08.10.14 Chapter 6 Houmon Suru; Shoukai Suru; To Visit/Call on

08.10.14 Chapter 6 Houmon Suru & Shoukai Suru;
To make housecalls/visiting a Japanese home

GRAMMAR POINT 1: The following is an extremely polite way of telling someone in A-san's main circle (family, friends or co-workers) that they appreciate A-san's help/kindness. It is used as part of the "aitsu" or greeting when meeting someone for the first time.

A-san ha, Osewa ni natte orimasu.
A-san is always looking after me/taking good care of me.

RECALL 1: To make a generic negative statement, you use the FORMATION:

QUESTION WORD + mo + NEGATIVE VERB

Examples:
(1) Nani mo nai ===> There is nothing
(2) Dare mo shiranai ===> I don't know anyone
(3) Nani mo tabemasen ===> I didn't eat anything

GRAMMAR POINT 2: To stress the importance or illustrate the difference in something, you would say in English, " It is ~(phrase with V plain) that ~".

NIHONGO FORMATION:

~(phrase V plain) no ha ~(phrase)
~(na-adj or noun) na no ha ~ (phrase)
It is ~(phrase with V plain) that ~

EXAMPLE:

Watahsi wa, ima Shanhai sunde imasu. Demo, umareta no ha, Shanhai kara go jikan gurai no chiisai machi desu.
I live in Shanghai now, but I was born in a small town about 5 hours from Shanghai.

NOTE: That in the above Example, the stress is on the birthplace.

Review:
(1) that day's (08. 09.29) handout, chapter 38, page 91 front and back.
(2) Page 85, #2 questions

GRAMMAR POINT 3: In CASUAL SPEECH, you use the word "de" to mean "AND" when starting a 2nd sentence related to the first topic.

FORMATION:
~(sentence 1). DE, ~(sentence 2).
~(sentence 1). And, ~(sentence 2).

Example:

LEE: Watahsi wa, ima Shanhai sunde imasu. Demo, umareta no ha, Shanhai kara go jikan gurai no chiisai machi desu.
I live in Shanghai now, but I was born in a small town about 5 hours from Shanghai.
ITOU-san: ...Sou desu ka. De, itsu Shanhai ni utsurareta n desu ka?
I see. And when did you move to Shanghai?

Review page 86 #3, #4.

GRAMMAR POINT 4: One way to describe a thought on a topic is to use the following formation with the ne agreement seeking particle at the end.

FORMATION:
N tte, ~(phrase containing thought topic1) kedo, ~(opposing of thought 1) ne.
Regarding N, ~(thought topic 1) that (opposing thought 1).

Example:

Shanhai tte, telebi de mita n desu kedo, zuibun kakki no aru machi desu ne.
Speaking of Shanghai, I learned on TV that it is a surprisingly lively town, right?

Review page 87 #5 and #6.

GRAMMAR POINT 5: To express "to be like" or "to look like" or "to seem like", you would use the
FORMATION:

(1) ~N mitai ni~(phrase)
(2)~N mitai da/desu
Like ~

Example:

(1)Watashi mitai ni, daitokai ni dete kuru hito ga ooi n desu yo.
Like me, there are many people moving into big urban cities.

(2)Jiko ga atta mitai da.
It looks like there was an accident.
(3)Koshou mitai da.
It seems to be broken.

Review page 87 #7 and #8.

GRAMMAR POINT 6: There are other uses for the V(te) kuru formation:
(1) it describes the specific condition of an action
(2) it descrbes the action which is coming closer to the speaker.
FORMATION:

V(te form) kuru
Come V-ing

EXAMPLE OF USE 2:

(1)Watashi mitai ni, daitokai ni dete kuru hito ga ooi n desu yo.
Like me, there are many people moving into big urban cities.

(2)Watashi sengetsu Amerika kara kaete kimashita.
I returned from the US last month.

RECALL 2: The 1st use of above formation describes a specific condition of an action.
Example:
(1) Hashiru ===> hashite kuru ; to come running
(2) Aruku ===> aruite kuru: to come walking
(3) Noru ===> notte kuru; to come riding

GRAMMAR POINT 7: In FORMAL CONTEXT, OR IN WRITINGS, you can express that N(person, matter, action) can be used as a means for obtaining knowledge or gaining experience.

FORMATION:

N wo tooshite
Through N~

EXAMPLES:

(1)Nihon no kata to no buntsuu wo tooshite, nihonjin no kangaekata wo manabitai to omotte iru.
I would like to learn about the Japanese way of thinking by exchanging letters with a Japanese pen friend.

(2)Kodomo wa asobi wo tooshite, iroiro na koto wo mi ni tsukemase.
Children learn various things through play.

Review on page 90 yomou section #1 and #2.