3.1.9 Thanks, But I Can't Have That

Learners can:

• to describe dietary restrictions

Lesson Overview

• から　kara： Because (ending particle after verb)

  (verb) + kara

  Suki desu kara : Because I like

  Gakkou ni ikimasu kara : Because I will go to school

  
  

• でも　demo： But (Always place this particle on the front of the sentence)

  Nihongo ga muzukashii desu. Demo, suki desu.

  Japanese is hard. But, I like it.

  
  

Today's New Particle

• たべます　　Tabemasu　　To eat

• のみます　　Nomimasu　   To drink

• あります　　Arimasu　　  To exist for non-living object (I have.../There are/There is)

  To conjugate these verb into negative form, always drop the "~masu" and change it with "~masen"

Today's Verb

The Japanese potential form function expresses the ability or possibility to do the action described by the verb. For example:

In this lesson, we will learn how to conjugate the "future/present form" into the "potential polite positive form" and "potential polite negative form."

Potential Form

• Group 1 – Godan verb:

The formula is to drop the “masu” and change the last “i” syllable to the “e” sounds of the column and add “masu” again.

Nomimasu ➔ Nomi ➔ Nome ➔ Nomemasu : I can drink

Nomemasen: I can’t drink

Potential Form Formula

• Group 2 – Ichidan verb:

The formula is to drop the “masu” and add “raremasu”.

Tabemasu ➔ Tabe ➔ Taberaremasu : I can eat

Taberaremasen : I can’t eat

Potential Form Formula

• Group 3 – Irregular verb:

• Shimasu ➔ Dekimasu : Can do ....

  Dekimasen: Can't do...

• Kimasu ➔ Koraremasu : Can come to ....

  Koraremasen: Can't come to ...

Potential Form Formula

...... ga taberaremasu ka?

​Can you eat ...... ?

peanuts

shellfish

oysters

piinattsu

koukakurui

kai

wheat

cheese

beef

komugi

chiizu

gyuuniku

​Add the the food on the blank section to create a sentence.

Example:
買いが食べられますか
kai ga taberaremasu ka
Can you eat oysters?

Drag and Drop

Niku ga ​

Placeholder

ka”Can you eat meat?"

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

taberaremasu

tabemasu

tabemasen

Reorder

Reorder the following sentence

"Can you eat Oyster?"

• Kai

• ga

• taberaremasu

• ka

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

iie, ...... ga taberaremasen

No, I can't eat .....

peanuts

shellfish

oysters

piinattsu

koukakurui

kai

wheat

cheese

beef

komugi

chiizu

gyuuniku

​Add the food on the blank section to create a sentence.

Example:
いいえ、買いが食べられません
iie, kai ga taberaremasen
No, I can't eat oysters

Drag and Drop

Iie, niku ga ​

Placeholder

”No, I can't eat meat"

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

taberaremasen

tabemasu

tabemasen

taberaremasu

....no arerugii ga arimasu kara, ....ga taberaremasen

Because I'm allergic to .... , I can't eat .....

peanuts

shellfish

oysters

piinattsu

koukakurui

kai

wheat

cheese

beef

komugi

chiizu

gyuuniku

​Add the food on the blank section to create a sentence.

Example:

小麦のアレルギーがあります
から、パンが食べられません
komugi no arerugii ga arimasu kara, pan ga taberaremasen

Because I'm allergic to wheat, I can't eat bread

Drag and Drop

Komugi no ​

Placeholder

ga ​

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​

Placeholder

, pan ga taberaremasen

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

arerugii

arimasu

kara

bejitarian

desu

made

bejitarian desu kara, ..... ga taberaremasen

Because I'm vegetarian, I can't eat .......

peanuts

shellfish

oysters

piinattsu

koukakurui

kai

wheat

cheese

beef

komugi

chiizu

gyuuniku

​Add the food on the blank section to create a sentence.

Example:
ベジタリアンですから、買いが
食べられません

bejitarian desu kara, kai ga taberaremasen

Drag and Drop

​

Placeholder

​

Placeholder

kara, ​ niku ga ​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

arimasu

taberaremasen

Bejitarian

desu

arerugii

taberaremasu

Match

Match the following

• Peanuts

• Shellfish

• Oysters

• Wheat

• Beef

Piinattsu

Koukakurui

Kai

Komugi

Gyuuniku

• Piinattsu

• Koukakurui

• Kai

• Komugi

• Gyuuniku

Drag and Drop

Placeholder

ga taberaremasen"I can't eat cheese"

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

chiizu

chizu

beekon

kai

Match

Match the following

• I cannot eat wheat

• I can eat meat

• I cannot drink milk

• I cannot eat peanuts

• Because I don't like milk

Komugi ga taberaremasen

Niku ga taberaremasu

Gyuunyuu ga nomemasen

Piinattsu ga taberaremasen

Gyuunyuu ga suki jya nai desu kara

• Komugi ga taberaremasen

• Niku ga taberaremasu

• Gyuunyuu ga nomemasen

• Piinattsu ga taberaremasen

• Gyuunyuu ga suki jya nai desu kara