Minna no Nihongo 16: Anata wa Nani wo Tabemashitaka

Hi, Ojachan here 🙂 Today’s lesson is;【第6課】 Lesson 6. Anata wa Nani wo Tabemashitaka

Don’t you want to know how to learn Japanese like Japanese kids? This lesson is meant for students that are beginners at Japanese.

⭐️This lesson is following the textbook “Minna no Nihongo”. (*not perfectly)

⭐️I’m going to give a lesson easier to understand for Japanese learners without following textbook’s orders.

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CONTENTS

Past Sentence

■Review

When you make “past sentences“, you just add “ました” the end of the sentence.

【present / future tense】わたしは　お寿司を　食べます。
【past tense】わたしは　お寿司を　食べました。

anata wa sushi wo tabemashitaka 1
Minna no Nihongo

【Affirmative Sentence】
わたしは　昨日　レストランで　お寿司を　食べました。
watashi wa kino restoran de osushi wo tabemashita
I ate sushi at the restaurant yesterday.

【Negative Sentence】
わたしは　昨日　レストランで　お寿司を　食べませんでした。
watashi wa kinou restoran de osushi wo tabemasendeshita
I didn’t eat sushi at the restaurant yesterday.

【Interrogative Sentence】
あなたは　昨日　レストランで　お寿司を　食べましたか。
anata wa kino restoran de osushi wo tabemashitaka
Did you eat sushi at the restaurant yesterday?

5W1H in Japanese

Anata wa Nani wo Tabemashitaka 2
5W1H Minna no Nihongo

You can expand your Japanese expression a lot if you learn this lesson.

You can talk your experience in Japanese, write a diary in Japanese and ask and answer the questions with your Japanese friends too!

Japanese elementary students learn these words as 5W1H「いつ、どこで、誰が、何を、なぜ、どうした」to write a composition in Japanese class.

⭐️ You should put the word which is related the point of the question before the verb when you answer the question.

1. いつ itsu When

You can use this word as “when” instead of the time.

いつ　ミラーさんと　会いましたか。
itsu miller san to aimashitaka
When did you see Miller?

先週　会いました。
senshuu aimashita
I saw him last week.

2. どこ doko Where

You can use this word as “where” instead of the place.

どこに　行きましたか。
dokoni ikimashitaka
Where did you go?

レストランに　行きました。
restoran ni ikimashita
I went to the restaurant with my friend.

3. 誰 dare Who

You can use this word as “who” instead of the person.

誰が　飲み会に　誘いましたか。
dare ga nomikai ni sasoimashitaka
Who invited to a drinking party?

佐藤さんが　誘いました。
satou san ga sasoimashita
Sato did.

4. 何 nani / nan What

You can use this word as “what” instead of objects or things.

However, there are two different way to pronunciations of 何.

①なに nani

1) なに is used a single. So it is often used with “助詞 joshi (participle)”.

【なに＋助詞】
なにを when you ask the object as what
なにが when you ask the subject as what
なにに to be what

2) 何 is usually pronounced as なに which means “what”.
You can use なに if you want to ask objects or things.

あなたは　何を　食べましたか。
anagata wa nani wo tabemashitaka
What did you eat?
　
わたしは　お寿司を　食べました。
watashi wa osushiwo tabemashita
I eat sushi.

3) なに is used as “which” or “what kind of~”.

何人 nanijin which nationality
何語 nanigo What kind of language
何色 naniiro What kind of color

× なんじん　なんご　なんいろ

②なん nan

なん is always added with something.

You can use it with something as a compound word if you use なん.

1) なん is used following てとのでだ and です.

なんて how to say / express (casual)
なんと how to say / express (formal)
なんの what ~
なんで why
なんだ。what is ~?(casual)
なんですか。What is ~?(polite)

2) 何 is often pronounced as なん which means “how” or “what sth”.
When you pronounce it as なん, you can ask “the detail” of that like;

あなたは　何の　お寿司を　食べましたか。
anata wa nanno osushi wo tabemashitaka
What sushi did you eat?

わたしは　鮭の　お寿司を　食べました。
watashi wa sakeno osushi wo tabemashita
I eat a sushi of salmon.

3) You can use it as “How many” with a noun.

何人 nannin How many people
何カ国語 nankagokugo How many language
何色 nanshoku How many color

You see, those words same as above kanji words but it’s totally different meanings because of the pronunciations!

5. なぜ /どうして naze Why

You can use this word as “why” instead of the reason.

なぜ is a formal expression. どうして is a casual expression.

⭐️ In conversation, you should use どうして better than なぜ because the sound is more natural.

どうして　ミラーさんは　何も　食べませんでしたか。
doushite miller san wa nanimo　tabemasendeshitaka
Why didn’t Miller eat anything?

その時　体調が　悪かった　からです。
sonotoki taichouga warukatta karadesu
Because he felt bad at that time.

6. どのように donoyouni How

You can use this word as “how” instead of the way.

どのように is a fomal expression. どうやって is a casual expression.

どうやって　病院に　行きましたか。
douyatte byouin ni ikimashitaka
How did Miller go to the hospital?

タクシーで　そこに　行きました。
takushii de sokoni ikimashita
He went there by a taxi.

Vocabulary Words

日本語	pronunciation	English
食事会	shokujikai	a party
昼食会	chuushokukai	a lunch party
夕食会	yuushokukai	a dinner party
飲み会	nomikai	a drinking party
宴会	enkai	a banquet / a party
歓迎会	kangeikai	a welcome party
送別会	soubetsukai	a farewell party
新年会	shinnenkai	a new year’s party
忘年会	bounenkai	a year-end party
誕生会	tanjoukai	a birthday party
女子会	joshikai	a kitty party
打ち上げ	uchiage	wrap-up party

Expressions Verbs

辞書形 jisho-kei	ます形 masu-kei	ました形 machina-kei
食べる taberu to eat	食べます tabemasu eat	食べました tabemashita ate
飲む nomu to drink	飲みます nomimasu drink	飲みました nomimashita drank
切る kiru to cut	切ります kirimasu cut	切りました kirimashita cut
見る miru to see	見ます mimasu see	見ました mimashita saw
聞く kiku to listen	聞きます kikimasu listen	聞きました kikimashita listened
言う iu to say	言います iimasu say	言いました iimashita said
読む yomu to read	読みます yomimasu read	読みました yomimashita read
書く kaku to write	書きます kakimasu write	書きました kakimashita wrote
撮る toru to take	撮ります torimasu take	撮りました torimashita took
会う au to meet	会います aimasu meet	会いました aimashita met