Japanese Skill:Hobby 3

Hobby 3 is the 44th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 6 lessons.

Grammar Notes[]

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Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

テニス (te-ni-su) = tennis
野球 (ya-kyu-u) = baseball (やきゅう)
練習 (ren-shuu) = practice; training; drill (れんしゅう)
野球の練習 (ya-kyu-u-no-ren-shuu) = baseball practice (やきゅうのれんしゅう)
練習があります (ren-shuu-ga-a-ri-ma-su) = there is practice (れんしゅうがあります)
上手 (jou-zu) = good at (じょうず)
下手 (he-ta) = bad/not good at (へた)
結婚する (ke-kkon-su-ru) = to get married (けっこんする)
Normalizing verbs (activities) to describe them (with adverbs):
- Use the verb (activity) you want to talk about in Plain Form (they always end with an う sound)
  - 泳ぐ (oyo-gu) = to swim (およぐ)
  - 食べる (ta-be-ru) = to eat (たべる)
  - 勉強する (ben-kyou-su-ru) = to study (べんきょうする)
- Add the particle の after the verb:
  - 泳ぐの (oyo-gu-no) = swim/swimming (およぐの)
  - 食べるの (ta-be-ru-no) = eat/eating (たべるの)
  - 勉強するの (ben-kyou-su-ru-no) = study/studying (べんきょうするの)
- Add the particle が + adverb:
  - 泳ぐのがはやいです (oyo-gu-no-ga-ha-ya-i-de-su) = (I) swim fast/(My) swimming is fast (およぐのがはやいです)
  - 食べるのがすきです (ta-be-ru-no-ga-su-ki-de-su) = (I) like to eat; (I) like eating (たべるのがすきです)
  - 勉強するのが上手です (ben-kyou-su-ru-no-ga-jou-zu-de-su) = (I'm) good at studying (べんきょうするのがじょうずです)
泳ぐ (oyo-gu) = to swim (およぐ)
泳ぐのが上手 (oyo-gu-no-ga-jou-zu) = good at swimming (およぐのがじょうず)
勉強+する (ben-kyou-su-ru) = to study (べんきょうする)
勉強するの (ben-kyou-su-ru-no) = studying (べんきょうするの)
面白くする (o-mo-shi-ro-ku-su-ru) = makes it interesting (おもしろくする)
するの (su-ru-no) = playing
疲れる (tsuka-re-ru) = ₍₁₎ to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; (...) (v1, vi) (つかれる)
疲れます (tsu-ka-re-ma-su) = it is tiring (つかれます)

Lesson 2[]

サッカー (sa-kkaa) = soccer/football
アニメ (a-ni-me) = anime
カラオケ (ka-ra-o-ke) = karaoke
走るの (hashi-ru-no) = to run (はしるの)
字 (ji) = handwriting/writing neatly (じ)
行く (i-ku) = to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location) (いく)
行くの (i-ku-no) = going to (いくの)
行く時間です (i-ku-ji-kan-de-su) = it is time to go (いくじかんです)

Lesson 3[]

漫画 (man-ga) = manga/comic books (まんが)
撮る (to-ru) = to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.) (とる)
写真を撮るの (sha-shin-o-to-ru-no) = taking photos (しゃしんをとるの)
見る (mi-ru) = to see; to look; to watch; to view (みる)
見るの (mi-ru-no) = watching (みるの)
歌う (uta-u) = to sing; to compose or recite a poem (うたう)
歌うの (uta-u-no) = singing (うたうの)
読む (yo-mu) = to read; to recite; to chant (よむ)
読むの (yo-mu-no) = to read/reading (よむの)
弾く (hi-ku) = to play (a stringed instrument or keyboard) (ひく)
弾くの (hi-ku-no) = to play/playing (a musical instrument (ひくの)
楽しいです (ta-no-shi-i-de-su) = it is fun/enjoyable (たのしいです)
引く (hi-ku) = to play (a stringed instrument or keyobard); to look up (in a dictionary); to consult (ひく)
ピアノを引くのは難しいです (piano o-hi-ku-no-wa-mu-zu-ka-shii-de-su) = it is hard to play piano
厚い (a-tsu-i) = thick (book)
太い (fu-to-i) = thick (pipe)
薄い (u-su-i) = thin (book)
細い (ho-so-i) = thin (pipe)

Lesson 4[]

だ (da) = it is, isn't it
ゆっくり (yu-kku-ri) = slow; slowly
行く時間だ (i-ku-ji-kan-da) = it is time to go (いくじかんだ)
と = used as a quotation particle
頼む (tano-mu) = ₍₁₎ to ask; to request; to beg; (v5m, vt) (たのむ)
頼みました (ta-no-mi-ma-shi-ta) = I asked (たのみました)
(action) + と + 頼みました ((action) + to + tano-mi-ma-shi-ta) = asked to do (the action)
多分 (ta-bun) = probably (たぶん)
簡単 (kan-tan) = simple; easy; uncomplicated (かんたん)
思う (omo-u) = ₍₁₎ to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon (v5u, vt) (おもう)
思います (o-mo-i-ma-su) = I think (おもいます)
思いますか？(o-mo-i-ma-su-ka) = do you think? (おもいますか)
掃除をする (sō-ji-o-su-ru) = clean
もうすぐ (mo-u-su-gu) = soon; shortly; before long; nearly
くると思います (ku-ru-to-o-mo-i-ma-su) = think (she) will come
読んでと頼みました (yon-de-to-ta-no-mi-ma-shi-ta) = asked (him) to read

Lesson 5[]

ボール (boo-ru) = ball
投げる (na-ge-ru) = ₍₁₎ to throw; to hurl; to fling; to toss; to cast (v1, vt) (なげる)
投げ (na-ge) = to throw (なげ)
投げて (na-ge-te) = throw it (なげて)
投げてください (na-ge-te-ku-da-sai) = please throw it (なげてください)
投げました (na-ge-ma-shi-ta) = I threw it (なげました)
蹴る (ke-ru) = ₍₁₎ to kick (v5r, vt) (ける)
蹴ってください (ket-te-ku-da-sai) = please kick it (けってください)
蹴りました (ke-ri-ma-shi-ta) = I kicked it (けりました)

Japanese Skill:Hobby 3

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