JP2000 Exercises 23


Transform the following using no/n desu.

  1. Shiken ga aru no ni naze benkyoo-shimasen ka?
  2. Kono setsumee, wakarimasen deshita ka?
  3. Donna konpyuutaa o kaimashita ka?
  4. Sumimasen, neboo-shite shimaimashita.
  5. Kaoiro ga warui desu ne. Dooka shimashita ka?

Transform the following into the shorter honorific version.

  1. Otoosan wa itsugoro okaeri ni narimasu ka?
  2. Sudoo-san wa hoosookyoku ni otsutome ni natte irasshaimasu.
  3. Kono zasshi, o-yomi ni natte irasshaimasu ka?.
  4. Chiba-san, shachoo ga o-yobi ni natte irasshaimasu.
  5. Hoteru wa dochira ni otomari ni natte irasshaimasu ka?

Combine the following using -shi.

  1. Nihongo wa omoshiroi desu. Kurasu ga tanoshii desu. Benkyoo o tsuzukemasu.
  2. Tomodachi ga kimasen. Okane ga naku narimashita. Moo kaerimasu.
  3. Daigakuin ni hairemasen deshita. Shigoto ga arimasen. Komatte imasu.
  4. Ano resutoran wa mazui desu. Totemo takai desu. Moo ikimasen.
  5. Ame ga futte imasu. Neboo-shimashita. Kyoo wa kurasu o saborimasu.

Give the Japanese equivalent.

  1. size of a room
  2. thickness of paper
  3. length of a bridge
  4. weight of a laptop
  5. pleasure of a trip

Translate the following into Japanese.

  1. How come you are looking so happy? I just met a tall handsome guy.
  2. Do you come home this late every night? No, I had a welcoming party tonight.
  3. Excuse me, I could not hear the question. Could you repeat it again?


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