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お正月しょうがつは どう していましたか
What did you do during your New Year's holidays?

By Kayla Chaerani

Goals

• Talk about what you usually do during the New Year's holidays and what you think about it

• Tell a friend how you spent your New Year's holidays

• Read a New Year's greeting card

• Write a New Year's greeting card

This expression is used when talking about things you do at a certain event by giving some examples.

​Nとか Nとか

お正月は 買かい物とか 料理とか じゅんびが たくさん あります。

This expression is used when saying how you spent a certain period of time in the past.

V- て （い）ました

かえります	→	かえって （い）ました
あそびに きます	→	あそびに きて （い）ました
ごろごろします	→	ごろごろして （い）ました
いきます	→	いって （い）ました

This expression is used when saying why it was good.

V- （られ）て、よかったです。

あえます	→	あえて
あんないできます	→	あんないできて
みられます	→	みられて／みれて
すごせます	→	すごせて

ひさしぶりに おやや しんせきに 会えて、よかったです。

New Year's Greeting Card

Multiple Choice

What is a New Year's Greeting Card called in Japanese?

• otoshidama

• nengajou

• karuta

• hatsumode

Multiple Choice

What is the money given out during New Year's called in Japanese?

• otoshidama

• nengajou

• karuta

• hatsumode

Multiple Choice

Visiting the shrine during New Year's

• otoshidama

• nengajou

• karuta

• hatsumode

Open Ended

What do you usually do in New Years? Type down in Japanese using the expressions introduced in this lesson as simple as possible.