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You can pick any "Challenge" but it will be easier if you start from 【CHALLENGE 01】
Each challenge focuses on a specific topic/situation. Once you learn the base format, the rest is up to your vocabulary.
It will be very useful if you learn the Sound of Hiragana, and Commonly used words.
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Challenge 08 covers the first of 5 W-question forms: WHEN
- When: いつ・itu
- Where
- Who
- What
- Why
Let's view the challenge video!
"When" questions are usually followed by action verbs.
Iki・いき (To go) is used in the challenge video.
It's very easy and useful once you learn the base verb and 6 variations,
Base Verb and Variations
BASE VERB = いき・Iki = to go
6 fixed variations are:
- Current positive: ます・masu ⇒ いきます(to go)
- Current negative: ません・masen⇒ いきません (don't go)
- Current "want to": たいです・taidesu⇒ いきたいです (want to go)
- Current "don't want to": たくないです・takunaidesu⇒ いきたくないです(don't want to go)
- Past positive: ました・masita⇒ いきました (went)
- Past negative: ませんでした ・masendesita⇒ いきませんでした(didn't go)
Common types of question for いつ・itu・when
いつ ＋ Base Verb ＋ ますか？
itu masuka?
When ?
| いつ・When | Base verb | Verb variations | ||
| いつ・itu・when | + | いき・iki・go | + | ますか？masuka? (positive question form) |
| あした・asita・tomorrow | + | いき・iki・go | + | ます・masu (positive form) |
| いつ・itu・when | + | いき・iki・go | + | たいですか？("want to" question form) |
| らいしゅう・raisyu・next week | + | いき・iki・go | + | たいです ("want to" form) |
Survival Tip
Subject (I, you, he, she, etc.) is omitted when it's clear what the subject is.
When you want to add other object word such as "I want to go to school tomorrow", "He bought the book yesterday", you need to use proper particles such as "ni", "o". If you are not sure which one to use, you can skip it, and still ok most of the time, or, another alternative is to say the word first, followed by the main sentence:
がっこう、あした いきます。 instead of あした、がっこうに いきます。
gakko asita ikimasu.
その ほん、きのう かいました。 instead of きのう その ほんを、かいました。
sono hon kino kaimasita
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