Intermediate, Weather.

Konbanwa, mina-san.

Jeremi desu.

Today's lesson:

Intermediate weather! Brrr!

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For today's lesson, we will be learning more advanced phrases associated with the weather.

Although this topic is related to the weather, you can use these words in many contexts and you get an increased perception of Japanese grammar! Which is always a bonus!

First off, we will start off with some new nouns / adjectives / etc, and later on use these in

phrases.

Atatakai- Warm

Taiyou- Sun

Boushi- Hat

Kasa- Umbrella

Mafura- Scarf

Sunglasses- Sungarasu

Raincoat- Rein-koto

Here is an alternative way of saying "Tenki wa dou desu ka?", or "How is the weather?".

A bit of variety is useful when learning a language, it's a necessity when trying to understand others!

"Donna tenki desu ka?".

Ima wa hareteimasu- It's now fine!

Ima wa kumotteimasu- It's now cloudy

Ima wa.... - It's now (state of weather inserted here, or anything!)

Ima wa aoi desu- It's now blue!

Boushi wo kabuteimasu- Is wearing a hat

Mafura wo shiteimasu- Is wearing a scarf

Sangarasu wo kaketeimasu- Is wearing sunglasses

Rein-koto wo sashiteimasu- Is using a raincoat!

Naze rein-koto wo sashiteimasu- Why are you using a coat?

Ame ga futteimasu kara- Because it's raining!

Naze..... - Why....

....... Kara- Because.......

Kasa wo sashiteimasu- Is using an umbrella

Ame ga futteimasu kara, kasa wo sashiteimasu- Because it's raining, is using an

umbrella.

Now, I'd like to explain the grammar used in this lesson.

As you may have noticed, Japanese is very context specific.

Due to this fact, usually you can drop he,she, her, him, etc when in a situation / context which is obvious that you're referring to that person/place.

It sounds like a mouthful, but trust me, it makes Japanese insanely easier.

For example! Let's say.... Hmm... A basic example is that there are 2 people in a room, only one is wearing sunglasses. If you state "Naze sungarasu ga kaketeimasu ka?" "Why are wearing sunglasses?", it's obvious that you are referring to that individual and do not need to add "you" or "anata" into the sentence. Get it? Good :)

Study hard!

Mata ne!

Adjectives!

Konbanwa mina-san!

Jeremy desu yo!

^_^

Today's lesson....

Adjectives!

For today's lesson, I thought that we would learn some more of the base of a language,

its adjectives! So, today we will be learning interesting adjectives in Japanese!

I personally don't know many myself and so this lesson will be awesome!

I will be using reliable, and trustworthy sources in order to gain this information on

adjectives, so don't worry!

Atleast I'll condense the information for you guys, if that's a consellation :).

Also, please don't worry about the format/structure of my blogs, I always spice it up! I'm too lazy/ an expressionist to confine myself to one format of lesson / post :P.

HOT-The adjective, atsui- means hot (as in temperature) !(E.g Atsui! It's hot, ot Boku wa atsui desu!, I'm hot!)

COLD-The adjective, samui- Means to be cold (Weather only) (E.g Samui! It's cold!)

CHEAP- The adjective, yasui- means cheap (as in cost) (E.g Kore wa yasui desu ka? Is this cheap?)

FREE- The adjective, himana- means free (as in value) (E.g, Himana desu ka?! Honto ni?! Is it free?! Really?!)

The adjective,

QUIET- The adjective, shizukana- means quiet (as in noise) (E.g Ahhh... Kore ga basho wa shizukana ne.. Ahh, isn't this a quiet place? :) )

OLD- The adjective, furui- means old (as in age) (E.g Is this an old shrine entrance? Kore wa torii wa furui desu ka?) (Use the adjective toshiyori if using towards people).

YOUNG- The adjective, wakai- means young (E.g Is this car very new? Kore ga kuruma wa totemo wakai desu ka?)

SMALL- The adjective, chiisana- means small (E.g You are very small! Anata ga totemo chiisana desu!)

BIG- The adjective, Oukii- means big (E.g Why is this area so large? Doushite kore ga basho wa oukii desu ka?)

SHORT- The adjective, hikui- means low or short ( not reffering to an individual's height) (E.g This is short! Kore wa hikui desu!)

TALL/EXPENSIVE- The adjective, TAKAI- means expensive, or high, tall. (Not reffering to heigh of individuals again) (E.g This house is so tall!, Kore ga ie wa takai desu yo! Your car is very expensive- Anata no kuruma wa totemo takai desu!)

TALL and SHORT (Height of individuals)- Just add sega infront of takai or hikui to make it refer to people.

COLD (Adjective for nouns)- The adjective, tsumetai- means cold (referring to objects/people) (E.g My sushi is cold! Watashi no sushi wa tsumetai desu!)

PRETTY- The adjective, kirei- means pretty (can refer to anything) (E.g You look very pretty! Anata ga totemo kirei desu!)

DANGEROUS- The adjective, ABUNAI- means dangerous (E.g Don't do that! It's dangerous- Sore shitemasu! Abunai desu!)

PAINFUL- The adjective, ITAI- means painful (E.g Ouch! Itai!)

SWEET- The adjective, AMAI- means sweet (E.g Mmmm... Kore ga mochi wa amai desu! Mmm.. This mochi is sweet!)

SOUR- The adjective, SUPPAI- means sour (E.g It's very sour! Totemo suppai desu!)

NOISY- The adjective, YAKAMASHII- means noisy (E.g This song is very loud! Kore ga uta wa totemo yakamashii desu!)

BUSY- The adjective, ISOGASHII- means to be busy (E.g I'm so sorry! I'm busy, Gomenosai! Watashi wa isogashii desu!)

FAMOUS- The adjective, YUUMEINa- means to be famous (E.g Is she a famous woman? Kanojo wa yuumeina onanohito desu ka?)

WOMAN/MAN- Onanohito, Otokonohito

MYSTERIOUS- The adjective, fushigina, means to be mysterious/strange (E.g Isn't it strange? Fushigina ne?)

SKILLFULL- The adjective, jyouzuna- means to be skillfull (You're english is very skillfull. Anata no eigo wa jyouzuna hanashimasu)

NOT SKILLFULL- the adjective, hetana, means to be not skillfull (I am not skillfull speaking in Japanese. Watashi no nihongo wa hetana hanashimasu)

CLOSE- The adjective, chikai- means close, or too close depending on how used emotionally (Where are the toirets? They're very close. Doko wa toireto desu ka? Karera wa totemo chikai desu!. You're too close!! Chikai!!)

LIVELY= This adjective, Nigiyakana, means lively (E.g You're very lively today!. Kyo wa anata no nigiyakana!)

RUDE= The adjective, shitsureina, means rude (How rude! Dare shitsureina!)

NO GOOD= The adjective, DAMENA, means no good ( This book is no good! Kore ga hon wa damena desu!

UNLIKEABLE- The adjective, kiraina, means unlikeable (They're quite unlikeable aren't they? Anata tachi wa kiraina desu ne?)

LIKEABLE- The adjective, sukina, means likeable

IMPORTANT- The adjective, daijina, means important (It's important that you study! Anata ga sore wa daijina benkyousuru!)

KIND= The adjectives, yasashii/shinsetsuna, both mean kind/generous

FAR / DISTANT= The adjective, tooi, means far/distant (It's too far! Tooi desu!)

BORING= The adjective, TSUMARANAI, means boring (This is so boring! Kore wa tsumaranai!)

That's it for this lesson! I hope you learned a lot of new adjectives, in order to spice up your Japanese :) Thank you for reading, and please tune in next time ;)