In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about vacation plans and make travel reservations while developing your ability to speak more casually with friends and peers. You will expand your use of non-past plain forms in casual conversation and learn to express intentions with plain V +
つもり. You will also learn how to report what someone has said and express your own thoughts using
～と言っていました／～と思います, and how to ask whether something has already happened using
(もう) Vましたか and respond with
まだ Vて(い)ません (“not yet”). In addition, you will learn to ask for and give permission with
Vてもいいです, express prohibition with
Vてはいけません, and talk about transportation and travel time using means of transportation +
で and
かかります.
ぶんぽう (Grammar)
- Plain non-past affirmative form
- Casual conversation
- Non-past Plain Verb + つもり
- (もう) Vましたか → いいえ、(まだ) Vて(い)ません
- ～と言って(い)ました／～と思います
- Vても いいです (vs. Vては いけません)
- Instrument/Meansで, かかります
- Review of て-forms, Nが ございます vs. Nでございます
Useful Social Expressions
- だいじょうぶ: That's fine/It's okay.
- たのしみですね: (Someone is) looking forward to it.
New Kanji
東、京、西、南、北、道、雨、雪、思 立、文、作、旅、予、定、約、自