To do (verb) - Japanese Lesson 6

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Please view Lesson 5 for more verbs and vocabulary.

In this lesson you will learn a very useful Japanese verb "shimasu" - "to do". Proper sentence structure will also be covered, adding places, people and time to the sentence.

Vocabulary:

shimasu - to do (something)
benkyou o shimasu - to study
shigoto o shimasu - to work
kaigi o shimasu - to have a meeting
kaimono o shimasu - to shop
jogingu o shimasu - to jog
pati o shimasu - to party
tenisu o shimasu - to play tennis
kyou - today
ashita - tomorrow
kino - yesterday
asatte - day after tomorrow
ototoi - day before yesterday
uchi - house
kouen - park
depato - department store
kaisha - company (office building)
gakko - school
tomodachi - friend
sensei - teacher
hisho - secretary

Sentence structure:

Time (day of the week) + Place + de (particle for action at a place) + Person + to (particle for "with whom") + verb

Example:

Ashita kouen de Mary-san to tenisu o shimasu
Tomorrow I play tennis with Mary at the park

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[jamoon]

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[marijke]

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[JapanSocietyNYC]

The particle "ni" is used to indicate the place where a thing(s) or a person(s) is(or are) present and to mark one's goal or destination. "De" is used to indicate the place where an action occurs. In short, "ni" casts the sight upon a place, while "de" upon an action. In your example of replacing "de" with "ni", it wouldn't really make sense. But you were close!

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[PastaMaster]

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[JapanSocietyNYC]

tomodachi is the right word for friend.
nakama means "fellow member" or "crew member".

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[JapanSocietyNYC]

eg. "kare to tenisu wo shi masu" means "Play tenis with him." So you can use it.

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[paulstaker]

Ashita... Japan Society... um... to oh wait DE!... sensei to... benkyou o shimasu.





Wait a minute.
Ah! Clever : )

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[_Uvogin_]

6:42 "Your husband may be happy" Made me laugh. Thank you sensei