Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I (Japanese Edition)
Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I (Japanese Edition)
2nd Edition
Eri Banno
ISBN: 9784789014410
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Page 60: II

Exercise 1
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Here we are tasked with translating the following sentences by using the て-form to link two verbs.
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We already know all of the words to describe this sentence: ‘I’; ‘tomorrow’; ‘library’; ‘to go’; ‘to return (a thing);’ and ‘book.’ If you have forgotten a word, you can refer to the English-to-Japanese dictionary on Page 352 of your Genki I textbook. After we have established word order and particle marking, we can proceed to conjugate all but the final verb into the て-form. Remember that the verb in the て-form does not change to accommodate the tense of the sentence, but the final verb does.
Step 3
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It is preferred to have a comma come after a verb in the て-form.
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As you are learning, て-forms have many uses, perhaps the most straightforward of which is to connect two or more verb phrases. The て-form is typically used in this way to list a sequence of events, but it can also be used to state the manner in which something happens (as in one of the examples on Page 153 of your Genki I textbook). Later in our studies, we will learn other constructions to express sequences of events with different nuances, such as the expression of one action leading directly to another or the expression of a non-exhaustive list of events. Though in certain contexts these other constructions will be preferred, for now you can use the basic て-form to link two verbs.
Result
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To translate the sentence using the て-form, we answer as follows:
私は明日図書館に行って、本を返します。(わたしはあしたとしょかんにいって、本をかえします。)
Exercise 2
Step 1
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Here we are tasked with translating the following sentences by using the て-form to link two verbs.
Step 2
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We already know all of the words to describe this sentence: ‘Mary’; ‘Takeshi’; ‘to meet’; ‘an hour’; ‘about (in reference to time)’; and ‘to talk.’ If you have forgotten a word, you can refer to the English-to-Japanese dictionary on Page 352 of your Genki I textbook. After we have established word order and particle marking, we can proceed to conjugate all but the final verb into the て-form. Remember that the verb in the て-form does not change to accommodate the tense of the sentence, but the final verb does.
Step 3
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It is preferred to have a comma come after a verb in the て-form.
Step 4
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As you are learning, て-forms have many uses, perhaps the most straightforward of which is to connect two or more verb phrases. The て-form is typically used in this way to list a sequence of events, but it can also be used to state the manner in which something happens (as in one of the examples on Page 153 of your Genki I textbook). Later in our studies, we will learn other constructions to express sequences of events with different nuances, such as the expression of one action leading directly to another or the expression of a non-exhaustive list of events. Though in certain contexts these other constructions will be preferred, for now you can use the basic て-form to link two verbs.
Result
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To translate the sentence using the て-form, we answer as follows:
メアリーさんとたけしさんは会って、一時間ぐらい話しました。(メアリーさんとたけしさんはあって、一時かんぐらいはなしました。)
Exercise 3
Step 1
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Here we are tasked with translating the following sentences by using the て-form to link two verbs.
Step 2
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We already all of the words to describe this sentence: ‘coffee shop’; ‘to enter’; ‘to rest’; and the verbal form that expresses ‘let’s.’ If you have forgotten a word, you can refer to the English-to-Japanese dictionary on Page 352 of your Genki I textbook. After we have established word order and particle marking, we can proceed to conjugate all but the final verb into the て-form. Remember that the verb in the て-form does not change to accommodate the tense of the sentence, but the final verb does—in this case, the final verb will change to express the idea of ‘let’s.’
Step 3
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Here we could use the first-person plural pronoun, ‘私たち(わたしたち),’ but the ‘~ましょう’ form already expresses the idea of a group action.
Step 4
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It is preferred to have a comma come after a verb in the て-form.
Step 5
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As you are learning, て-forms have many uses, perhaps the most straightforward of which is to connect two or more verb phrases. The て-form is typically used in this way to list a sequence of events, but it can also be used to state the manner in which something happens (as in one of the examples on Page 153 of your Genki I textbook). Later in our studies, we will learn other constructions to express sequences of events with different nuances, such as the expression of one action leading directly to another or the expression of a non-exhaustive list of events. Though in certain contexts these other constructions will be preferred, for now you can use the basic て-form to link two verbs.
Result
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To translate the sentence using the て-form, we answer as follows:
喫茶店に入って、休みましょう。(きっさてんにはいって、やすみましょう。)
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