Chapters
& topics&  Forms

Grammar/Structures

Meanings

1-1

Islands

Areas

Prefectures

Cities

Souvenirs

Trans-

portations

Aは Bにあります。
(DBJG “Aru 1” pp.73-76)

Indicating locations; A is located in/at/on B

Aは Bで有名です。

A is famous forB

A placeから B placeまで Cで D time-時間ぐらいかかります。

Commuting time; from A to B, it takes about D time by C transportation

ごろ(DBJG  “Goro” pp.126-128)

ぐらい(DBJG “Kurai” pp.212-213)

Around
Approximately

1-2
What do you want to do in Japan?

Desire & Intention

Verbs-plain/

Non-Past forms

Desire (own & others)

A (noun/item) が欲しいです(DBJG “Hishii 1” pp.144-146)　　Expressing own desire; I want A (noun/item)

Aさんは、Bを欲しがっています(DBJG “Hishii 1”  pp.144-146)　　Expressing other’s desire; A (someone) wants B (noun/item)

Conjunctive form of verb + たいです(DBJG “Tai” pp.441-445)　　Expressing own desire; I want to do A (action)

Aさんは、B Conjunctive form of verb + たがっています　　Expressing other’s desire; A-san wants to do B (action)

 Plain form of verb + つもりです。(DBJG “Tsumori” pp.503-507)

Tentative plan

1-3

Food

Ekiben

Experiences and conditions

Verbs-plain/Past (ta)forms

Plain Past (た) form of verbs + ことがあります(DBJG “Koto ga aru”  pp.196-198)


 

Experiences

Plain Past (た) form of verbs + ら conditional (DBJG “Tara”  pp.452-457)

 

If - then statement    

Conjunctive form of verbたいんです　or　たがっているんです。(DBJG “No da”  pp.325-328)

Desire with drawing empathy　

Plain form of verbs +んです。んで= ので(DBJG “No de”  pp.328-331)

Expressing Reason ...

1-4

Annual Events

Verbs-Te-forms

-て form of verbs (DBJG Te  pp.464-467)


 

Connecting verbs:

てみたいです。(DBJG “Miru”   pp.246-247)

More expressing desire; want to try to..

 Plain Past (た) form of verbs +り、 Plain Past (た) form of verbs +り + します。(DBJG “Tari tari suru”  pp.458-461)

In-exhaustive listing of actions

1-5

Weather&

Climate

Adjectives

Comparatives & Superlatives

...のほうが(DBJG “Ho ga”  pp.140-144)

...より(DBJG “Yori 1”  pp.564-567)

...ほどwith negatives (DBJG “Hodo”  pp.135-138)

と同じぐらい

一番(DBJG “Ichiban”  pp.148-149)

Comparatives

Comparatives

Comparatives

Comparatives

Superlatives

1-6

Seasons

Adjectives-Te-forms

Te- form of adjectives  -くて
 

 

Connecting Adjectives

A なります。

Change of state, To become A

...とconditional

Whenever...; If...　 statement 　

2-1

Family:

Grandfather

Father

Elder brother

-て form of です(DBJG “Te”  pp.464-467)

Connecting to the following sentences

…ています(DBJG ”Iru 2”  pp.155-157)

…is doing, have been doing, etc.

Conjunctive forms of verbs

Connecting to the following sentences

Relative clauses (DBJG ”Relative Clause”    pp.376-380)

Adjective clauses containing a verb

上手、下手、苦手、得意

Skills/Abilities

2-2

Family:

Mother

Interrogative + か、も、でも

Plain forms of verbs + ことor の (DBJG “Koto”  pp.193-196)

Nominalizing a verb (making a verb into a noun)

Potential forms of verbs

To be able to …

…と思う/思います

I think that …