Lesson 23: たかくないです・おいしかったです

N5 · Lesson 23 · 18 min — Negative and past forms of adjectives, plus asking for impressions with どうですか

Last lesson you learned "It's tasty" and "It's quiet." This lesson adds three more steps: saying "not ~", saying "it was ~" (in the past), and asking "How is it?" Let's start with the comic!

After this lesson, you can:

Festival Takoyaki

The festival at the Yanaka temple. At the takoyaki stand, Kumata is working part-time again! (いかが = how (polite); 熱あつい = hot to eat; 味あじ = taste)

高たかい → 高たかくないです, 熱あつい → 熱あつかったです; ask impressions with どうですか, offer with いかがですか. How many jobs does Kumata have?

Words for sharing impressions

Grammar 1 / 3: Not ~

Say "not ~": i-adjective い→く + ないです; na-adjective + じゃありません

Grammar 2 / 3: Past

Say "it was ~": i-adjective い→かったです; na-adjective + でした

Grammar 3 / 3: どうですか

Ask "How is ~?": Nは どうですか; more polite is いかが ですか