Learn Japanese easily! Your Japanese is coming along great, so keep up the good work.
You're ready to tell your friends, "I've been learning Japanese rapidly online without missing a single great article!" Consider the way that sentence is constructed and how often you say things that are similar.
For instance, "I've been working hard without taking a break," and "she's been talking for hours without listening to a word I said.
" This type of sentence is obviously extremely important.
Learn how to say it in Japanese and everyone will notice how much your Japanese has improved.
That's why this Beginner Japanese article is a must read.
It shows you how to use sentences formed as "do [clause 1] without doing [clause 2].
" The possibilities for what you'll learn in this article are endless.
As a bonus, learn vocabulary words such as sakki ("some time ago"), meeru ("e-mail"), and many others that you won't know how you did without.
This Beginner Japanese article helps you improve your Japanese the easy, fun way! Vocabulary: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases: satoo - "sugar" ireru - "to put in, to turn on" (class two verb) ni-kai - "second floor" arubamu - "album" go-han - "cooked rice, meal" yurusu - "to permit, to allow" (class one verb) motamota - "inefficient, slow" uwagi - "coat, jacket" sushi-ya - "sushi shop, sushi restaurant, sushi chef" iwai - "celebration, festival" sakki - "some time ago" minna de - "with everyone" Grammar: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases: Useful Vocabulary and Phrases -- sakki kara "this whole while, since some time ago" -- sakki - "some time ago" kara - "from, since" -- Example --

1. Miu wa sakki kara waratteiru.
   "She has been laughing since some time ago.
   "

-- Sushi-ya ni ikuzo.
-- Zo is a sentence-ending particle that indicates emphasis and is mainly used by male speakers.
Please notice that zo is not usually attached to -desu or -masu ending sentences.
-- Formation -- Verb

1. Non-pastSushi-ya ni iku.
   ?Sushi-ya ni ikuzo.
   
2. PastSushi-ya ni itta.
   ?Sushi-ya ni itta zo.
   

-i Ending Adjective

1. Non-pastSushi wa takai.
   ?Sushi wa takai zo.
   
2. PastSushi wa takakatta.
   ?Sushi wa takakatta zo.
   

-na Ending Adjective

1. Non-pastSushi-ya wa nigiyaka da.
   ?Sushi-ya wa nigiyaka da zo.
   
2. PastSushi-ya wa nigiyaka datta.
   ?Sushi-ya wa nigiyaka datta zo.
   

Noun

1. Non-pastKen wa sushi-ya da.
   ?Ken wa sushi-ya da zo.
   
2. PastKen wa sushi-ya datta.
   ?Ken wa sushi-ya datta zo.
   

-- Today's Target Phrase (Otoo-san wa) nanimo iwanaide arubamu o miteiru.
"The father has been looking at the photo album without saying anything.
" -- The focus of today's article is the "[clause 1: Informal negative form of verb X / -nai form of verb X] de [clause 2]" construction, which we can roughly translate as "do [clause 2], without doing [clause 1].
" -- Sentence Construction -- [verb X] nai de [verb Y] Do [verb Y] without doing [verb X] *The verb conjugation of informal negative form ? For more details, see Beginner Season 4 Article 23, "Please Don't Do This!" Formal Speech [Subject] wa / [Informal negative form] de / [Verb].
Piitaa wa / nenai de / hatarakimasu.
Piitaa wa / nenai de / hatarakimashita.
Watashi wa / meeru o yomanai de / keshimasu.
Watashi wa / meeru o yomanai de / keshimashita.
Haruya wa / asa-gohan o tabenai de / kaisha ni ikimasu.
Haruya wa / asa-gohan o tabenai de / kaisha ni ikimashita.
*neru - "to sleep" *hataraku - "to work" *meeru - "e-mail" *yomu - "to read" *kesu - "to delete, to turn off" Informal Speech [Subject] wa / [Informal negative form] de / [Verb].
Pt wa / nenai de / hataraku.
Pt wa / nenai de / hataraita.
Watashi wa / mru o yomanai de / kesu.
Watashi wa / mru o yomanai de / keshita.
Haruya wa / asa-gohan o tabenai de / kaisha ni iku.
Haruya wa / asa-gohan o tabenai de / kaisha ni itta.
*Please note that "[verb; informal negative form] de" doesn't change based on politeness or tense.
-- Practice 1 Please join the following clauses using nai de.
-- Example: [ watashi wa] [ terebi o miru] [ hataraku] ? Watashi wa terebi o minai de hataraku.

1. [ watashi wa] [ hataraku ] [asobu]?_______________________________________________________________
2. [Jon wa] [ terebi o miru] [ benky shiteimasu]?_______________________________________________________________(*benky suru "to study")
3. [ Jon wa] [ neru ] [ benky shimasu]?_______________________________________________________________