Talking About Actions
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2. /i^it
3. fiOAJc-t
4. Ääf
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5. «tAi-f
6. JJi-t
7. *^>i-f
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Talking About Actions
• • New Words
	write	T >	Ann •
	eat	rl/f	tv :
<OAIt	drink	t-7'	tape ; cassettes •
; Ait	see ; watch		cake J
	read		present I
	buy		"Please, (for offering)"«
: > * i t	listen		"Thank you." J
	what		"No, thank you." •
Lit	do		then J
	coffee		record <
	bread		(a particle, «
: K-t-	Donna		see Explanation 4) J
Basic Expressions
4.   v^X., /c^ä-tf/Co
What are you going to do ?
I eat apples. OR, I'm going to eat an apple.
You'll eat it too, won't you ?
No, I don't.
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1. The verbs on the previous page take objects.
The objects and verbs are connected by a particle.
The particle in this case is always £.
Ex.:
0 tz^i ~fo     I/You/She is going to eat an apple.
The £ -f form of verbs indicates either "am going to" or something a person does as a habit.
2. To say that you don't do something, you change the suffix £ -f to
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Lessort 12 Ex.:
I/Irs tz-<£ to
I'm going to eat an apple. I'm not going to eat an apple.
PRACTICEl A
Transformation Drill
Ex		
1.		
2.		^>
3.	Ait	3>
4.		■#
5.	* * * "t	€>
6.		€>
PRACTICEl B
Answer the following questions either with (ivi or viVi*..
Then...
/sf speaker		// .you answer
Ex.		
		x.
I.		
2.		Vi Vi £.
3.		V* Vi x.
4.		
5.		vi Vi a.
6.		Vi Vi x.
7.		
8.		
9.		Vi Vi £.
10.	X¥&.& *>*$£	Vi Vi x.
I I.	fl/t*J Alt*'.	
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Talking About Actions
12.  Ä-fS OAit*"
Vi Vi
3. If you want to use a complete sentence to say that someone does something, set up your sentence this way ;
someone		something		verb
ex.: ir< ti urj tz^i-fo
PRACTICEl
Look at the pictures and the verbs in the boxes below. With a partner, take turns in asking and answering, following the pattern in the example.
Question Answer
Ex.: tzhlli £C£ tz-<±-tit\      tzhlii 0/Lr£ tz^iir.
tz-h =)
ex.  o ^ r
4 X
I
1 3-h-
5      f U t
6    r-y
£5 £ T £
»Ali"   4>v»it   i'^l-t   tz^ft Ait iAit
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Lesson 12
Explanation
4. The particle ;fa
If you want to say, "isn't that so ?'' of the sentence or the phrase.
put the particle fa at the end
Ex.:   h ti. tz ti  d tit' -f $ -e-f *a.
You like this, don't you ? This is a present, isn't it ?
Let's learn the following dialogue. fzh O if T to
/;^>9 ^H*.,    lf-5 I 1 "C*~to
Talking About Actions
( ★ EXERCISE ★ )
Put the Japanese word in the blank.
drink
(1 ) y> Hi S
write
(2) * X. Idt tU
eat
(3) -y-zi-y-wi fcx,**< s
(4) T>ti £ttv>£
listen to
look at
buy
2. Read the example below! Then fill in the blanks in the sentences with the form of the verb that means "doesn't."
Ex.:   K-Hi o^i-fo tzhlli C0Ai^rA,o
(1) T>ti tz^Hr* £!-^*/Ui
(2) tr<ji KS KMt, «   9 ^X.ti
(3) ^r>Hi ttLn'AS *H>if0 K^-ti _
(4) tz h 1 ti IA h t*t£ £ *\Mto ^ > Hi _
(5) htzlit fVt'J Ait. ^ ti
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