Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we have two sentences connected by the て-form of the verb. In these kinds of constructions, sentences before and after the ‘て’ tend to function as what we would call independent clauses in English, so we can take them one at a time.

If we translated this question directly, it would come out as something like ‘in the morning, you wake up, and then do what?’ While this sounds somewhat rough in English, a more accurate translation would be, ‘After you wake up in the mornings, what do you do?’ As you continue to study Japanese, you will discover that the direct translation often does not express the actual meaning.

In a regular conversation, we would not need to reiterate both sentences in our answer, but to practice the て-form, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, after we get up in the mornings, we often eat breakfast. Thus, we answer as follows:
朝起きて、よく朝ご飯を食べます。
（あさおきて、よくあさごはんを食べます。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we have two sentences connected by the て-form of the verb. In these kinds of constructions, sentences before and after the ‘て’ tend to stand on their own as what we would call independent clauses in English, so we can take them one at a time.

If we translated this question directly, it would come out something like, ‘yesterday, you returned home, and then did what?’ While this sounds somewhat rough in English, a more accurate translation would be, ‘After you got home yesterday, what did you do?’ As you continue to study Japanese, you will discover that the direct translation often does not express the actual meaning.

You may notice that in this sentence, there is no comma between ‘て’ and the next sentence. Comma usage in Japanese is much less formal than it is in English, and very often sentences will remain grammatically correct with or without commas.

In a regular conversation, we would not need to reiterate both sentences in our answer, but to practice the て-form, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, after we got home yesterday, we took a bath. Thus, we answer as follows:
昨日、家に帰ってお風呂に入りました。
（きのう、いえにかえっておふろにはいりました。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we see expanded use of the ‘Xの時’ construction. We first saw this construction with a few words in Chapter 4, but it most generally means ‘at the time of X’ or ‘during X.’ This is an extremely helpful verbal construction, and you will be well served by incorporating it into your vocabulary as soon as possible.

The translation of this sentence is, ‘during the test, is it okay to look at the textbook?’

In a regular conversation, we would not need to reiterate both sentences in our answer, but to practice the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, no, during the test it is not allowed to look at the textbook. We answer as follows:
いいえ、テストの時、教科書を見てはいけません。
（いいえ、テストの時、きょうかしょをみてはいけません。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we see the ‘Xの中’ construction. If you need a reminder on how this construction works, please refer to Page 109 of your Genki I textbook.

The translation of this sentence is, ‘in an airplane, what are you not allowed to do?’

In a regular conversation, we would not need to reiterate both sentences in our answer, but to practice the ‘てもいいですか’ construction, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that in an airplane, you are not allowed to smoke (tobacco).
飛行機の中でたばこを吸ってはいけません。
（ひこうきの中でたばこをすってはいけません。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we see expanded use of the ‘Xの時’ construction. We first saw this construction with a few words in Chapter 4, but it most generally means ‘at the time of X’ or ‘during X.’ This is an extremely helpful verbal construction, and you will be well served by incorporating it into your vocabulary as soon as possible.

The translation of this sentence is, ‘during childhood (when you were a child, etc.), did you often study/study well?’ While in English this would be two sentences, ‘よく’ in this sentence can either mean ‘often’ or ‘well.’

In a regular conversation, we would not need to use the て-form in our response, but to practice the grammar points from this chapter, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, yes, during childhood, we often read books and studied/read books and studied well.
はい、私は子供の時、よく本を読んで、勉強しました。
（はい、わたしはこどもの時、よく本をよんで、べんきょうしました。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we see expanded use of the ‘Xの時’ construction. We first saw this construction with a few words in Chapter 4, but it most generally means ‘at the time of X’ or ‘during X.’ This is an extremely helpful verbal construction, and you will be well served by incorporating it into your vocabulary as soon as possible.

The translation of this sentence is, ‘during childhood, did you often play games?’ While this sentence theoretically could be reanalyzed as meaning ‘did you play games well,’ from context we can assume that this is not what it means.

In a regular conversation, we would not need to use the conjunctive particle ‘から’ in our response, but to practice the grammar points from this chapter, we will do just that. If you need to review the conjunctive particle ‘から,’ please refer to Page 153 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, no, during childhood, we did not play a lot of games because we were often busy.
いいえ、私は子供の時、あまりゲームをしませんでした。よく忙しかったですから。
（いいえ、私はこどもの時、あまりゲームをしませんでした。よくいそがしかったですから。）

Remember, many of the answers to these questions will use one or more grammar points from Chapter 6. Though we could answer them in a host of different ways, it is important to use these questions as a chance to practice what we have most recently learned.

From this point on, the grammar points you will learn will assume that you are familiar with regular Japanese sentence structure, simple particle usage, limited vocabulary, and basic word conjugations. Don’t worry if you forget a word or conjugation here or there—now is a great time in your studies to review what you have already learned and establish a strong foundation from which to develop your language skills.

Here we see expanded use of the ‘Xの時’ construction. We first saw this construction with a few words in Chapter 4, but it most generally means ‘at the time of X’ or ‘during X.’ This is an extremely helpful verbal construction, and you will be well served by incorporating it into your vocabulary as soon as possible.

The translation of this sentence is, ‘during high school, what did you often do/do well?’ While in English this would be two sentences, ‘よく’ in this sentence can either mean ‘often’ or ‘well.’

In a regular conversation, we would not need to use the て-form in our response, but to practice the grammar points from this chapter, we will do just that. If you need to review て-form conjugations, please refer to Pages 150 and 151 of your Genki I textbook.

We will say that, during high school, we often played tennis and watched movies. We answer as follows:
私は高校の時、よくテニスをして、よく映画を見ました。
（私はこうこうの時、よくテニスをして、よくえいがをみました。）