Unit 07

Talking About What You Did in Japan

ζ—₯ζœ¬γ§γ—γŸγ“γ¨γ«γ€γ„γ¦θ©±γ™
Talking About What You Did in Japan

Lesson

To say you 'only' do something, place だけ [dake] behind the subject.

  • ζ˜ η”»γ‚’θ¦‹γΎγ™ [eiga o mimasu] I watch a movie. β†’ ζ˜ η”»γ γ‘θ¦‹γΎγ™ [eiga dake mimasu] I only watch movies.
  • ζœ¬γ‚’θͺ­γΏγΎγ™ [hon o yomimasu] I read books. β†’ ζœ¬γ γ‘θͺ­γΏγΎγ™ [hon dake yomimasu] I only read books.

ζ—₯本θͺžγ γ‘勉強します [nihongo dake benkyōshimasu]
I only study Japanese.

  • ζ—₯本θͺž [nihongo] means "Japanese"
  • だけ [dake] means "only"
  • 勉強します [benkyōshimasu] means "I study"
  • Literally means "Japanese, only, I study"

ζ—₯ζœ¬γ«γ γ‘θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸγ‹ [nihon ni dake ikimashita ka]
Did you only go to Japan?

  • ζ—₯本に [nihon ni] means "to Japan"
  • だけ [dake] means "only"
  • θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸγ‹ [ikimashita ka] means "Did you go?"
  • Literally means "to Japan, only, did you go?"

To say you 'also' do something, place γ‚‚ [mo] behind the subject.

  • ζ˜ η”»γ‚’θ¦‹γΎγ™ [eiga o mimasu] I watch a movie. β†’ ζ˜ η”»γ‚‚θ¦‹γΎγ™ [eiga mo mimasu] I also watch movies.
  • ζœ¬γ‚’θͺ­γΏγΎγ™ [hon o yomimasu] I read books. β†’ ζœ¬γ‚‚θͺ­γΏγΎγ™ [hon mo yomimasu] I also read books.

γ‚Ήγƒšγ‚€γƒ³θͺžγ‚‚勉強します [supeingo mo benkyōshimasu]
I also study Spanish.

  • γ‚Ήγƒšγ‚€γƒ³θͺž [supeingo] means "Spanish"
  • γ‚‚ [mo] means "also"
  • Literally means "Spanish, also, I study"

ιŸ“ε›½γ«γ‚‚θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸ [kankoku ni mo ikimashita]
I also went to Korea.

  • ιŸ“ε›½γ« [kankoku ni] means "to Korea"
  • γ‚‚ [mo] means "also"
  • θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸ [ikimashita] means "I went"

Conversation

  • A: ε…ˆζœˆγ―γ©γ“γ«θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸγ‹
    Where did you go last month?
  • B: ζ±δΊ¬γ«θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸ [tōkyō ni ikimashita]
    I went to Tokyo.
  • A: ζ±δΊ¬γ«γ γ‘θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸγ‹
    Did you only go to Tokyo?
  • B: γ„γ„γˆγ€ε€§ι˜ͺγ«γ‚‚θ‘ŒγγΎγ—γŸ [iie, ōsaka ni mo ikimashita]
    No, I also went to Osaka.
  • A: γ‚γ€γ„γ„γ§γ™γ­γˆ!
    Oh, that sounds nice!