To give & To Receive - Japanese Lesson 7
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 Published On Aug 15, 2011

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Please view Lesson 6 for more verbs and vocabulary.

In this lesson you will learn 2 very useful Japanese verbs "agemasu" - to give and "moraimasu" - to receive. Proper sentence structure will also be covered, adding places, people and time to the sentence.

Vocabulary:

agemasu - to give
moraimasu - to receive
kyou - today
ashita - tomorrow
kino - yesterday
asatte - day after tomorrow
ototoi - day before yesterday
tokei - watch
keki - cake
hon - book
takai - expensive
oishii - delicious
nihon no hon - japanese book
tomodachi - friend

Sentence structure:

Subject + wa (particle) + Time (day of the week) + Person + ni (particle) + adjective + noun (object) + o (particle for "object") + verb (agemasu / moraimasu)

Example:

Suzuki san wa ototoi tomodachi ni takai tokei o agemashita
The day before yesterday Suzuki san gave an expensive watch to his friend.

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