Intermediate Japanese Lesson 15 Grammar (N3 JLPT) PART 1 Minna no Nihongo

0:03 [Music] welcome back to nihongo where we study Japanese language together if you're new here you can check out my earlier videos for jlpt N5 and N4 this is Mina Noni hongo intermediate lesson 15 part one if you haven't seen it yet make sure to check out the vocabulary list for this lesson for this lesson we will learn the following grammar points to tabini niku Nik or Nik and lastly no de before we begin I want to thank Tokyo treat and sakurako for sponsoring

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2:23 you n n to you adds a formal touch when you're referring to a hearsay or a third-party information this is often seen in formal writing such as academic papers or newspapers this can be translated as X is what someone else has said in English this is similar to the grammar pattern Nani Nani da which is perfect for informal conversation for example soda I heard the government is introducing a new tax system we can use toou pattern with verbs e adjectives n

3:09 adjectives and nouns for verbs we just use the verb in plain form plus to you for E adjectives we simply add to you after the E adjective but for na adjectives and nouns we add the and Then followed by to so we have na adjective the to and noun da to you so let's take a look at some examples on how to use this pattern our first example is using a verb the teacher is said to be giving a test tomorrow so there's a hearsay that the teacher is giving a test we say the teacher as tomorrow giving a test or to give a test

3:57 so suru is from shim we use the plain form of Shas which is Sur then we add to another example they say that Germany's Volkswagen is now the largest car company in the [Music] world is the formal way of saying this the aru is the plain form of the arimas then we add to you there's a hearsay that the Germans Volkswagen is now the largest car company in the world

4:44 to to know Volkswagen another example is using an e adjective the model is said to be cuter than you see on TV [Music] then what you see on TV Kaw cute so our e adjective is Kaw so we just simply add toou our next example is using a na adjective for na adjectives we need to add the for example my Miku is said to

5:30 be highly competent so there's a hearsay that Miku is highly competent we say Mike s hii hii means very or highly or extremely then competent is you know you know plus the to and last example is using a noun that company is said to be top class in the industry means in the industry Top Class top class is a noun

6:18 in Japanese plus da plus to our next grammar point is Nani Nani tabini tabini tells you that something happens each time or every time something occurs it's like each time or whenever in English it conveys the feeling of awe or irritation or similar emotions whenever the same outcome happens whenever that specific circumstance arises tabini can be used with verbs and nouns for verbs we attach it to the dictionary

7:06 form of the verb so dictionary form plus tabini and for nouns we have to add particle no Nini so let's take a look at some examples on how to use this pattern first example every time I meet a friend I hear a new story we say tomod Chini a friend our verb is to meet ow so we use the dictionary form of meet ow plus every time I meet a friend next example aren't you getting

7:52 Slimmer and Slimmer every time we meet we use the verb meet meet ow ow plus tabin again every time we [Music] meet next is using a noun for nouns we add no and then tabini the tension escalates every time there's a tournament k so tournament is a noun which is ta ta plus every time there's a

8:42 tournament tension escalates I work on my computer all day so I have to take a walk outside every lunch break lunch break every lunch [Music]

9:28 break our third grammar point is this pattern specify what you are discussing this is similar to concerning or about or pertaining to in English this is similar to the pattern Nani which means about for example I want to discuss about school Nani Nuru is more formal and specific we can use niku with nouns if you want to

10:16 specify that the noun is your topic we use noun n and then whatever the information is but if we want to use this pattern to modify another noun we use n or n so we have the noun plus Nik or noun plus Nik no followed by another noun so let's take a look at some examples on how to use this pattern first example I don't know much about environmental issues we say Kai Environmental issues so we are specifying the topic so we add

11:12 Nik I don't know much another example excuse me I have a question about this report suim Sam for next is modifying a noun using Nik and Nik for example I read a book related to money or I read a book related to money we say ok

11:59 so noun OK plus Nik followed by the noun book home I read a book related to money next is using Y so there's a very very slight difference between the two when we say Nik it's just related but not entirely unlike Nik it is specifically about money a book specifically about money another example have you seen the

12:45 email related to yesterday's meeting or about yesterday's meeting so what type of email is about an email regarding or related to yesterday's meeting or we can [Music] say again is related to or something to do with while Niko is specifically about that

13:31 topic our next grammar point is Nani W de this is used to clarify or deny assumptions or general beliefs this can be translated to it doesn't mean that it's not the case or it's not like something this is similar to Nani wanai which is a much stronger negation implying there's no way for example there's no way he would lie can also be said asai or W Janai which has the same meaning but less formal we can use wanai with verbs e adjectives n adjectives and

14:16 nouns for verbs we attach this to plain form we can also add to you before W de so we can say verb plain form to you de or ver verb plain for wanai the same rule applies to e adjectives we say e adjective to you deai or E adjective W however for na adjectives and nouns we have to add either na de or toou and then we add W so let's take a look at some examples on how to use this pattern our first example I can't really Drive I just have a license so we use the

15:02 plain form so first first we say meaning I can drive right but when we add W deai it becomes it's not like that I can drive which means I can't really Drive followed by I just have a license Tada m we can also say another example you failed the test

15:48 but that doesn't mean your life is over your life is over is plus that doesn't mean your life is over next example is using an e adjective we say it's not really expensive or it's not that it's expensive it's just not cheap either we

16:34 say Tak expensive next example is using a n adjective for n adjectives we add na or deu or toou for example Japanese are polite but that doesn't mean they are friendly we [Music] say polite friendly friendly plus

17:23 na or friendly or friendly last example is using a noun it's not like I'm a genius just hardworking or I'm just hardworking we say genius is T it's not that I'm a genius or just

18:08 hardworking our next grammar point is n de this pattern is used to make less assertive predictions or to express some level of uncertainty this is similar to saying probably or I wonder if in English no can be paired with phrases like too or to this pattern is less frequent in everyday speech and is generally reserved for more formal or written context NOAA can be used with verbs e adjectives and nouns for verbs we add this to the plain form of the verb followed by no DEA same with e

18:55 adjectives we simply add no DEA after the E adjective however for na adjectives we need to add na plus no so let's take a look at some examples on how to use this pattern our first example I think it will probably rain tomorrow Ash tomorrow rain is AA fur so plain form of fimas Isa no so it could mean it will probably rain tomorrow or I wonder if it will rain tomorrow next example the train is running late I wonder if something

19:42 [Music] happened something happened is from so we use the plain form I want wonder if something happened next is using an e adjective I think this game is probably fun or I wonder if this game is fun we say this game fun is we can add

20:29 which means I think and last example is using a na adjective we need to add na I heard that Caroline is probably the most beautiful in the entire grade we say the most beautiful in the entire grade Plus [Music] so means rumor there's a rumor that Caroline is probably the most beautiful in the entire

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