Lesson 39: おにぎりを 作って います

N5 · Lesson 39 · 18 min — Review of Lessons 34–38: wash hands, make onigiri, take photos, eat. One day, all the te-forms!

No new grammar in this lesson! We join Lessons 34–38 into one school "Culture Day": wash hands → make onigiri → take photos → eat (if the onigiri are still there). In the questions, ねこせんせい is Neko-sensei, くまたさん is Kumata, and リンさん is Rin.

After this lesson, you can:

Culture Day: Onigiri Class

We haven't found the photo shop yet. Today is the school Culture Day, and the whole class makes onigiri! (おにぎり = rice ball)

The one who said "no eating" ate everything first... With one te-form you can say please, order, may, must not, and doing. Next lesson a typhoon comes, and you'll learn to say "please don't ~"!

Conversation in Onigiri Class

Listen to Culture Day from start to finish. Tap any line to hear the Japanese.

Review Word Cards

Grammar 1 / 5: Dictionary form

The dictionary form is the basic form of a verb (written Vる in tables). Put it before ことが できます, のが 好すきです or 前まえに to say "can do, like doing, before doing"

Grammar 2 / 5: Te-form

Group 1: look at the sound before ます. Group 2: replace ます with て. Group 3: して・きて. いきます is an exception: いって

Grammar 3 / 5: Please・Order

Ask someone to do something with 「Vて ください」, give the order with 「Vてから」, and link several actions in order with 「Vて、Vて、〜」

Grammar 4 / 5: May・Must not

To ask "May I ~?" use 「Vても いいですか」. To say "You must not ~" use 「Vては いけません」

Grammar 5 / 5: Doing・Already・Not yet

「Vて います」 means doing now, or a state that continues. 「もう〜ました」 means already. 「まだ〜て いません」 means not yet