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 78: I

Exercise 1
Step 1
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We will select a few verbs from the box below and express what we are good at doing, dislike doing, etc. We will use the ‘のが’ construction.
Step 2
2 of 3
In these sentences, the particle ‘の’ makes the preceding verb into a noun. This is similar to the way English turns a verb into a noun by putting it in the ‘-ing’ or infinitive form.
Result
3 of 3
From the given information, we know that we are talking about ourself being bad at something. We will say that we are not very good at playing sports, and we will answer as follows:
私はスポーツをするのが下手です。
Exercise 2
Step 1
1 of 3
We will select a few verbs from the box below and express what we are good at doing, dislike doing, etc. We will use the ‘のが’ construction.
Step 2
2 of 3
In these sentences, the particle ‘の’ makes the preceding verb into a noun. This is similar to the way English turns a verb into a noun by putting it in the ‘-ing’ or infinitive form.
Result
3 of 3
From the given information, we know that we are talking about ourself not being very good at something (lit. ‘a little bit not good at something’). We will say that we are not very good at taking pictures, and we will answer as follows:
私はあまり写真を撮るのが上手じゃないです。
(私はあまりしゃしんをとるのが上手じゃないです。)
Exercise 3
Step 1
1 of 3
We will select a few verbs from the box below and express what we are good at doing, dislike doing, etc. We will use the ‘のが’ construction.
Step 2
2 of 3
In these sentences, the particle ‘の’ makes the preceding verb into a noun. This is similar to the way English turns a verb into a noun by putting it in the ‘-ing’ or infinitive form.
Result
3 of 3
From the given information, we know that we are talking about ourself loving to do something. We will say that we love cooking, and we will answer as follows:
私は料理するのが大好きです。
(私はりょうりするのが大すきです。)
Exercise 4
Step 1
1 of 3
We will select a few verbs from the box below and express what we are good at doing, dislike doing, etc. We will use the ‘のが’ construction.
Step 2
2 of 3
In these sentences, the particle ‘の’ makes the preceding verb into a noun. This is similar to the way English turns a verb into a noun by putting it in the ‘-ing’ or infinitive form.
Result
3 of 3
From the given information, we know that we are talking about ourself hating to do something. We will say that we hate doing laundry, and we will answer as follows:
私は洗濯するのが嫌いです。
(私はせんたくするのがきらいです。)
Exercise 5
Step 1
1 of 3
We will select a few verbs from the box below and express what we are good at doing, dislike doing, etc. We will use the ‘のが’ construction.
Step 2
2 of 3
In these sentences, the particle ‘の’ makes the preceding verb into a noun. This is similar to the way English turns a verb into a noun by putting it in the ‘-ing’ or infinitive form.
Result
3 of 3
From the given information, we know that we are talking about ourself not liking to do something very much (lit. ‘not liking to do something a little’). We will say that we do not like driving a car very much. we will answer as follows:
私はあまり運転するのが好きじゃないです。
(私はあまりうんてんするのがすきじゃないです。)
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