Midterm Exam - Brooklyn J 1020 - Yabe /100 Name: PART I: Fill in all blanks in the following table. The ﬁrst line is ﬁlled in completely as an example. [32 pt] English Plain Form Plain Negative て-Form ます-Form eat たべるたべないたべてたべます come read はなしますでかけますとりますかいます English Non-past polite aff. N-p Polite Neg. Past Polite aff. Past Pol. Negative いそがしいです sorry/regrettable PART II: Grammatical Questions [8 pt] 1: Fill in an appropriate expression to complete the “please do” sentences なまえご 1. 先生、私の名前をスペインでかいて ( )。[with socially superior person] 語 telephone number 2. 山田さん、でんわばんごうをかいて ( )。[Yamada is your casual friend] 2: Answer the following questions 1. How do you derive ‘the/a red one’ in Japanese from あかい. 2. How do you say, ‘I like the red one more then the blue one.’ 3. How do you say, ‘I like the red one and the blue (among other colors I like).’ 1 PART III: Translate the following sentences into Japanese (carefully). Don’t worry about Kanji. [30 pt] 1. Mr. Oikawa is more quiet than Mr. Tazawa [3pt]. 2. I like reading manga (マンガ) better than taking photos. [4pt] 3. Japan is the smallest. [2pt] 4. Please show me 5 apples. [3pt] 5. Shall we drink wine together? [3pt] 6. Let us go to Mitsuwa (ミツワ) to eat! [3pt] 7. Won’t you play tennis? [2pt] 8. I go home/return to Japan to drink Sake with Mr. Yamashita. [3pt] 9. Mr. Yamakawa wants to eat at the 8th ﬂoor. [4pt] 10. Mr. Yamakawa wants 7 slices of pizza. [3pt] 2 1 Part III: For the expressions written in Kanji, rewrite them using Hiragana and translate them into English. For the words in English or HIragana, write them by using the correct Kanji. [20 pt] 1. にほんじん 6. something is old (polite form with okurigana) 2. がっこう 7. something is cheep (polite form with okurigana) 8. 今日 3. つき 9. 毎年 4. きんようび 10. 新しい 5. something is big (rewrite - in polite form with okurigana) 2 Part 4: Listening 2.1 Listen to the instructor. If the statement is true, circle はい/yes; if it is false, circle いいえ/no [4 pt] Group A Book store Fish store Soba shop Bar Bag Store Ramen Shop 1. はい 2. はい 2.2 Group B Item Bought Banans Bought Fish Bought apples Bought pizza Bought books Bought orange 5 FL. 10 FL. 13 FL. 49 FL. 8 FL. 1 FL. いいえ Quantity 6 6 9 7 5 4 1. はいいいえ 2. はいいいえいいえ Listen to the instructor, and answer the following questions in Japanese [6 pt]. 1. Why was Ueda busy this week. 3. Why is Ueda going to Lee-san’s place. 2. Where do Ueda-san and Lee-san go often together and why? 3