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Absolute Beginner S1
A Trip to the Japanese Zoo

20 Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
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Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 4
 

  

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Kanji


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Kana


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Romanization
(At the zoo)
Masato D
Teir ...A, asoko! Raion ga imasu.
Masato
Kaori Kawaii!
Teir A, gorira ga imasu.
Kaori E? Doko?
Teir Koko desu.
Masato E? Boku? [laughs]

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English
(At the zoo)
Masato Are there any animals...?
Taylor ...Oh, over there! There's a lion!
Masato Ah! There's also a baby lion, isn't there?
Kaori It's so cute!
Taylor Oh, there's a gorilla.
Kaori Huh? Where?
Taylor Here.
Masato Huh? Me? [laughs]

Vocabulary
 *Kanji
+   &#
Kana Romaji English
 *+  raion lion

   gorira gorilla
 d animal
  koko here
 (    (   doko where
kawaii pretty, cute,
lovely, charming
3 ./ . / :Adj(i)
boku I, me (used by
 !" # !"#
 aka-chan
males)
baby
    asoko over there
imasu to be (animate), to
exist; -masu form

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

    There's a lion.
*+  gaimasu.
Raion 
There's a gorilla.
Gorira ga imasu.

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 -   Do you like animals?

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This place is no-smoking.
 

Koko wa kin'en
  ' desu. 
'  
Where is the taxi stand?
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Takush
Babies are cute.
.
/ 
wa
Aka-chan - kawaii.

I'm a student.
 !"wa
Boku # gakusei
 ( desu. 
Babies are cute.

 wa
Aka-chan + kawaii.

      '  There is a gas station over there.
 
    %    ga arimasu.
Asoko ni gasorinsutando
There is a cat under the table.
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Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson Is Talking about Animate Objects with Imasu.
   
Raion ga imasu.

4 "There's a lion."

In the last lesson, we learned how to use the verb arimasu to talk about the
existence of inanimate objects as well as to say that someone has something. In
this lesson, we'll learn how to use the verb imasu to talk about the same concepts
but for animate objects, such as people and animals.

Imasu: Talking about People and Animals

Just like we use arimasu (Lesson 19), we also use imasu to express the meanings
"to be," "to exist," "to be located," or "to have." The difference is that we use
imasu to talk about animate objects, such as people and animals. When talking
about people, it often means that that person is currently around or on the
premises. We often use it when talking about family members, as in "I have a
brother" or "I have a sister."

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Sentence Pattern
[animate object] ga imasu "There is ~"/"~ is here"
"I have ~" (for family members)

In this pattern, A = the animate object (person/animal) the person is talking

about.
For Example:
Item ga imasu "English"

(
 
Teir
  

ga imasu
(
  
"Taylor is here."

hito 
ga imasu
  

"There's a person."
(  (
im     $  

ga imasu
  

"I have a younger
( ( sister."

 
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imasu negative and say that an animate object doesn't exist, use
imasen instead.
For Example:4  67 4
1. Ky  
   imasen.  # 
"I don't have any siblings."
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Using Ne at the End of a Sentence

We use the particle ne in Japanese to seek agreement from the listener, like
saying "right?" or "isn't it?" or "isn't there?" at the end of a sentence in
English. We call these tag questions, and we use them very often in Japanese.
We can add the particle ne directly after a verb or desu.
For Example:
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1. Raion no akachan mo imasu ne.

"There's also a baby lion, isn't there?"

2. (desu
Kawaii - ne.
% 
"It's cute, right?"

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Examples from This Dialogue

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1. D
 

      
  

"Are there any animals...?"
2.
   
Raion ga imasu.

"There's a lion."
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3. Raion no akachan mo imasu ne.

"There's also a baby lion, isn't there?"

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4. A, gorira ga imasu.

"Oh, there's a gorilla."

Sample Sentences

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1. &
Ot
       
"I have a younger brother."
2.
Petto
  
 ga imasu.
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"I have a pet."

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