- 【The revelation that the NBC anchor had lied on air about being in a helicopter that was forced down after it was hit by enemy fire during the Iraq War】【 is devastating. 】
- 【The revelation 】【 is devastating. 】DES. このことはたいへんです。
- 【The motley corps of skilled swordsmen made up of peasants, samurai, and ex-felons that answered the Bakufu's call for a police force in Kyoto 】【would eventually become the group known as the Shinsengumi.】
- 【The motley corps of skilled swordsmen】【would eventually become】ACT. このチームは〜になりました。
「タラちゃん春です」Video Script // Final Exam Guidelines
Rubrics of Assignments:
1. For YouTube, each student does the video by self but group mates must grade each other and put the grades on Word for the weekly anime lines.
2. Anime lines must typed out, with characters names added like this: カツオ: タラちゃんには一番わかりやすい説明だと思ってね。
3. Kanji sheet must be done as in the models, provided in the package and by many students.
Grammar Notes for Week 12
Weekly Question: News W11
In the sentence 体の大きさが1m," is が a topic marker instead of a subject marker? We did not see a predicate that was supposed to go with it.== がis a subject marker. It can never be a topic marker. There is a predicate that goes with it but it is made less clear for 2 reasons, as explained below.
Original sentence: 体からだの大おおきさが1mぐらいの熊くまが、畑はたけでシャインマスカットを食たべているところを見みました。
Analysis: 体の大きさが1mである熊 ID 1mです。・だーーnouns modified by a sentence Genji II, chapter 15 grammar.
である • (de aru) godan (stem であり (de ari), past であった (de atta)) 姉妹しまいであった二人ふたり
shimai de atta futari
the two people who were sisters
普通ふつうでありたい人ひと
futsū de aritai hito
person who wants to be ordinary
Grammar Notes for Week 11
1. さぶろさんが振られたって一言言えば、タラちゃんは部屋を探しに行ったりしないのに。In a word, Saburo wouldn't be so shaken (up) if Tara didn’t go looking for a room.
==second version: If you (Sazae) didn’t say that Saburo was dumped, Tara-chan wouldn’t have searched for an apartment.
==Final version 11/3: If only you mentioned that Saburo was dumped, Tara-chan wouldn’t have looked for an apartment.
2. Matsuo's misquote of the proverb and Sazae-san's correction:
冬来たりなば春遠からしだよ。If winter comes, spring won’t be far away.
春遠からじ。Spring isn’t far behind with 遠からじ, not 遠からし.Week 11 News高級なぶどう「シャインマスカット」が熊に食べられるStep 1. Simple/complex Only one verb. Pattern: ACT食べられる
Step 2. Sub-predict: なぶどう「シャインマスカット」BOTH? 食べられる
Step 3. High grade -=====grapes eaten by bear.
Active structure: subject is marked by が 熊がぶどうを食べる Bears eat G.
Passive structure: ぶどうがクマに食べられる G are eaten by bears.
山形県やまがたけん高畠町たかはたまちにある田制たせい裕基ゆうきさんの畑はたけで、高級こうきゅうなぶどう「シャインマスカット」が熊くまに食たべられる被害ひがいが続つづいています。
Step 1. Complex: multiple verbs/ Pattern, 1EX, 2 ACT, 3ACT
Step 2. Simplify. Main Sub-predict: 被害ひがいが続つづいています。
Step 3.Damage continues.
Step 4. Damage continues that grapes are eaten by bears at the fields of person, which is located in this town.
田制たせいさんは26日にち、体からだの大おおきさが1mぐらいの熊くまが、畑はたけでシャインマスカットを食たべているところを見みました。
Step 1. Complex: Pattern,1ACT and 2ACT
Step 2. Simplify. Main Sub-predict : 田生は、〜を見ました
Step 3. Tasei saw something. /Tasei saw that…
Step 4. On 26 T saw that a bear about 1 M in size eating grapes in the fields.
Grammar Notes for Week 10
新しいコロナウイルスが広がっている今年は、インフルエンザのワクチンの注射を受ける人が増えると国は考えています。
Step 1: simple/complex
Step 2: Subject=; Predicate= Subject=; Predicate= Subject=; Predicate= Subject=; Predicate=
Step 3: Main Sentence: This year, the country thinks that
Clause 1: This year when virus is spreading
Clause 2: that People are increasing
Clause 3: Who receive Flu vaccine
All together: This year when virus is spreading, the country thinks that People Who receive Flu vaccine are increasing
このため国は10月1日から、病気がひどくなりやすい65歳以上のお年寄りが先に、病院で注射を受けることができるようにしました。病気がひどくなりやすい
Step 1: simple/complex
Step 2: Subject=; Predicate=
Step 3: For this reason, the country is trying to make sure that, from 10/1, old people of 65 or older whose illness can easily become serious can get flu shot at hospitals first.
Grammar Notes for Week 9
Sentences versus phrases. Important. Sometimes a phrase may contain a modifying sentence.
1.Town—noun The four seasons of the town which the color of roadside trees informs us.
ID, DE,ACT
2. The New and small town—nominal phrase
3, The town that was built in 1990. The whole thing is a noun phrase containing a modifying sentence.
I saw the town. Sub-V-obj (NOUN)
街路樹の色が知らせる/街の四季 –The four seasons that the color of the roadside trees lets us know/informs.
Students discussion result on News for Week 9
岩手県岩泉町では秋にマツタケがたくさんとれます。
Step 1: simple ACT Good
Step 2: Subject=マツタケが; Predicate=とれます
Step 3: At this town, many mushrooms are harvested in the fall.
マツタケは いい香りがするきのこで、000香りを楽しみながら食べます。
Step 1: simple/compound/complex 2: ACT Good
Step 2: Subject1=マツタケは; Predicate=食べます/ Subject2=香りが; Predicate=する
Step 3: The mushrooms (here) are mushrooms that smell good, and (people) each them while enjoy their fragrance.
Google Translate result: Matsutake is a mushroom with a nice scent, and you can enjoy the scent while eating.
岩泉町は「岩泉まつたけ」という名前で売っています。
The town are selling (the mushrooms) under the name of …
Grammar Notes for Week 8
Adverbs in Japanese
Pure adverbs 少し、ちょっと、とても、ぜんぜん、ほとんど、だいたい、いつも、よく
Adjective-turned adverbs: 早くきてください、非常に面白い、きれいに漢字を書く、上手に話す、
Verbs in -te form: 歩いて行く、 胸を張って、自分の意見を主張する。
Omission in Newspapers and Poems
コロナウイルス 映像えいぞうを使つかって人ひとがc集あつまらないようにする idiomComplex
(Trump は) governorがverb。Verb。
Virus:Corona-Virus By using video, 00000 will try to make sure that people do not gather.Idioms used for this week.
様にする 1 Expression, Suru verb - irregular
1. (following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try toUsually written using kana
様に 2 Expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)Usually written using kana alone
- かれ彼はこども子供たちにそんなにさわがないようにとい言った。
2. hoping or wishing for somethingUsually written using kana alone
- ゆめ夢がすべてかないますように。
Idioms from Anime
腕によりをかける Expression, Ichidan verb
- to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
- 新婚さん向きのアパートを探してますから。
Grammar Notes for Week 7
Note the error in the transcript in the package for Week 7
ほーっ、誰だれが===か部屋を探してるのかい?Oh, someone looking for a room? The grammar involved in だれか is introduced in Chapter 8 of Genki I.
Also, Katsuo's classmate Hanazawa-san is the daughter of Hanazawa the realtor.
Good example. Model for the class.
SNSでの悪口が問題になる 子どもたちが気をつけること
Step 1: Complex: There are two sentences. Sentence 1 is ACT Sentence 2 is ACT
Step 2: Sentence 1 Subject: 悪口
Verb: なる
Sentence 2 Subject: 子どもたち
Verb: 気をつける
Step 3: Online bullying becomes a problem. Children need to be careful.
インターネットのSNSに悪口を書くことが問題になっています。
Step 1: Simple ACT
Step 2: Subject: 書くこと
Verb: なっています。
Step 3: Writing insults on Internet SNS is becoming a problem.
このため国は、SNSを利用するときに子どもたちが気をつけることを発表しました。
Tei’s version: This country has announced that when using SNS, children need to be careful.
Step 1: Complex: There are two sentences. Sentence 1 is ACT Sentence 2 is ACT
Step 2: Sentence 1: Subject: 国
Verb: 発表しました
Sentence 2: Subject: 子どもたち (00000)
Verb: 利用する
Step 3: This country has announced that when children use SNS they need to be careful.
Grammar Notes for Week 6
Notes on Haiku
新しいノートに宿題を書く。
12時にお昼を食べる。
自転車で学校に行く。
歩いて仕事に行く。
Notes on Anime for Week 6
と言う事:the fact that…
お嫁さんおよめさんもらえば brings wife home / marries a wife もらう
すぐに, 不覚にも、adverb
Grammar Notes for Week 5
Notes on grammar from News:
気象庁によると、台風12号ごうが日本のほうに進んでいます。Step 1 simple/compound/complex, Pattern. Justification Simple/ACT
Step 2 Subject /Predicate台風たいふう12号ごうが、、、進すすんでいます。
Step 3 Translate Taiphoon is advancing.
による台風たいふうは24日にじゅうよっかから25日にちに、関東地方かんとうちほうや東北地方とうほくちほうの近ちかくに来きそうです。と
, aおいしいです。 くる・来ます。来そうです。来そうにもない
Step 1 simple/compound/complex, Pattern. Justification Simple/ACT
Step 2 Subject /Predicate 台風たいふうは、、、来きそうです
Step 3 Translate The Taiphoon… seems to be coming.
Grammar on Weekly Anime:
Rules for guessing outcome using 「そう」"it seems like..." Genji II. Chapter 13 grammar but it does not cover verbs.
Anime============サブ:自分には当分春が来そうにもないです。
Verbs: Conjugate to the stem and append 「そう」
- Example
- 落ちる+そう=落ちそう
カップが落ちそう – Looks like cup is about to fall - 降る+り→降り+そう=降りそう
雨が降りそう – Seems like it’s going to rain -------ふりそうに(も)ない It does not seem like
- 落ちる+そう=落ちそう
Grammar Notes for Week 4
俳句:Try to read it as one sentence and treat it as a sentence. Try to find its predicate, and subject. Translate it literally.
Can you find out information about the two words 不 へらします?
付いている Sticking together,
付録に In the index (of a book)
つられました。 Lured in
本を買う to buy a book
Whenever you get confused, you go to the last word. ID ACT, DS, Ex. If the sentence is a complex one or a compound one, you can always turn them into two or even three simple sentences, as is done with the above Haiku.
Grammar Notes for Week 3 Anime
寒いと: If or when.
出られない: Potential form (げんき13) versus passive form (げんき21) of verbs.
誰だれにそんなことを教わる/ be taught versu 誰が教える・to teach.
はたまにはいいことを言うな. Two different sentence final particle な: prohibition versus admiration.
よけいなことを言うな versus いいことを言うな
分かりやすい説明だと思ってね: What is left unsaid here?
Notes on Week 3 News:
あたらしいコロナウイルスがうつらないようにするために、マスクをすることが習慣しゅうかんになっています。Step 1. Identify sentence pattern by simplify it
Complex sentence (ために).
S1 ACT (ようにする), コロナウイルスがうつらない
S2 ACT (になっています), 習慣しゅうかんになっています
Step 2. Translate simplified sentences:
S1: In order for New Covid-19 virus not to spread.
S2: Wearing masks have come a habit.
Step 3. Translate the whole sentence
In order for New Covid-19 virus not to spread, wearing masks have come a habit.
Sentences: Simple, Compound, and Complex http://facultyweb.ivcc.edu/rrambo/eng1001/sentences.htm