Review by topic
Conversation strategies
- “Echo” questions (2-2 BTS 7)
- Buying time (hesitation noises) (2-2 BTS 8)
- ちょっと (2-2 BTS 9)
- Buying time: う〜ん、いや(あ)、そうですね(え) (2-7 BTS 27)
- 日本語で何といいますか (3-1 BTS 3)
- ああ、なるほど (3-1 BTS 6)
- Conversational strategies (3-3 BTS 13)
- Incomplete sentences (3-4 BTS 21)
- へ〜 (3-5 BTS 24)
- 相槌: そうなんだ、なるほど、確かに、やっぱり、ふうん、へえ (8-5 BTS 14)
- Compliments and encouragement (9-6 BTS 18)
- Apologizing (10-2 BTS 5)
- Restoring self-image after a mishap (10-5 BTS 10)
- Business phone conversation (11-1 BTS 2)
- Sentenceっていうこと (12-1 BTS 2)
- なんか (13-1 BTS 2)
- Repetition for dramatic effect (14-6 BTS 19)
- Recall strategy (16-2 BTS 6)
- と・って言うか (18-3 BTS 9)
- More on 相槌 (19-6 BTS 9)
- More on 相槌 (20-6 BTS 13)
- Being creative with language (21-1 BTS 1)
- その[Modifier] + noun (discourse strategy) (21-4 BTS 8)
- だから as a discourse connector (21-6 BTS 12)
- Expression frustration in a professional setting (22-1 BTS 2)
Recalling
- The past used in recall (4-5 BTS 21)
- Sentence + っけ (14-5 BTS 15)
- Recall strategy (16-2 BTS 6)
Politeness/Style
- お辞儀 (0-0 BTS 0-2)
- Titles 〜さんand 〜先生 (1-2 BTS 2)
- Informal affirmative (non-past) form of Adjectives (2-3 BTS 15)
- Informal affirmative of [Nounです] (2-5 BTS 18)
- Nounだ (3-4 BTS 18)
- Incomplete Sentences (3-4 BTS 21)
- 先輩・後輩 (2-8 BTS 30)
- Polite requests (5-4 BTS 5)
- 敬語 (5-5 BTS 10)
- Name + といいます・おっしゃいます・申します (6-2 BTS 6)
- 名刺交換 & More on politeness (6-4 BTS 14 & 15)
- Humble verbs お〜します (6-5 BTS 21)
- 知ります・存じます・ご存知です (6-6 BTS 27)
- More on informal style (7-3 BTS 10)
- Visiting someone’s home (8-3 BTS 7)
- Male and female speech style (8-3 BTS 9)
- Polite prefixes お〜 and ご〜 (8-3 BTS 8)
- Giving and appreciating gifts (8-4 BTS 11)
- More on politeness (10-3 BTS 6)
- Polite equivalent of [Nounです] Nounでいらっしゃいます・Nounでございます (polite)
- Polite verbs お待ちください・お決まりですか?
- More polite expressions
- Honorific passive: 休憩される (13-1 BTS 1)
- Self-directed comments: 一休みするか (13-1 BTS 5)
- Punctuality and seniority (15-3 BTS 6)
- わかんない (19-2 BTS 5)
- Honorific お + Verb stem + に + なる (20-1 BTS 1)
- Sentence Particle わ (20-6 BTS 8)
- Contractions (20-6 BTS 9)
- Sentence particle ぞ (21-4 BTS 7)
- かしら (22-2 BTS 6)
- Special humble nouns: 拝借 (22-3 BTS 7)
- Sentence particle ぜ (23-2 BTS 4)
Narrative
Narratives | Useful grammar patterns for constructing narratives |
1. Storytelling (11-6 BTS 15)
2. で at the beginning of a Sentence (12-3 BTS 8) 3. 手順 (15-4 BTS 8) 4. More on storytelling (19-6 BTS 10) 5. More on storytelling (20-6 BTS 10) 6. 起承転結20-7R (BTL 1) 7. Constructing a narration with multiple participants (21-5 BTS 9) 8. だから as a discourse connector (21-6 BTS 12) 9. Connectives (22-11 BTS 11)
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1. けど・けれども・が for Contrast/Background information (2-4 BTS 16)
2. 〜から Reasons (5-5 BTS 12) 3. それに (7-5 BTS 30) 4. Transitive Verb 〜てある (9-1 BTS 3) 5. だって(さ) + Sentence (9-5 BTS 13) 6. Giving personal reasons: もん・もの (9-5 BTS 14) 7. Specifying order of events: Verb 〜てから (9-6 BTS 15) 8. Giving an explanation: Sentence ので (10-1 BTS 3) 9. Verbs of giving: くれる・くださる and 〜てくれる・くださる 10. Verb〜てしまう・ちゃう (12-2 BTS 5) 11. Verbs of receiving: もらう・いただく and 〜てもらう・いただく (12-4 BTS 9) 12. 〜たり〜たり (13-6 BTS 16) 13. Transitive and intransitive verbs (14-1 BTS 1) 14. Non-past Verb + 前(に) (14-3 BTS 9) 15. Non-past Verb + まで(に) (14-3 BTS 11) 16. Past Verb + あとで (14-4 BTS 13) 17. Condition + うち (に) (14-4 BTS 14) 18. 〜ながら (17-1 BTS 1)
21. かえって (20-2 BTS 4) 22. Passive for general description (21-3 BTS 4)
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Tasks & Topics:
Asking Questions
- Question intonation 1-10 (BTS 19)
- か (2-1 BTS 3; questions without か 4-4 BTS 15)
- Questions with falling intonation (2-5 BTS 21)
- [Noun + Phrase Particle] as a question (4-2 BTS 7)
- Questions without か 4-4 BTS 15
- Embedded yes/no questions (12-2 BTS 4)
- Embedded information questions (12-3 BTS 6)
Assumption
- Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
- More on んです (7-1 BTS 4)
- つもり to indicate assumption (15-5 BTS 11)
Expressing opinions
- Sentence + でしょうか (4-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence でしょう? (5-2 BTS 2)
- Sentenceと思う (7-4 BTS 12)
- 優しそう Appearance (8-5 BTS 12)
- だろう (8-5 BTS 13)
- Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
- Agreeing and disagreeing: Sentence + 通り(に)/その通り(に)(13-3 BTS 9)
- Sentence + かと思う:無理かと思う (14-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence + かと思った (14-5 BTS 16)
- Sentence + じゃない(いいじゃない)(14-5 BTS 17)
- Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
- Expressing an opinion: Sentence + ように思う (16-6 BTS 11)
- Sentence + はず (17-2 BTS 3)
Comparison
- Contrast/Background information (2-4 BTS 16)
- Contrast (2-6 BTS 22)
- Comparison: Noun + と + Sentence (6-6 BTS 25)
- Comparison of two items より and ほど(6-6 BTS 24)
- Comparison of three or more things: 一番 (9-4 BTS 10)
- Comparison of two activities (10-6 BTS 12)
Giving a self-introduction
- 自己紹介 (1-4 BTS 7, 8, 9)
- Repeating your name in a self-introduction (1-10 BTS 20)
- 自己紹介 (6-1 BTS 4)
- Name + といいます・おっしゃいます・申します (6-2 BTS 8)
- Workplace self-introduction (discourse structure) (24-5 BTS 10)
Giving a speech
- Structure of a simple gratitude speech (24-1 BTS 1)
- Leading a toast (discourse structure) (24-2 BTS 2)
- Formal speech when moving on (discourse structure) (24-3 BTS 5)
- Impromptu farewell speech structure (24-4 BTS 7)
Giving explanations
- 〜から Reasons (5-5 BTS 12)
- Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
- Giving an explanation: Sentence ので (10-1 BTS 3)
- どうして・なぜ〜んですか・なんで〜んですか (9-3 BTS 8)
- だって(さ) + Sentence (9-5 BTS 13)
- Giving personal reasons: もん・もの (9-5 BTS 14)
Giving advice
- Advice and suggestions: 〜た方がいい (13-1)
- Prohibition: affirmative Verb 〜ては・ちゃ+いけない・ダメ・よくない・まずい (13-2 BTS 7)
- Requirement or necessity: negative 〜なくては・なくちゃ+いけない・ダメ・ならない・よくない・まずい (14-6 BTS 18)
- Non-past affirmative Sentence + べき (16-1 BTS 1)
- Negative Imperative (23-2 BTS 2)
- Affirmative Imperative (23-2 BTS 3)
Hypothesizing
- Conditional〜たら + non-past Sentence (11-1 BTS 1)
- Conditional〜たら+past Sentence 知っていたら (11-4 BTS 9)
- Affirmative non-past Sentence1とSentence2 (12-4 BTS 13)
- もしかしたら・もしかすると (12-6 BTS 20)
- Hypothetical statements: 〜としたら
- Provisional form: 〜ば (16-2 BTS 4)
- たとえ……〜ても (18-6 BTS 13)
- 〜れば……ほど (20-5 BTS 7)
- Noun + さえ〜ば (22-3 BTS 8)
Inviting
- Negative Questions as Invitations (2-3 BTS 11)
- Declining invitations (16-1 BTS 2)
Listing
- あと+ Noun (4-2 BTS 11)
- Noun, Noun, それから Noun (7-2 BTS 5)
- 例のNoun (13-3 BTS 8)
- 〜たり〜たり (13-6 BTS 16)
- XかY (21-4 BTS 10)
- など (22-2 BTS 5)
- Listing Things: XにYに (24-2 BTS 2)
- Xはもとより、Y、Z (24-2 BTS 5)
- X始め、Y、Z (24-3 BTS 7)
- X、またはY (24-4 BTS 12)
Reporting
- Quotation with と・(っ)て (7-3 BTS 9)
- Hearsay: Sentence + そう (14-2 BTS 4)
- Relaying information: Sentence + とのことです (15-3 BTS 5)
- Noun + によると (17-4 BTS 8)
- Sentence + らしい (18-2 BTS 6)
Requesting
- お願いします (1-3 BTS 6)
- Request (5-1 BTS 2)
- Polite requests 持ってきていただけますか (5-3BTS 5-3)
- Thanking 呼んでくださってありがとうございます (5-5 BTS 11)
- Negative commands and requests: 急がないで (8-2)
- Verb 〜てほしい (12-17 BTS 17)
Planning
- つもり to indicate intention (15-1 BTS 2)
- Collaborative planning (15-6 BTS 12)
Miscellaneous
Word order
- Inverted Sentences (3-6 BTS 32)
- Word order (4-6 BTS 28)
kosoado
- これ、それ、あれ、どれ (2-1 BTS 2)
- The こちら series (2-4 BTS 17)
- The ここ and こっち series (2-7 BTS 28)
- The このseries (3-5 BTS 22)
- The こんなseries (8-1 BTS 2)
- The こう series (10-6 BTS 15)
Modifiers
- Adjective + Noun (2-3 BTS 13)
- Describing people: 背が高い・背が低い人 (6-3 BTS 13)
- Nouns modifying Nouns: Nの・なN (3-1 BTS 2)
- Sentence modifiers (7-5 BTS 14)
- 同じ (7-5 BTS 15)
- More on sentence modifiers (9-1 BTS 1)
- More on こと (分からないことが多くて) (10-5 BTS 9)
- Sentenceとか (10-6 BTS 11)
- Embedded yes/no questions (12-2 BTS 4)
- Description + まま (12-5 BTS 5)
- せっかく (13-1 BTS 6)
- その[Modifier] + noun (discourse strategy) (21-4 BTS 8)
- Xなり (21-2 BTS 2)
Manner expressions
- Xと一緒に ‘together with’ (3-3 BTS 17)
- Manner expressions: Adjectives –ku form + Sentence (4-1 BTS 3)
- Uses of the 〜て Forms (5-1 BTS 2)
んです
- Adjective んです (6-5 BTS 19)
- More onんです (7-1 BTS 4)
- Negative ofんです (7-6 BTS 18)
- 〜んだから ‘Because, as you must surely know’ (8-2 BTS 5)
- どうして・なぜ〜んですか・なんで〜んですか (9-3 BTS 8)
- Successive んです: 寝不足なんじゃないの? (12-4 BTS 14)
Aspect
- Verb 〜ています(6-1 BTS 2)
- もう+Sentence (already, yet, anymore) (6-1 BTS 2)
- まだ+Sentence (unchanged situation) (6-1 BTS 3)
- Verb〜てしまう・ちゃう (12-2 BTS 5)
- 〜ている間に (14-3 BTS 10)
- Past sentence + ばかり・ばっかり (22-1 BTS 1)
よう
- Verb + ようになる (15-4 BTS 9)
- Sentence + みたい(に)・(よう)に (16-3 BTS 8)
- Sentence + ように言う (17-3 BTS 6)
- Sentence + からいいようなものの (19-5 BTS 9)
こと
- Noun X + のこと (3-1 BTS 5)
- そのこと (4-4 BTS 16)
- 〜ことにする (11-3 BTS 7)
- Sentence + ことになる (12-6 BTS 19)
Numbers
Numbers
- Time expressions and classifiers 〜時、〜時半 (3-2 BTS 9)
- Numbers through 999 (3-5 BTS 25)
- Quantity x + quantity y (3-5 BTS 27)
- Large numbers 千・万 (4-1 BTS 4)
- Quantity + ぐらい (4-1 BTS 4)
- Approximation: 2, 3回 (8-6 BTS 16)
- Fractions: 3分の1 (9-3 BTS 6)
- Multiplication: 何倍 (9-6 BTS 17)
Classifiers:
- Time expressions and classifiers 〜時、〜時半 (3-2 BTS 9)
- Classifiers〜円、〜ドル、〜セント、〜個、〜枚、〜本、〜冊 (3-5 BTS 25)
- Classifier〜番 (4-4 BTS 17)
- Naming vs. counting classifiers (4-6 BTS 29)
- 〜つJapanese numeral series and multiple classifiers in a sentence (5-3 BTS 6)
- Classifier 〜目 (5-6 BTS 16)
- Time classifier 〜間 (6-2 BTS 9)
Time words
- Time expressions and classifier 〜 時、〜時半 (3-2 BTS 9)
- Time expressions and classifier 〜 分 (BTS 3-4)
- Calendar and holidays
- Japanese numerals and naming dates in a month
- 毎日 ‘every day’ (8-1 BTS 3)
- Frequency expressions (8-6 BTS 15)
- X中〜 (10-2 BTS 4)
- [interval] おき (20-5 BTS 5)
Quantity
- Noun だけ (4-2 BTS 9)
- More: もう and もっと (6-3 BTS 12)
- しか + negative (13-1 BTS 3)
Noun groups/Themes
- Basic Greetings (0-0 BTS 1)
- Moring greetings (1-6 BTS 12)
- Eating rituals (1-6 BTS 13)
- Names and Titles (1-7 BTS 14)
- Words for Self and Other (1-7 BTS 15)
- Sharing snacks (food items) (2-3 BTS 10)
- Words of self and others (1-7 BTS 15)
- Leaving (1-8 BTS 17)
- Words for home:うち、家、お宅 (2-5 BTS 21)
- Academic majors and areas of specialization 大学の専攻 (4-2 BTS 6)
- Calendar and holidays (4-4 BTS 18)
- Colors (adjective and noun forms) (6-3 BTS 11)
- Family (7-2 BTS 6)
- 都道府県 (9-4 BTS 11)
- Clothing and Verbs for wearing (11-2 BTS 5)
- Extended family and terms of address and reference (11-4 BTS 11)
- Onomatopoeia (11-5 BTS 14)
- Local promotional characters (12-1 BTS 3)
- Commuting in Japan (13-1 BTS 3)
- Describing health conditions (13-5 BTS 15)
- Japanese cuisine (14-3 BTS 8)
- Travel plans & 温泉と旅館 (15-2 BTS 3, 4)
- Weather expressions (18-1 BTS 4)
- ことわざ: Using proverbs (20-2 BTS 4)
- Physical conditions (20-4 BTS 6)
- Rules and regulations (23-1 BTS 2)
- Housing (23-5 BTS 5)
Concepts
- 遠慮 ‘restraint’ (2-3 BTS 12)
- 思いやり ‘consideration’ negotiating a time for an activity (3-4 BTS 16)
- 曖昧 Ambiguity (4-2 BTS 12)
- 甘え Dependance (5-6 BTS 15)
- More on 思いやり (7-4 BTS 11)
- More on compliments (11-3 BTS 8)
- Togetherness (10-3 BTS 7)
- Transitive and intransitive verbs (14-1 BTS 1)
- 人間関係 (18-6 BTS 14)