de-i-ta) = My ancestors lived in Warsaw. ("My household's ancestors .../My family's ancestors ... .")
恐竜 (kyō-ryū) = dinosaur
進化 (shin-ka) = evolution
鳥は恐竜から進化したと言われている。(to-ri-wa-kyō-ryū-ka-ra-shin-ka-shi-ta-to-i-wa-re-te-i-ru) = It is said that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
鳥は恐竜から進化したと考えられている。(to-ri-wa-kyō-ryū-ka-ra-shin-ka-shi-ta-to-kan-ga-e-ra-re-te-i-ru) = It is thought that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
進化はどのように生じるのですか？(shin-ka-wa-do-no-yō-ni-shō-ji-ru-no-de-su-ka) = How does evolution take place?
キリン (ki-rin) = giraffe
僕は動物園に行くまでキリンを見たことがなかった。(bo-ku-wa-dō-bu-tsu-en-ni-i-ku-ma-de-ki-rin-wo-mi-ta-ko-to-ga-na-ka-tta) = I had not seen a giraffe before going to the zoo. ("Until the act of going to the zoo (happened), the act of seeing a giraffe did not exist regarding me.")
キリンは馬と同じ祖先から進化した。(ki-rin-wa-u-ma-to-o-na-ji-so-sen-ka-ra-shin-ka-shi-ta) = The giraffe evolved from the same ancestor as the horse. ("The giraffe evolved from a same-with-horse ancestor./ ... evolved from a horse, with, the same, ancestor.")
フクロウ (fu-ku-rō) = owl / owls
緑色のフクロウが私を見ている。(mi-do-ri-i-ro-no-fu-ku-rō-ga-wa-ta-shi-wo-mi-te-i-ru) = The green owl is watching me. 👀
フクロウは昼間は眠る。(fu-ku-rō-wa-hi-ru-ma-wa-ne-mu-ru) = Owls sleep during the day. ("Owls sleep daytime, regarding it.")
フクロウが鳴いていた。(fu-ku-rō-ga-nai-te-i-ta) = An owl was hooting.