JAPAN 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Shinkansen, Sensei

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Japanese
• Course: JAPAN 1102
• Professor: misako Chapman

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4 sections - lectures happen in the sections. B cannot be in past tense if the verb is controllable. Ability (potential) nihon ni ittara, oishii sushi ga taberaremashita nihon ni ittara, nihon no bunka ga wakarimashita kore wo tsukattara, miemashita. Desire ( v nihon ni ittara, shinkansen ni noritakunarimashita. Not ok sensei ni kiitara, sensei no ofisu ni ikimasu. Not ok sensei ni kiitara, sensei no ofisu ni ikimashita. Used for action done by: someone who socially outranks you, someone you don"t know well. Special verbs: (limited number) (depends on context) shachou wa, yooroppu ni itta soudesu. Shachou wa, yooroppu ni irashatta sou desu kyou, shachou wa konai mitai desu. Kyou, shachou wa irasharanai mitai desu shachou wa kaigi ni ikimashita yo. Shachou wa kaigi ni irashaimashita yo miru goran ni naru goran ni narimasu iu ossharu osshaimasu suru nasaru nasaimasu. = will the company president be playing golf? shachou wa gorufu wo nasaimasuka.