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BASIC JAPANESE

SYNTAX/
SENTENCE PATTERNS
Dr. Lety Chawag
BASIC ENGLISH
SENTENCE PATTERN 1

SVO Pattern
Subject (Topic) + Transitive Verb (Action)
+Object( Receiver)
The accountant met her client
Japanese Sentence Pattern 1
S0V Pattern

Subject Object Verb

Keisatusukan kuni no daitouryo Aimashita


(The police officer) (president of the country ) (met)
Compare (Hikaku):
Compare ( Hikakimasu):

English Nihongo
Subject Verb Object Subject Object Verb

Anata wa Sushi o tabemasu


You Eat Sushi (You) (sushi) (eat)
Nihongo Particles Added to the Sentence
Elements
Subject Particle Object Particle Verb
(wa) (o )

Anata Sakana tabemasu


(you) + Wa (the fish) +
o (eats)
Subject + wa Object + 0 Verb
Nyūkoku kanri-kan wa Shitsumon o Shimashita.
( The immigration officer) ( a question) (asked)

Watashi wa Shiken o Oemashita.


( I) (the exam) (finished)

Anata wa tsumetai mizu o nomimasu.


( You) ( cold water) (drink)
Nyūkoku kanri-kan : (Anata wa ) Pasupōto o misete kudasai. SOV
( Immigration Officer) You the passport show

Kankōkyaku: Kore ga/wa watashi no pasupōtodesu.


( Tourist) Here my passport is

Nyūkoku kanri-kan: Anata wa nihongo o hanasemasu ka. SOV


( Immigration officer) you Japanese speak

Kankōkyaku: Hai, watashi wa nihongo o hanashimasu. SOV


( Tourist) Yes, I Japanese speak
Basic English Sentence Pattern 2

S-LV-SC Pattern
Subject (Topic) + Linking Verb + Subject Complement
( is, am, was, were, feels ) (either a noun or adjective )

I am a teacher

I am pretty.
Nihongo Sentence Pattern 2
S+SC+LV
Subject Subject Complement Linking Verb
(kenmei) (kenmei hogo) (rinku doushi)
Watashi wa
Anata wa Utsukushii desu.
(you) (beautiful) (are)
Kanojo
She) is
Most Common Nihongo Particles

to
At /on/in
At /in
By means of
from….

With ….
Rei (example):

Subject/Topic companion time place object verb

Watashi wa okaasan gogo uchi de sushi o tabemasu


I to goji ni at home sushi eat
with my
mother at 5:00
pm
Translation: I eat sushi with my mother at 5:00 at home.
Rei (example):

Subject/
Topic time origin verb
Kare wa gojii ni Manira kara kimashita
I at 5:00 from Manila came

Translation: She came from Manila at 5:00.


In Nihongo, you may shuffle the sentence
elements except the verb.
Kanojo wa goji ni uchi de sakana o tabemasu
she at 5:00 at home sushi eats
Subject /Speaker Time Place Direct object verb

Translation :She eats sushi at 5:00 at home.


If you shuffle the particles, the meaning
changes.
Watashi o goji ni uchi de Sushi wa tabemasu
I at 5:00 at home sushi eat
Direct Object Time Place Subject Verb

Translation : Sushi eats me at 5:00 at home.


Practice Task
Assemble the elements to form a logical and grammatical sentence :

Maaku-san wa Gozenchuu ni Kafeteria de Juusu o nomimasu


Mark in the morning at the cafeteria juice drinks
SUMMARY
1. Identify the type of words =time word ( tomorrow, evening, next month, 7:00 am. Etc)
place word ( here, in Tokyo, at the conference room)
companion word ( with my sister, together with my friend)
topic word /subject /speaker ( about Christmas, about the Savior Jesus Christ)
verb /action word ( eat, drink)

2. Determine the appropriate particle & determine the standard Japanese sentence
structure
a. topic/topic + wa
b. time + ni
c. companion + to
d. place + de/ni
e. object +o
f. verb
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cb17mZ0dw
Supply the following sentence elements with appropriate particles:

Anata___ nichiyoubi__ tomodachi __ resutoran __ ohirogohan _ tabemashita.


You Sunday friend restaurant lunch ate.

Translation: You ate lunch with your friend last Sunday at the restaurant.

Particles from which to choose:

ni to o de wa
GROUP TASK
Form as many sentences as you can
from the group of words given in the slide.
Do not add other words
except the particles previously discussed.
Assemble words to form grammatically and logically sound sentences.

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Kanojo Anata Watashi Watashi- Kare aishitemasu


(She) (You) (I) tachi (He) (love )
(We)
tabemasu kimashita/kimasu nomimasu hanashimasu
(eat) (came) go (drink) (speak)

kanojo no mizu Kare no Watashi o tempura tomodachi


(her) (water) (His) (me) (tempura) (friend)

ie no naka resutoran ie no naka sanji ashita


(in the house ) (restaurant) (in the house ) (3:00) (tomorrow)

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