Japanese for Elementary School Students

Unit 39: Doing Words (part 2)--I Saw It (Verbs Past Tense)

New Required Vocabulary:

Review Vocabulary:

tabemashita- (I) ate tabemasu- (I) eat OR (I) will eat
nomimashita- (I) drank nomimasu- (I) drink OR (I) will drink
asobimashita- (I) played asobimasu- (I) play OR (I) will play
ikimashita- (I) went ikimasu- (I) go OR (I) will go
shimashita- (I) did shimasu- (I) do OR (I) will do
naraimashita- (I) learned naraimasu- (I) learn OR (I) will learn
mimashita- (I) saw OR (I) looked
mimasu- (I) see OR (I) look
kyoo- today
mainichi- every day
kinoo- yesterday
mo- too, also
moo- already

Conversations:

(polite-style) Mimashita ka. Did you see it?
Hai, mimashita. Yes, I saw it.
(polite-style) Ikimasu ka. Are you going to go?
Iie, moo ikimashita. No, I already went.

 

Be Able to Say, Using Several Different Verbs and Verb Phrases:

Mainichi gakkoo e ikimasu. Kinoo ikimashita. Kyoo mo ikimasu.

I go to school every day. I went yesterday. I'll go today, too.

 

Song and Additional Vocabulary:

AKACHAN DATTA TOKI
(When I Was A Baby)

1)  Akachan datta toki, toki, toki.  Akachan datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, en en nakimashita.

2)  Shoogakusei datta toki, toki, toki.  Shoogakusei datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, wai wai asobimashita.

3)  Kookoosei datta toki, toki, toki.  Kookoosei datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, gari gari benkyoo shimashita.

4)  Daigakusei datta toki, toki, toki.  Daigakusei datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, pecha kucha shaberimashita.

5)  Otona datta toki, toki, toki.  Otona datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, bari bari hatarakimashita.

6)  Okaasan datta toki, toki, toki.  Okaasan datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, sesseto obentoo tsukurimashita.

7)  Toshiyori datta toki, toki, toki.  Toshiyori datta toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, nombiri sugoshimashita.

8)  Tengoku ni iru toki, ima, ima.  Tengoku ni iru toki, ichi - ni - san.
 Mainichi, mainichi, tanoshiku kurashitemasu.

datta=deshita- was
akachan datta- (I) was a baby
toki- time, when
akachan datta toki- (the time) when I was a baby
en en- (sound of crying)
nakimashita- (I) cried
nakimasu- (I) cry
shoogakusei- elementary school child
kookoosei- high school student
gari gari- (sound of scratching)
benkyoo shimashita- (I) studied
daigakusei- college student
pecha kucha- (sound of chatting)
shaberimashita- (I) chatted
bari bari- (sound of hard work)
hatarakimashita- (I) worked
hatarakimasu- (I) work
okaasan- mother
sesseto- diligently, with effort
obentoo- box lunch
tsukurimashita- (I) made
toshiyori- old person
nombiri- carefree
sugoshimashita- (I) passed the time
sugoshimasu- (I) pass the time
tengoku- heaven
tanoshiku- pleasantly
kurashitemasu=kurashite imasu- (I) am spending time


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