BJFZ Lesson Three

BJFZ Lesson Three

Possession

Multiple Choice

Review Question: You and a friend are walking down the street. You see something on the other side of the street that you want to know the word for in Japanese. What is the most accurate question?

• これはなんですか

• それはなんですか

• あれはなんですか

• どれはなんですか

Multiple Choice

Review Question: Your friend hands you something that you want to know the word for in Japanese. What is the most accurate question to ask them?

• これはなんですか

• それはなんですか

• あれはなんですか

• どれはなんですか

What's That? It's Vocab Time?!

ALREADY?!?

Agreeing & Disagreeing Phrases

• そうです

• ちがいます

Notes on Question Words

• Topic is commonly omitted and based on context

• They seldom start sentences

• If they do, it's never followed by particle は

• Instead, が is used in such cases

Open Ended

Let's get creative-- using any vocabulary words, craft a question that begins with any question word we've used so far.

New Particle Alert:

• This particle magically turns the word before it into a possessive!

• The word or phrase that follows BELONGS to the thing before it!

• This can be literal, as in "my explanation" (ぼくの説明）but it can also be a descriptor, like "college me"（大学のぼく）

• Also, it stands in place for objects that are clear from context.

Let's Read a Short Dialogue

よしだ：うえきさん、こんにちは

うえき：こんにちは、よしださん。お久しぶりです。おとうさんはげんきですか。

よしだ：はい、げんきです。それはなんですか。

うえき：これはカメラです。わたしのしゅみです。

よしだ：すごいですね。

うえき：よしださんのしゅみはなんですか。

よしだ：わたしのしゅみはゴルフです。