![]() J: What did you receive? | Nani o moraimashita ka? | なに を もらいました か。Ī: I received a car. J: Did you receive a present for your birthday last year? | A-san, kyonen no tanjoubi ni purezento o moraimashita ka? | さん、きょねん の たんじょうび に プレゼント を もらいました か。Ī: Yes I did. ![]() Sentence structure: receiver + *particle wa + giver + *particle ni + object + *particle o + verb | Anne-san wa Joseph-san ni chocoreto o moraimasu. Sentence structure: giver +*particle wa + receiver + *particle ni + object + *particle o + verbĬonveying that Anne receives the chocolates from Joseph:Īnne receives chocolates from Joseph. | Joseph-san wa Anne-san ni chocoreto o agemasu. GIVING & RECEIVING | Agemasu & Moraimasu | あげます & もらいま すĬonveying that Joseph gives Anne a box of chocolates: More on this will be covered in the next lesson! Today’s lesson also covered how to compliment others and ask where they got their stuff. A literal translation would be “from” and “to”. Today we dove into the second section of Lesson #7, using the direction related particle ‘ni | に’ to phrase sentences that involve a relationship between two people. | There’s various of food in the refrigerator. | There is a library beside the tall building. たかい びる の ちかく に としょかん が あります。 Takai biru no chikaku ni toshokan ga arimasu. テーブル の 下 に かばん が あります。 | Teburu no shita ni kaban ga arimasu. テーブル の 上 に はな が あります。| Teburu no ue ni hana ga arimasu. PREPOSITION: The prepositional words are added to the description of the place, and this is situated in the beginning of the sentence. | There is a man and a woman at the park.Ģ. ![]() 公園 に おとこ の 人 と おんな の 人 が ります。| Kouen ni otoko no hito to onna no hito ga rimasu. あそこ に くるま が あります。 | Asoko ni kuruma ga arimasu. To add a location to the above, the particle ‘に | ni’ is used: 先生 と 学生 が います。| Sensei to gakusei ga imasu. The verb ‘います | imasu’ also means to exist, but is used when referring to people, animals, etc (animate). b) The verb ‘あります | arimasu’ means to exist, and this is used when referring to things (non animate objects). EXISTENCE: There’re two main things to note before proceeding: a) In forming a sentence about the existence of things and people, the particle ‘が | ga’ is used. Describing the location using prepositionsġ.Describing the existence of things and people.ポスト と デパート の あいだ に あります。| Between the department store and post box. スーパー の まえ に います。| In front of the supermarket. We can also use previous knowledge of asking where something is: In English it’s something like “There is a watch on the table” and “The watch is on the table”. Basically, the difference between talking about the existence of a thing and the location of a thing is the sentence structure and the particle used.
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