Unit2 This is a camera magazine.

Unit2
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This is a camera magazine.
Can-do
Can-do 1
You can comprehend the name of a thing.
Can-do 2
You can ask the name of a thing.
Can-do 3
You can count 1 to 100 in Japanese.
Model Dialogue
(In the graduate research room)
Arifu : What is that?
Tanaka: It's a magazine.
Arifu : What kind of magazine?
Tanaka: It's a camera magazine.
Tanaka: Arifu-san, this is for you.
Arifu : What is it?
Tanaka: It's a kagi to the graduate research room.
Arifu : Kagi? How do you say kagi in English?
Tanaka: Well, kagi is "key" in English.
Arifu : I see. Thank you.
Vocabulary
あれ
いんせいしつ
えいご
かぎ
かめら
けいたい
けしごむ
ことば
これ
コンピューター
ざっし
じしょ
シャープペンシル
are
inse: -shitsu
e:go
kagi
kamera
ke:tai
keshigomu
kotoba
kore
konpyu:ta:
zasshi
jisho
sha:pu penshiru
that, it
a graduate research room
English
a key
a camera
a mobile (cell) phone
an eraser
a language, a word
this
a computer
a magazine
a dictionary
a mechanical pencil
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それ
でんしじしょ
でんわ
とけい にほんご
ノート
はさみ
ボールペン
ホチキス
ホワイトボード
ほん
もの
リモコン
わからない
なまえ
sore
denshi jisho
denwa
toke:
nihongo
no:to
hasami
bo:ru pen
hochikisu
howaito bo:do
hon
mono
rimokon
wakaranai
namae
it
an e-dictionary
a telephone
a clock
Japanese
a notebook
(a pair of) scissors
a ball-point pen
a stapler
a whiteboard
a book
a thing, an object
a remote controller
(do, does) not know
a name
Grammatical Notes
kore
sore
are
1. これ/それ/あれ
kore
‘これ’ refers to a thing/things near the speaker; this (one).
sore
‘それ’ refers to a thing/things near the person spoken to; that (one).
are
‘あれ’ refers to a thing/things removed from both the speaker and the person
spoken to; that (one) over there.
これ
それ
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あれ
Kore
2. これ Sore
それ Are
あれ
wa
desu.
は N です。
Kore-wa butaniku-desu.
Example これは ぶたにくです。( This is pork. )
Kore
3. これ Sore
それ Are
あれ
wa
は nan-desu-ka.
なんですか。
This question seeks identification of a thing. ‘なん(nan)’ is an interrogative.
The original form of ‘なん(nan)’ is ‘なに(nani)’.
Kore-wa nan-desu-ka.
Example これは
なんですか。( What is this ? )
Sore-wa kamera-desu.
それは カメラです。(It is a camera.)
wa
ja arimasen
4. N1 は N2 じゃ ありません。
‘じゃ ありません’ is the negative form of ‘です’ .
Nan-no
desu-ka.
5. なんの N ですか。
This question asks for information about ingredient, language used, or content
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of N.
Example
Kore-wa nan-no zasshi-desu-ka.
A:これは なんの ざっしですか。(What kind of magazine?)
Kamera no zasshi desu.
B:カメラの ざっしです。(It's a camera magazine.)
de nan-desu-ka.
6. (language)で なんですか。
This expression shows how to say something in another language.
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