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みんなの日本語I 第1課 文法

みんなの日本語I 第1課 文法

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World Languages

Professional Development

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Endira Latief

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1. N1 Nです

11)Particle

The particle indicates that the words before it is the topic of the sentence. You select a noun you want to talk about, add to show that it is the topic and give a statement about the topic.

わたしは マイク‧ミラーです。

I am Mike Miller

[Note] The particle is read .

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1. N1 Nです

2)です

Nouns used with です work as predicates.

です indicates judgement or assertion.

です also conveys that the speaker is being polite towards the listener.

です inflects when the sentence is negative (see 2. below) or in the past tense (see Lesson 2)

わたしは エンジニアです。

I am engineer.

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​2.N1 N2 じゃ ありません

2.N1 N2 じゃ ありません

じゃ ありません is the negative form of です. It is the form used in daily conversation. For a formal speech or writting, では ありません is used instead.

サントスさんは ( がく せいじゃ ありません。

Mr.Santos is not a student. [Note] in では is read .

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