ACTION WORDS (VERBS)

行きます to go します to do 見ます to watch / see/ look かいます to buy よみます to read ききます to listen

ACTION WORDS (VERBS) 行きます go します do 見ます watch / see/ look かいます buy よみます read ききます listen

ACTION WORDS (VERBS) RULE NO1 to read, to buy, to watch, to do, to go, to listen…. ～ます

ICKY(GO TO HOSPITAL!) いき ます GO

SHE MUST DO! し ます DO

ME MUST WATCH! みます WATCH

LISTEN! OR I WILL KICK YOU! ききます LISTEN

BUY STUFF AT KMART!! かいます BUY

ACTION WORDS (VERBS) RULE NO.2 Action Words (Verbs) must come at the end of the sentence. Also, remember to mark the doer (the person who does the action) with は は (‘wa’, not ‘ha’)is called topic marker

HOW WOULD YOU SAY….. I eat.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY….. I eat. ぼくは たべます。

HOW WOULD YOU SAY….. I eat. ぼくは たべます。 I eat

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I drink.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I drink. ぼくは のみます。

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I drink. ぼくは のみます。 I drink

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I go.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I go. ぼくは いきます。

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I go. ぼくは いきます。 I go

THEN HOW WOULD YOU ADD: what you eat (e.g. breakfast) what you drink(e.g. milk) what you make (e.g. lunch) what you put on (e.g. uniform) N.B. These are called ‘Objects’

ADDING ‘OBJECTS’ TO A SENTENCE Let’s check if you understand what the objects are. Which words are objects in the following sentences? I eat cakes. I put on uniform. I drink cola.

OBJECTS MARKER を Let’s check if you understand what are the objects. Which words are objects in the following sentences: I eat cakes. I put on uniform. I drink cola.

OBJECTS MARKER を To add Objects (what you eat, what you drink etc.) to a sentence, you need to mark the object with を (object marker)

OBJECTS MARKER を I eat cake. ぼくは ケーキを たべます。 I cake eat

SPEAK LIKE YODA!! =PLAYER_EMBEDDED =PLAYER_EMBEDDED

HOW WOULD YOU SAY…. I wear a uniform.

ぼくは せいふくを きます。 I uniform wear

HOW WOULD YOU SAY… I drink cola.

ぼくは コーラを のみます。 I cola drink I drink cola.

ADDING THE TIME OF THE ACTION: Mark the time with ‘Time marker に (at)’ at 8 o’clock 八時に at 1 o’clock 一時に

ぼくは 八時に あさごはんを たべます。 I at 8 o’clock breakfast eat

In Japanese, word order is flexible!(unlike English) So you can insert ‘time of the action wherever you like as long as action words (verbs) come at the end of the sentence.

SO, YOU CAN SAY EITHER: I eat breakfast at 8 o’clock. ぼくは 八時に あさごはんを たべます。 I at 8 o’clock breakfast eat OR 八時に ぼくは あさごはんを たべます。 at 8 o’clock I breakfast eat

SUMMARY Verbs end with ‘ ます ’ Verbs come at the end Doer is marked with ‘ は ’ Objects needs to be marked with ‘ を ’ Time needs to be marked with ‘ に ’ Japanese word order is flexible Person は +Time に +Object を +Verb( ます ) 。