Một vài câu hỏi được tạo ra chỉ đơn giản bằng cách đề cập chủ đề với một ngữ điệu nghi vấn để tạo ra sự chú ý của người nghe: Kore-wa? "(Thế còn) điều này?"; Namae-wa? "Tên (của bạn là gì)?". | Verbs 87 Examples PLAIN SENTENCE Ban gohan o tabeta ato terebi o mita. dinner ate after TV watched I After I ate dinner I watched TV. POLITE SENTENCE Ban gohanỊ o tabeta ato terebi o mimashita. dinner ate after TV watched After I ate dinner I watched TV. In the sections on verbs that follow both the plain and polite forms will be given. Although there are other more formal verb forms these two levels should be appropriate for the reader s needs. THE TO BE VERBS English has one verb to express the meaning to be although that verb takes several forms am is are was were etc. . Japanese has three different words each expressing a particular aspect of the meaning of to be desu arimasu and imasu. 88 Parts of Speech desu Often called the copula desu is used when you want to indicate such things as condition quality number characteristics or identity. You can understand it more easily if you think of desu as meaning not only is but also equals especially with two nouns or noun phrases. If you can substitute equals for is in an English sentence such as This equals is a book or Mrs. Smith equals is my best friend desu is the word you want. Although the polite forms desu present and deshita past are the ones you will use most often you should know the following forms as well. desu is equals Affirmative Negative Present Plain Polite da desu dewa nai dewa arimasen Past Plain Polite datta deshita dewa nakatta dewa arimasen deshita Probable Plain Polite darõ deshõ dewa nai darõ dewa nai deshõ For informal or familiar usage ja can replace dewa Examples Kore wa hon desu. This is a book. this book is Verbs 89 Tanaka san wa sensei desu. I Mr. Tanaka is a teacher. teacher otenki ga ii desu. The weather is good. weather good otenki ga warui deshõ. The weather will probably be bad. bad will probably be Ano hito I wa kinõ byõki deshita. I He was sick I I yesterday. he yesterday sick was arimasu Arimasu means is or exists for the location of inanimate things. It also expresses the .
