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# Last Weeks Homework
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Synopsis for Japanese Class_2026-01-14.md:
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This class covered new vocabulary including `少しずつ` (little by little), `自由` (freedom), and `自動販売機` (vending machine). New grammar points included connecting sentences with `と` for natural consequences, and using `ながら` for multi-tasking.
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# Random Words
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- 育てる -> そだてる -> To Raise (transitive)
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- 育つ -> そだつ -> To raise (intransitive)
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- 週間 -> しゅうかん -> Habit/Custom
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- 変わる -> かわる -> To change (intransitive)
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- 変える -> かえる -> To change (transitive)
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- 噓をつく -> To Tell a lie
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# Main Point
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## Using の as a placeholder
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You can use の as a placeholder for an aforementioned object. We know this already
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A: 何が好きですか？
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B: 時計が好きです。
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A: どちらのが好きです？
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B：たかいのがすきです。
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For verbs, we can't use a conjugated form, we have to use the dictionary form (ふつうけい), and then stick の after it. This changes the verb to a noun, and makes it available to use as a subject/topic
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歌うのは楽しいです
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The verb is 歌う, which is a verb. We stick の after it, the dictionary form, and this turns it into a noun. It can be in present or past tense, but it has to be in
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- 温泉に入るのが温かいです
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- Being in an Onsen is warm
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- 携帯を使いながら自転車に乗るのは危ないです
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- Using a phone while riding a bike is dangerous
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- 子供を育てるのは大変です。
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- Raising a child is very hard
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- 習慣を変えるのは難しいです
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- Changing a habit is difficult
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- 一か月でN1の試験に合格するのは無理です
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- It's impossible to pass the N1 exam in just one month.
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- 噓をつくのはまずいです
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- Lying is bad
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- 私はAさんが中国語を勉強しているのを知っています
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- I know that A-san is studying Chinese
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- Notice: you can use の for other things to, not just before は. It turns the entire verb phrase into a noun.
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- 私はAさんがタバコを吸うわないのを知っています
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- I know that Aーさん doesn't smoke.
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- Notice: You can use it for negative sentences too.
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- 彼はBさんたちが来月に結婚するのを知っています。
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- He knows that B and her partner are getting married next month.
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- 彼女はBさんが赤ちゃんが生まれたのを知っています
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- She knows that B-San *had* a baby
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- Notice: This is using PAST tense. It can be in any tense, but needs to be in regular form still.
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- 彼女は九時半に会議があるのを覚えています
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- She remembered she had a meeting at 9:30
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- 彼女は四年前にこの人と会ったのを覚えっています
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- She remembers meeting this person four years ago.
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# Supplementary Notes
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## Explaining Things about our body
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When Explaining things about ours or others body, we should use verbs, instead of い-adj. い-adj is used for describing things, not people.
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- 瘦せる -> やせる -> To lose weight
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- 瘦せっている -> To exist in a slim state
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- 太る -> ふとる -> To get fat
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- 太っている -> To exist in a state of being fat
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- 太い -> ふとい ->
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# Homework
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