Learn Japanese Pod » grammar http://learnjapanesepod.com Learn Japanese quickly, easily and for free with this podcast Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:47:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Japanese Quiz – Body idioms http://learnjapanesepod.com/japanese-quiz-body-idioms/ http://learnjapanesepod.com/japanese-quiz-body-idioms/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:45:33 +0000 Alex http://learnjapanesepod.com/?p=3371 Try out your knowledge of Japanese with this multiple choice quiz. There are 6 questions on idioms that refer to parts of the body such as:

耳 – mimi – ear , 顔 – kao – face, 足 – ashi -legs and so on.

Try the quiz below and see how you do.

At the end, there will be an explanation with example sentence examples.

QUIZ

1/6 Complete the phrase:

耳が＿＿＿＿＿






2/6 Complete the phrase:

口が＿＿＿＿＿






3/6 Complete the phrase:

目が＿＿＿＿＿






4/6 Complete the phrase:

足が＿＿＿＿＿＿






5/6 Complete the phrase:

腹が＿＿＿＿＿






6/6 Complete the following phrase:

顔が_____








 

 

]]> http://learnjapanesepod.com/japanese-quiz-body-idioms/feed/ 0 Aodh’s Grammar Point [04] っけ (What was it again…) http://learnjapanesepod.com/aodh%e2%80%99s-grammar-point-04/ http://learnjapanesepod.com/aodh%e2%80%99s-grammar-point-04/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:57:25 +0000 Aodh http://learnjapanesepod.com/?p=1807 Since I’m done studying for the JLPT (or more appropriately done failing the JLPT) I thought I’d post another grammar point.  This is one you hear all the time in a variety of situations when someone has forgotten something and is trying to remember or get the person they’re talking to to remember.

Noun/Verb/Adjective (Plain Form/Polite Past Form) +っけ
何だっけ。 What is it again…
新宿だったっけ。 Was it Shinjuku?  I can’t remember.
病気でしたっけ。 He was sick, right?  I forgot.
買ったっけ・買いましたっけ。 Did he buy it?  I forgot.
行くんだっけ。 He’s going, right?  I forgot.
行ったんだっけ。 He went, didn’t he?  I forgot.
行くんだったっけ・行くんでしたっけ。 He was going, wasn’t he?
冷たかったっけ。 It was cold, right?

注意：イ Adjectives don’t ever use the Past Polite form (～かったです) with っけ since it can’t attach to です.  Also, it’s not recommended to use the Present Tense for Verbs or イ Adjectives.  It’s generally unnatural (even in English) to forget something that didn’t happen yet.

This form is only used to express something you did know, but forgot.  If you remember た・だ + っけ, you’ll be ok.

Grammar Note: Plain Form
Verb: 行く ・ 行かない ・ 行った ・　行かなかった
イ Adjective: さむい　・　さむくない　・　さむかった　・　さむくなかった
ナ Adjective: 元気だ　・　元気じゃない　・　元気たった　・　元気じゃなかった
Noun: 雨だ　・　雨じゃない　・　雨だった　・　雨じゃなかった

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