Beginner Japanese/Existence and Copula

This lesson will teach you how to say that something exists or doesn't exist.

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Exercises

Using the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1, say something in:
- Declarative
- Negative
- Past
- Negative-past

Edit the section below and write the exercise above in hiragana and kanji in this format:

====~~~(this signs your name)====
Hiragana:
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning

Kanji:
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning
*words form meaning

It will be checked by a fellow student or instructor.

Japanese Existence and Copula/completed exercises contains corrected exercises.

Example:

Hiragana:

いすだ declarative, is chair
いすじゃない negative, not chair
いすだった past, was chair
いすじゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair

Kanji:

椅子だ declarative, is chair
椅子じゃない negative, not chair
椅子だった past, was chair
椅子じゃなかった negative-past, wasn't chair

Examples in polite speech:

Hiragana:

いすです declarative, is chair
いすではありません negative, not chair
いすでした past, was chair
いすではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair

Kanji:

椅子です declarative, is chair
椅子ではありません negative, not chair
椅子でした past, was chair
椅子ではありませんでした negative-past, wasn't chair

Area to put Exercises

Yama da. Declarative.

Yama janai. Negative.

Yama datta. Declarative, past.

Yama janakatta. Negative, past.

Exercises using polite speech： Yama desu. Declarative

Yama dewaarimasen. Negative

Yama deshita. Declarative, past.

Yama Dewaarimasendeshita. Negative, past

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ひらがな:

でんわです polite present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
でんわでわありません polite negative present declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
でんわでした polite past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
でんわでわありませんでした　polite past negative declarative 'it was not a telephone'
でんわだ plain present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
でんわじゃない plain present negative declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
でんわだった plain past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
でんわじゃなかった plain past negative declarative　'(it) was not a telephone'

漢字:

電話です polite present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
電話でわありません polite negative present declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
電話でした polite past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
電話でわありませんでした　polite past negative declarative 'it was not a telephone'
電話だ plain present declarative '(it) is a telephone'
電話じゃない plain present negative declarative '(it) is not a telephone'
電話だった plain past declarative '(it) was a telephone'
電話じゃなかった plain past negative declarative '(it) was not a telephone'

Assignment

Memorize the words listed at Japanese I/Vocabulary/Nouns 1 including the stroke order of the kanji, number of strokes, and the spelling of them.

Questions

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