Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Workbook I (Japanese Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9784789014410
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Page 65: III
Exercise 1
Step 1
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Here we have to translate a sentence into Japanese. To do so, we will need to remember how to use the て-form, as well as the lesson on particles in Chapter 3.
Step 2
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The simplest to understand use of the ている-form is to describe actions in progress. We make these sentences by attaching the helping verb ‘いる’ to the end of the て-form of the verb.
Result
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To translate this sentence about Mary waiting, we answer the following:
メアリーさんはバス停でバスを待っています。
（メアリーさんはバスていでバスをまっています。）
メアリーさんはバス停でバスを待っています。
（メアリーさんはバスていでバスをまっています。）
Exercise 2
Step 1
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Here we have to translate a sentence into Japanese. To do so, we will need to remember how to use the て-form, as well as the lesson on particles in Chapter 3.
Step 2
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The simplest to understand use of the ている-form is to describe actions in progress. We make these sentences by attaching the helping verb ‘いる’ to the end of the て-form of the verb.
Step 3
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To express that Takeshi was doing something, we simply conjugate the helping verb ‘いる’ into the past form—in combination with the て-form of a verb, this implies that an action happened in the past for a period of time.
Step 4
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In English, to express that something occurred at a certain time yesterday or tomorrow, we would simply say ‘yesterday/tomorrow at (time)’; in Japanese, we combine the two words together with the particle ‘の,’ as in ‘きのうの/あしたの(time).’
Result
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To translate this sentence about Takeshi playing tennis with a friend, we answer the following:
たけしさんは昨日の二時に友達とテニスをしていました。
（たけしさんはきのうの二時にともだちとテニスをしていました。）
たけしさんは昨日の二時に友達とテニスをしていました。
（たけしさんはきのうの二時にともだちとテニスをしていました。）
Exercise 3
Step 1
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Here we have to translate a sentence into Japanese. To do so, we will need to remember how to use the て-form, as well as the lesson on particles in Chapter 3.
Step 2
2 of 4
The simplest to understand use of the ている-form is to describe actions in progress. We make these sentences by attaching the helping verb ‘いる’ to the end of the て-form of the verb.
Step 3
3 of 4
To express that our sister was doing something, we simply conjugate the helping verb ‘いる’ into the past form—in combination with the て-form of a verb, this implies that an action happened in the past for a period of time.
Result
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We answer the following:
私は家に電話をかけました。姉は宿題をしていました。
（私はいえにでんわをかけました。あねはしゅくだいをしていました。）
私は家に電話をかけました。姉は宿題をしていました。
（私はいえにでんわをかけました。あねはしゅくだいをしていました。）
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