This is an original version of the Japanese textbook for JAPN 2001.
The new version of the textbook for JAPN 2001 is still being developed.
Lesson 13: この前のお休み
My Last Vacation
In this lesson, we will learn to talk casually about past events using plain forms, describe our past experiences, list typical activities we do, and talk about our desires ("want to V"). We will also introduce a formal connective ので ("so, therefore").
Plain past forms (Verbs, Adjectives and Nouns)
Past experience: ~たことが あります
Listing representative activities and states using ~たり~たりします
Stating one's desire using ~たいです and other's desire using ~たがっています
Talking about changed states using ~くなる/~になる/Vようになる/Vなくなる (Review)