Daniel Adriano 1 st period Sensei Thomas Adame

Daniel Adriano 1 st period Sensei Thomas Adame

ぐらい About Follows number indicating amount, ご ろ is used instead when indicating an approximate time

(verb)+ている Used to indicate state of being 住む、おぼえるis usually used in ている form for nonpast tense and ていた form for past tense.

かなあ/かしら I wonder かなあ/かしらis followed by informal verb, adjective, or nominals

Inverted sentence Used to focus attention on inverted expression

って/と Used to indicate quotation Usually followed by 言う, 聞く, 話す, 読む, or おもう Indirect quotation-> informal form before って or と Direct quotation-> indicated by 「 」 と is formal って is informal, only used in conversation

じゃない Informal form of じゃありませんか or でわありませんか じゃない is used when the speaker expects the listener’s agreement

-をしている Used to express a person's features Used at the end of a sentence, preceded by a body term and descriptive word

って言う、と言う -called, named, saying that Quoting a statement or word, modifies the following nominal

…をしている Used to express a person's proffesion Followed by the profession

…な/…なあ Used to express joy or anger Used at the end of a sentence …な for male or females …なあ for males

(verb)+の Used to turn verb into subject or object の follows a plain form verb, turning the verb into a subject or topic

に会う To meet 会うuses the particle に after whom to meet.