Contents
1. Lesson 11-Top
2. Kanji in Lesson 11
3. たんご (Vocabulary)
4. 会話 (Dialogues)
5. ぶんぽう (Grammar)
6. れんしゅう (Practice)

Multi-generational family group photo

In this lesson, you will learn to describe families by using clause modifiers and to distinguish in-group vs. out-group family terms (honorific and humble). We will also learn to express on-going actions (e.g., "She is using a computer") and resultant states (e.g., "They are married").

ぶんぽう (Grammar)

  1. Verb-ています
    2. Express on-going/repeated actions and resultant states by using Vて forms (e.g., 食べています, けっこんしています, etc.)
  2. Person pronouns
  3. Additional academic subjects, majors, age, home towns, counter ～年生, etc.
  4. Connective とき (e.g., こどものとき, １３さいのとき)
  5. Counting age (～つ, ～さい) and counting people (～人)
  6. Family terms
  7. Clothing verbs (きている, かぶっている, はいている, etc.)
  8. Describing people & things using modifying clauses (しろいぼうしを かぶっている 人)

Useful Social Expressions

  1. xｘｘ: xxx
  2. ｘｘｘ: xxx
  3. ｘｘｘ: xxx

New Kanji

男、女、口、目、耳、手、足、名、父、母、兄、弟、姉、妹、家、族、(人)

Lesson 11-Top