Japanese Verbs: Saying What You Mean - Exercises for Lessons 1-16

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Japanese Verbs: Saying What You Mean

Exercises for Lessons 1-16
These exercises test your knowledge of the material covered in Lessons 1 to 16
(pages 1-28 in the book). New words will be introduced in footnotes.

A. Translate the following Japanese verbs into English:

1. aruku ____________________

2. isogu ____________________

3. matsu ____________________

4. yomu ____________________

5. kaeru ____________________

6. kimeru ____________________

7. kariru ____________________

8. iku ____________________

9. noru ____________________

10. okiru ____________________

11. yasumu ____________________

12. hakobu ____________________

13. naosu ____________________

14. suwaru ____________________

15. kuru ____________________

16. shinpai suru ____________________

17. oboeru ____________________

18. kaku ____________________

19. hataraku ____________________

20. sanpo suru ____________________

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B. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Watashi wa coca-cola o nomu.

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2. Watashi wa atarashii kasa o kau.
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3. Kodomotachi wa shichiji made1 asobu.
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4. Watashi wa ringo o taberu.
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5. John ni jisho o ageru.
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6. Konban2 benkyou suru?
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7. Kanojo wa pasokon o tsukau.
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8. Kare wa eiga o mitai.
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9. Kodomotachi wa kouen ni asobi ni iku.
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10. Kimiko wa benkyou shinagara ongaku o kiku.
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C. Convert the above Japanese sentences into polite Japanese:

1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________

1 made: until
2 konban: this evening

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8. ____________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________________

D. Translate the following English into polite Japanese:

1. She always eats too much.

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2. He got up at 8:00.
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3. His name is hard to remember.

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4. John wants to go play in the park.

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5. Do you want to take a break?

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6. Bob will do it.

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7. Ken is twelve years old.

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8. I didn't see that movie.

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9. Let's go.
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10. Fix it!

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