Contents
1. Lesson 13-Top
2. Kanji in Lesson 13
3. たんご (Vocabulary)
4. 会話 (Dialogues)
5. ぶんぽう (Grammar)
6. れんしゅう (Practice)

Sailing on the ocean (Vacation)

In this lesson, you will deepen your understanding of plain forms, especially plain past forms of verbs, adjectives, and nouns, and learn how they are used in casual conversation to talk about past events and experiences. You will continue to contrast plain and polite styles and practice choosing an appropriate speech style for different situations. You will also learn how to talk about past experiences using ～たことがある, list representative activities using ～たり～たりする, and express desires using ～たい／～たがっている. In addition, you will learn how to give reasons using ～ので.

ぶんぽう (Grammar)

  1. Plain past forms (Verbs, Adjectives and Nouns)
  2. Past experience: …たことが あります
  3. Listing representative activities and states using …たり…たりします
  4. Stating one's desire using …たいです and other's desire using …たがっています
  5. Talking about changed states using ～くなる／～になる／Vようになる／Vなくなる (Review)
  6. Giving reasons (formally) using ～ので

Useful Social Expressions

  1. ひさしぶりですね！ It's been a while!
  2. ぜひ行きたいです。 I'd definitely like to go.

New Kanji

度、好、近、明、起、牛、映、画、町、 連、市、所、勉、強、有、友、次、(住)

Lesson 13-Top