How do you know... ON/KUN and beyond

[Toritoribe]

"made" would be a particle that I am not familiar with, is it like a casual ni?

particle 窶堙懌?堙
まで - Wiktionary

Sanzennin ga imasu. I'm not sure how to answer it other than that?

3千人います。
"Ga" isn't needed.

As for the last one, can I say in response to not buying anything:
何を買いたかった? (What did you want to buy?)
新しい自転車を買いたかった. (I wanted to buy a new bike.)

Yes.

I am going to go over これは日本で売っていない本です but at this point, along with the Rosetta Stone images and the most recent image, I don't understand them...like, I can understand the sentence but the structure isn't making sense yet.

テレビを見ている人が二人います。
There are two people watching TV.

テレビを見ていない人が二人います。
There are two people not watching TV.


これは本です。
This is a book.

これは日本で売っている本です。
This is a book sold in Japan.

これは日本で売っていない本です。
This is a book not sold in Japan.


Does this make sense?

 

[Putrefaction]

I see, I initially put without ga, but I thought it was needed...I see, thank you.

I will go over what you put in the bottom because as of right now it's still a bit confusing. In fact, I'm embarassed to ask, but I saw this in a description of where a post office was.

It was my understanding if you are going to have arimasu, you need to also have ga? So wouldn't it be Youbinkyouku ga.... ni arimasu?

Here's another small dialogue I came up with, asking where JREF college is.

すみません、ちょっと手伝ってください？
--はい、大丈夫？
はい、大丈夫、でもJREFの大学はどこですか？
--ああ。坂道にまっすぐ行って、二つ目の角を右に曲げて、道を渡て、大学は図書館と公園の間です。
ありがとう。

And another small one I sent my teacher.

Ah, I thought 元気だ was casual for 元気です, so I put 元気だ. In formal occasions, not between friends, one would say 元気ですか, ね? Or is both formal and casual 元気ですか?

日本の天気はきれいだ楽しい? それから、第8課と第9課と第10課はとても難しい。でも、七百漢字を習います！ 今晩、勉強する！

So I'm off to study some more Kanji (六百九十 - 七百十) and Genki Chap. 8 - 10.

Random one I made up:

本を読む？
→はい、きのう。
どうです？
→本はとてもつまらなかった。
ああ、だから 本がきらいだった？
→すきでもきらいでもありません。
あした、私の好きな本を持ってくる。
→はい。でも、私は本を分かるのが下手だと思います。

 

[Toritoribe]

I saw this in a description of where a post office was.

It was my understanding if you are going to have arimasu, you need to also have ga? So wouldn't it be Youbinkyouku ga.... ni arimasu?

郵便局が道の右側にあります。
a description of a fact

郵便局は道の右側にありますよ。
an answer to "Where's the post office?"

 

[Putrefaction]

I see, that makes much more sense! How about the other things I put, about the dialogues? I'm now on chapter nine!

Here are two more dialogues I would like you to look over, please.

よく料利すると思います。
車を運転すると思います。
タバコを吸わないと思います。
毎日日本語のテーブを聞くと思います。
夜家に帰らないと思います。
余お酒を飲まないと思います。
よく映画を見ると思います。
7？
8？
忙しいと思います。
いい学生だと思います。
背が高くないと思います。
こわいくないと思います。
静じゃないと思います。
一年生じゃないと思います。

仏語を話すのが上手です。
料理のするのが上手です。
すしを作るのが下手です。
日本語を話すのが上手です。
写真を撮るのが上手です。
車を運転するのが上手です。
はしで食べるのが上手です。

And a special one from me, combining the two:
トリトリベさんとウンレンティデさんは私の質問を答えるのが上手だと思います。

By the way, I'm using my iphone to type this one letter at a type, it's brutal! haha. And one more question, was my "Nimannin gurai sunde imasu. " response okay?

 

[Toritoribe]

よく料理すると思います。
毎日日本語のテープを聞くと思います。
夜遅く家に帰らないと思います。
余りお酒を飲まないと思います。
7よく映画を見に行く
8結婚していない
9タケシが好きだ
こわくないと思います。
静かじゃないと思います。

フランス語 is more common for French.
料理をするのが上手です。

トリトリベさんとウンレンティデさんは私の質問に答えるのが上手だと思います。

was my "Nimannin gurai sunde imasu. " response okay?

Yes.[/COLOR]

 

[Putrefaction]

Wow that's a lot of red! I was thinking 8 was weird so I didn't do it, I just didn't feel like doing 7, haha. Most of them were correct, just spelling errors?

I have two questions for you.

夜遅く家に帰らないと思います

Can I put that before the verb instead of after night? I thought it would have to be osoki instead of osoku.

私の質問に答

I'm going to assume that kotaeru needs a ni as a verb?

Doomo Arigato!

 

[Kirakira1232]

Wow, thank you! I left some rep, thanks so much!

As for your first response, "made" would be a particle that I am not familiar with, is it like a casual ni? I can see the different phrasings meaning so many different things!

As for the second one, d'oh! I didn't even notice I missed the -te forms, you are good! And I was correct for the people watching television! Damn! I was just thinking of Toritoribe's post and then I combined it with this, that's really weird! I found two more examples in my book I'm going to try to do:

"made" is not the same as ni, it roughly translates to "until" but it depends on the context.

Kyouto kara Toukyo made hikooki de itta
From Kyoto to (until) Tokyo I went by plane.

jyugyou ha nanji made desu ka?
What time is class till?
Jugyou ha kuji kara juuji made desu
Class is from 9 o'clock to (until) 10 o'clock.

1) Anata no daigaku ni gakusei ga nannin imasu ka?
So for this part, I understand everything, it just seems weird. How many people are at your college?
Sanzennin ga imasu. I'm not sure how to answer it other than that?

2) Anata no machi ni hito ga nannin sunde imasu ka?
This is more weird for me. How many people are living in your town? Like the first one, I understand what it means but the structure is not fitting in for me.
Nimannin gurai sunde imasu.
I'm having a mental block. Not sure why!

What is wrong with these structure specifically? Is it the usage of the particle ni? You answered the questions correctly though. In Japanese for objects, take the particle "ga" when a static verb is used. The place takes the particle "ni".

Oosutoraria ni wa koala ga imasu.
In Australia there are Koalas

iro iro na resutoran ga Sakae ni arimasu
There are various restaurants in Sakae.

Oosutoraria de nihongo wo benkyou shimashita.
In Australia I studied Japanese.

Shokudo de hirugohan wo tabemasu
I will eat lunch at the cafeteria.

Verbs like imasu, arimasu, sumu (sundeimasu) etc. are special in that they are not "active" verbs. They are verbs that signify existence.

As for the last one, can I say in response to not buying anything:
何を買いたかった? (What did you want to buy?)
新しい自転車を買いたかった. (I wanted to buy a new bike.)


I am going to go over これは日本で売っていない本です but at this point, along with the Rosetta Stone images and the most recent image, I don't understand them...like, I can understand the sentence but the structure isn't making sense yet.

Nani wo kaitakatta?
What did you want to buy?

nani mo kaitakunakatta. (Verb Kaitai -> Kaitakunai (not want to buy) -> Kaitakunakatta)
I did not want to buy anything.

 

[Toritoribe]

Wow that's a lot of red! I was thinking 8 was weird so I didn't do it, I just didn't feel like doing 7, haha. Most of them were correct, just spelling errors.

Yeah, most of them I corrected were tiny ones, just typos or lacks 窶倪?披?堙ｨ窶ｰﾂｼ窶督ｼ. You did it quite well.

Can I put that before the verb instead of after night? I thought it would have to be osoki instead of osoku.

夜うちに遅く帰る (not 遅い but 遅く, it should be an adverb form when modifing the verb 帰る) can work as well. But "夜遅く" and "うちに帰る" is often used as a kind of set phrase, so the order I originaly wrote sounds more natural.

I'm going to assume that kotaeru needs a ni as a verb?

As for this context, yes.

iro iro na resutoran ga Sakae ni arimasu
There are various restaurants in Sakae.

This seems EXACTLY from your experience, 栄 in 名古屋

 

[Putrefaction]

"made" is not the same as ni, it roughly translates to "until" but it depends on the context.

I believe I saw this in Chapter 10 of Genki so I will comment on this later!

What is wrong with these structure specifically? Is it the usage of the particle ni? You answered the questions correctly though. In Japanese for objects, take the particle "ga" when a static verb is used. The place takes the particle "ni".

I'm not sure, I see it and I go, well this is what it means...but it's not like other sentences where the pieces fall in place like a tetris game and then all go away when I understand it, there's still some pieces left. Perhaps its because it's featured more in Chapter 9, not sure. If you could give me a few more examples, I'd be appreciative!

Oosutoraria ni wa koala ga imasu.
In Australia there are Koalas

iro iro na resutoran ga Sakae ni arimasu
There are various restaurants in Sakae.

Oosutoraria de nihongo wo benkyou shimashita.
In Australia I studied Japanese.

Shokudo de hirugohan wo tabemasu
I will eat lunch at the cafeteria.

All these I understood, the underlined one was a bit weird for me, I just switched the word order and it worked out perfectly. Sakae ni hito ga nannin sunde imasu ka? Is this okay for me asking how many people there are in Sakae?

Verb Kaitai -> Kaitakunai (not want to buy) -> Kaitakunakatta

Ah yes, I also got this. Mitakunakatta (did not want to see), ikitakunakatta (did not want to go), etc. Let me see if I can make a sentence: Sono eiga wa mitakunakatta to omoimasu; demo, eiga wa totemo yokatta!


Toritoribe, I would like to ask you about question 8. I skipped it because I remember reading that marriage, come and go are irregular in the sense that the -te imasu forms do not mean in process or currently, they indicate what is in the past tense? Actually, I believe I had a problem with this before and Elizabeth tried to help me so I'm going to review that.

夜うちに遅く帰る (not 遅い but 遅く, it should be an adverb form when modifing the verb 帰る) can work as well. But "夜遅く" and "うちに帰る" is often used as a kind of set phrase, so the order I originaly wrote sounds more natural.

Ah I see! I'm too used to the textbook's word order. So just to make things clear:
Osoi asagohan o tabeta. (Ate a late breakfast). Osoku neta. (Went to sleep late), and I'm pretty sure I read that it works with Hayai/Hayaku as well.

If you could do me another small favor and check over these conversations I would appreciate it!

I am going to do more of Chapter 9 and such and hopefully have a better understanding. But for now, since I forgot yesterday, Kanji!

 

[Toritoribe]

I would like to ask you about question 8. I skipped it because I remember reading that marriage, and come and go irregular in that the -te imasu forms do not mean in process or currently; they indicate what is in the past tense.

山下先生は去年結婚した(past) → 結婚している(now)
お客さんがさっきうちに来た(past) → うちに来ている(now)
ゴキブリがさっき死んだ(past) → 死んでいる(now)

If you could do me another small favour and check over these conversations I would appreciate it!

The main reason I didn't correct them is that what you wanted to make would be "casual conversations." Even if they are perfectly grammatically correct, they would sound somewhat awkward.

あの本読んだ？
→うん、きのう。
どうだった？
→あんまりおもしろくなかった。
本嫌いだったっけ？
→好きでも嫌いでもないけど。
じゃあ今度、僕の好きなの持って来てみるよ。
→うん。でも読むの得意じゃない気がするけど。


For instance, I have to use sentence-final particles for fluency, but they would be one of the hardest ones to grasp for non-native speakers. I recommend making formal ones at first.

すみません、ちょっといいですか？
--はい、なんでしょう？
あの、JREFの大学はどこですか？
--ああ。それなら坂道をまっすぐ行って、二つ目の角を右に曲がって 、道を渡ると、図書館と公園の間にありますよ/見えてきますよ。
ありがとうございます。

 

[Putrefaction]

I kind of see but I'm still not certain. I know that with the addition of imasu it becomes in the present, are those iku and kuru irregulars in that sense? Because I know tabete imasu means eating, and itte imasu means gone to, not a present going. So what would kekkonshite imashita (is it ita for casual past tense?) mean?

(edited) Is it like this sentence?

If I changed totte iru to totta, would it change the sentence to "Who took pictures over there?" Or totte ita (if I was right before) "Who was taking pictures over there?"

Ah...well, I could have never done that. Maybe in a year or so. But for now, were mine at least grammatically correct? If they were correct in that sense I'll be satisfied.

If you don't mind, before I formally move to lesson 9, please also check these over? It must be tedious and repetitious but I think I need a better foundation. I have left you rep, finally!

Saekoはお酒を飲まないと思います。
Skipping 7 (dont feel like doing)
Norikoさんは今日学校にこないと思います.

明日は、ちょっと暑くて雨が降ると思います。
はい、いつも働くと思います。
先生は運動をすると思います。

I'm pretty sure I got these right...would you mind giving me English examples which I translate using that person ga nannin imasu basis? I'm reading Chapter 9 right now

 

[Ashikaga]

So what would kekkonshite imashita (is it ita for casual past tense?) mean?

Kekkon suru = marry / get married
Kekkon shite iru = is/are married

来月結婚します。 I will get married next month.
5年前に結婚しました。 I got married 5 years ago.
あなたと結婚したいです。 I want to marry you.

彼女は結婚していますか。 Is she married?

So, 結婚していました would be...

 

[Putrefaction]

I was married? That's the only thing I can think of :\

 

[Kirakira1232]

明日は、ちょっと暑くて雨が降ると思います。
はい、いつも働くと思います。
先生は運動をすると思います。

I'm pretty sure I got these right...would you mind giving me English examples which I translate using that person ga nannin imasu basis? I'm reading Chapter 9 right now

1. I would say... 明日、ちょっと暑くなってきて、雨がふるそうです。
For some reason when you say "Ame ga Furu to omoimasu" it sounds like you can predict the weather in your head? Hmm I dunno I might be wrong

2. I would say something like うん、働こうと思います。Saying what you said sounds very abrupt to me for some reason ^^;; See what the others say

3. Sentence 3 is correct...but I'm assuming you mean something like going for a drive or driving for pleasure? So perhaps something like

先生は遊び（あそび）に運動するとおもいます。

I'm not sure, I see it and I go, well this is what it means...but it's not like other sentences where the pieces fall in place like a tetris game and then all go away when I understand it, there's still some pieces left. Perhaps its because it's featured more in Chapter 9, not sure. If you could give me a few more examples, I'd be appreciative!



All these I understood, the underlined one was a bit weird for me, I just switched the word order and it worked out perfectly. Sakae ni hito ga nannin sunde imasu ka? Is this okay for me asking how many people there are in Sakae?

Well Japanese word order isn't very rigid and strict like it is in english. The order also depends on what really what you want to emphasise. For me thought I would just say:

Sakae ni wa nannin sundeimasu ka?
How many people live in Sakae.

If you say "nannin" I dont think you need "hito ga" since you are just asking in general how many people live in Sakae.

Sakae ni wa sarariman ga nannin sundeimasu ka.
How many salarymen live in Sakae?

Ah yes, I also got this. Mitakunakatta (did not want to see), ikitakunakatta (did not want to go), etc. Let me see if I can make a sentence: Sono eiga wa mitakunakatta to omoimasu; demo, eiga wa totemo yokatta!

This sounds kinda strange for me...for some reason. I'd probably say something like:

その映画を見たくなかったけどなんとなく好きになった。とてもいい映画だと思った。
I didnt want to watch that movie but for some reason I came to like it. I thought it was really good.

This seems EXACTLY from your experience, 栄 in 名古屋;-)

bwahaha
食べ放題と飲み放題のほうがすきだよ～

 

[undrentide]

I was married? That's the only thing I can think of :\

As SHIKAGA san explained:

Kekkon suru = marry / get married
Kekkon shite iru = is/are married

So kekkon shite ita is indeed "I was married" but can be rephrased "I used o be married (but not any more)". ;-)

 

[Putrefaction]

I see, Kirakira. In this sentence however:

その映画を見たくなかったけどなんとなく好きになった。とてもいい映画だと思った。

I have not gotten to using some of those terms, I have seen them many times here though, I was hoping that my sentences were grammatically and structurally correct. Also really quickly, what is the reading for 名古屋? I think it is nafuruya maybe meikoya, not sure...

I see, I see. undrentide, could tabete ita (tabete imashita's casual right?) also mean I was eating but not anymore?

 

[Kirakira1232]

I see, Kirakira. In this sentence however:
I have not gotten to using some of those terms, I have seen them many times here though, I was hoping that my sentences were grammatically and structurally correct. Also really quickly, what is the reading for 名古屋? I think it is nafuruya maybe meikoya, not sure...
I see, I see. undrentide, could tabete ita (tabete imashita's casual right?) also mean I was eating but not anymore?

I can see what you were trying to say with your sentence but it sounded kind of odd I guess.

"Sono eiga wa mitakunakatta to omoimasu; demo, eiga wa totemo yokatta!"

If you were trying to express a concession, ie. you were trying to say "I didnt want to....but...." I think it's better to use "kedo/dakedo" to link the sentences and make them sound a bit smoother.

"Sono eiga wa mitakunakatta kedo ii eiga da to omoimashita"

I didnt want to see that movie but I thought it was a good movie.

I think it's better to say "ii eiga" instead of totemo yokatta because the main verb in your sentence is "I thought" right?

名古屋 is a place and usually anything goes for the readings of kanji's of places. In this case, the reading is "Nagoya" which is where i live at the moment . My teacher humourously calls it the city of "famous old shops" because the 名 is the same character in "yuumei na" (famous),古 is furui or "old" and 屋 is mise or "shop"

Thus the city of "famous old shops".

 

[Putrefaction]

The reading nagoya is the exact reason I made this topic. One minute, it's the kun reading the second is the on, the last is the kun again? Frustrating! I do get the meanings however I do wonder why it's go in the middle, though. I understand the k->g transition with the " but I think you know what I meant.

On the main paragraph, I'm not sure about kedo or dakedo, did not get up to it yet. I do get what you mean with the ii eiga, I should have put that.

You said made was until, right? So, can I say: sanji made juichiji ni hatarakita (maybe tsutomeru, not sure if -u or -ru verb?). (From 3 until 11 I worked)

 

[Toritoribe]

But for now, were mine at least grammatically correct? If they were correct in that sense I'll be satisfied.

For instance, ちょっと手伝ってください is perfectly GRAMMATICALLY correct, but you can't use this sentence when asking someone for directions. You can use it when carrying heavy loads, it could sound somewhat rude, though.
"Natural conversation" is a bit tough.

could tabete ita (tabete imashita's casual right?) also mean I was eating but not anymore?

How do you know... ON/KUN and beyond

食べる belongs to Group2/継続動詞, whereas 行く/来る/結婚する belongs to Group3/瞬間動詞. So, e.g., 忘れていた(group3) often connotes 思い出した("to remember now") as same as 結婚していた.

The reading nagoya is the exact reason I made this topic. One minute, it's the kun reading the second is the on, the last is the kun again? Frustrating! I do get the meanings, however I do wonder why it's go in the middle, though. I understand the k->g transition with the " but I think you know what I meant.

It's the teacher's joke. Nagoya was also written as 那古野/名護屋 in past times. Place names often use 窶懌?凪?堙?ｽﾅ｡, you don't need to take notice of it too much.;-)

You said made was until, right? So, can I say: sanji made juichiji ni hatarakita (maybe tsutomeru, not sure if -u or -ru verb?). (From 3 until 11 I worked)

From 3 until 11 I worked
3時から11時まで働いた。

 

[Putrefaction]

Oh damn it. I should have remembered kara! Well, I have to be at work at 9 AM so I will go over what you said (minor bits sunk in but my mind's on medicine right now), thank you once again!

 

[Kirakira1232]

The reading nagoya is the exact reason I made this topic. One minute, it's the kun reading the second is the on, the last is the kun again? Frustrating! I do get the meanings however I do wonder why it's go in the middle, though. I understand the k->g transition with the " but I think you know what I meant.

On the main paragraph, I'm not sure about kedo or dakedo, did not get up to it yet. I do get what you mean with the ii eiga, I should have put that.

Yeah readings of peoples names and towns do not conform to really any on or kun reading kind of rules. Strangely enough when you have things such as 名古屋大学（なごやだいがく）or 名古屋駅（なごやえき）these are shortened to 名大（めいだい）and 名駅（めいえき）when locals talk about these places. Rarely do Nagoyans call these places by their full name.

Another example is the name 早川 this is pronounced はやかわ。I believe both readings are the kun reading.

 

[Putrefaction]

Alright, new day!

食べる belongs to Group2/継続動詞, whereas 行く/来る/結婚する belongs to Group3/瞬間動詞. So, e.g., 忘れていた(group3) often connote 思い出した("to remember now") as same as 結婚していた.

Sorry Toritoribe, not sinking in. I get the group 2 and 3 verbs, once you're married you can't be married again, once you're going you can't be going again, etc. I'll try this in a bit.

I remember on the previous page I found a table:

And then undrentide corrected me:

Tabete iru/tabete imasu: ... is eating. casual/polite
Tabeteinai imasen: ... is not eating, casual.
Tabeteita imashita: ... was eating, casual.
Tabeteinakatta: ... was not eating, casual.

I actually don't understand these, to be honest. I thought I did. I get how tabete inai is not eating right now, why do you need another imasen? I also see why tabete ita is i was eating, why do you need another imashita? Or maybe this was in response to that / imasu?
And then what is tabeta, I had eaten, not in the present? It seems that with every step I take forward I fall four steps back...

So I started to do Chapter 9 and it didn't seem that bad at all. I have to do the qualifying noun activity and such which I will post here in a while, can you answer my above questions and make sure that these are right?

Yoshiko は子供の時 スキをするのが上手だと思います。
ただしの弟は子供の時かっこいいと思います。
コンサート白磁に始めると思います。
Skipping four and five.
先週の試験は難しくないと思います。
Skipping until 9.
まさこはまりから手紙をもらわないと思います。

--
That was pretty much chapter 8 though, chapter 9 dealt with qualifying nouns and adjectives and "not yet" and stuff, so I will do the review excersizes now
-e1
Uh...sorry about this...

歌っている人は森さんです。
運動している人は大川さんです。
ギーたをしている人は鈴木さんです。
寝ましている人は野村さんです。
飲みましている人は山口さんです。
食べている人は中村さんです。

テレビを見る人はよしこさん。
たばこを吸って人はえりさんのとなりにです。 <--
待っている人はえりさんです。
コンピュータをしている人はゆたかさんです。
新聞を読んでいる人はじゅんさんです。

I put an arrow next to the one I started to type but misread, and I thought maybe this would work, I doubt it! "The person smoking is next to Eri." Now time to do mada + imasen.

まだ切符を買っていません。
はい、明日もう宿題をしました。
まだ作文を書いていません。
まだ薬を飲んでいません。
まだ晩ご飯をたべていません。
新しい単語を覚えていません。

もう京者に行く？
はい、去年京都に行く。
もう漢字の辞書を買います。
まだ漢字の辞書をかいません。

今日病気ですから、運動しない。
単語をおぼえますから、今日の試験はやさしい。
Skipping 3.
友達がないから、とても...
切符を二枚受けていたから、友達とかぶきを見に行った。

 

[Toritoribe]

I actually don't understand these, to be honest. I thought I did. I get how tabete inai is not eating right now, why do you need another imasen? I also see why tabete ita is i was eating, why do you need another imashita? Or maybe this was in response to that / imasu?

undrentide-san meant

Tabeteiru/tabeteimasu: ... is eating. casual/polite
Tabeteinai/Tabeteimasen: ... is not eating, casual/polite
Tabeteita/Tabeteimashita: ... was eating, casual/polite
Tabeteinakatta/Tabeteimasendeshita:: ... was not eating, casual/polite

And then what is tabeta, I had eaten, not in the present?

Basically "ate," simple past. But depending on context, it can mean "I've eaten."

もう朝ごはんを食べましたか？
Have you eaten breakfast yet?
はい、もう食べました。
Yes, I've already eaten (it).

Also, 食べていない can mean "I haven't eaten."

もう朝ごはんを食べましたか？
Have you eaten breakfast yet?
いいえ、まだ食べていません。
No, I haven't eaten (it) yet.

Yoshiko は子供の時 スキをするのが上手だと思います。
ただしの弟は子供の時かっこいいと思います。
コンサート白磁に始めると思います。
Skipping four and five.
先週の試験は難しくないと思います。
Skipping until 9.
まさこはまりから手紙をもらわないと思います。

1. よしこは子供の時 スキーをするのが上手だったと思います。
2. ただしの弟は子供の時（/若かったとき）かっこよかったと思います。
3. コンサートは9時に始まったと思います。
4. to be popular: 人気がある/はやっている
5. to do physical exercises: 運動する
6. 先週の試験は難しくなかったと思います。
7. Professor Yamashita: やました教授, to be sick: 具合が悪い
8. to be mean: 意地悪だ
9. まさこはまりから手紙をもらわなかったと思います。

運動している人は大川さんです。
ギーたをしている人は鈴木さんです。
寝ましている人は野村さんです。
飲みましている人は山口さんです。

大川さん might be dancing.
ギターを弾いている人は鈴木さんです。(to play a guitar: ギターを弾[ひ]く)
寝ている人は野村さんです。
飲んでいる人は山口さんです。
田中さん is talking. to talk: 話す/しゃべる

テレビを見る人はよしこさん。
たばこを吸って人はえりさんのとなりにです。 <--
コンピュータをしている人はゆたかさんです。

テレビを見ている人はよしこさん。
たばこを吸っている人はえりさんのとなりにいます。
コンピュータを使っている人はゆたかさんです。
The person next to じゅん → 電話する
The persons next to ちかこ → 手紙を書く, 音楽を聴く

はい、明日もう宿題をしました。

2. はい、昨日もう宿題をしました。(昨日: yesterday, 明日:tomorrow)
or
まだ宿題をしていません。

もう京者に行く？
はい、去年京都に行く。
もう漢字の辞書を買います。
まだ漢字の辞書をかいません。

もう京都に行きましたか？
はい、もう京都に行きました。
もう漢字の辞書を買いましたか？
まだ漢字の辞書をかっていません。

今日病気ですから、運動しない。
単語をおぼえますから、今日の試験はやさしい。
Skipping 3.
友達がないから、とても...
切符を二枚受けていたから、友達とかぶきを見に行った 。

1. 今日は病気だから/具合が悪いから、運動しない。
2. 単語をおぼえていたから、今日の試験はやさしかった。
3. to be popular: 人気がある
4. 友達が一人も/誰もいないから、とても... lonely: 寂しい
5. 切符を二枚もらったから、友達とかぶきを見に行った。


You need to pay attention to "tense".;-)

 

[Putrefaction]

You're right, and I got a LOT of stuff wrong. Damn. Thanks for writing all of that out, by the way...I guess I have to review 8 and 9 before I start doing 10's excersizes, do you think? If you could ask me questions or give me stuff to translate, I'd appreciate it.


Here is one I came up with myself:

Have you exercised yet?
I haven't exercised yet because I usually exercise after I eat dinner, and I haven't eaten dinner yet.

もう運動した？
たいてい晩ご飯の後で運動したから、まだ晩ご飯をたへていない、まだ運動していない。

I probably got the entire thing wrong, but I took a stab at it!

 

[Toritoribe]

correction to my previous post

4. I was very lonely because I did not have any friends.
4. 友達が一人も/誰もいなかったから、とても... "to be lonely": 寂しい

I guess I have to review 8 and 9 before I start doing 10's excersizes, do you think?

At least you can try the ones you skipped.;-)

As for the second picture, you can also say
The woman behind じゅん → 電話する
The girl in front of えり → 手紙を書く
The man behind ちかこ → 音楽を聴く

or, for instance
The girl writing a letter is sitting in front of えり.
The man listening to music is standing behind ちかこ.
also
The girl sitting in front of えり is writing a letter.
The man standing behind ちかこ is listening to music.

たいてい晩ご飯の後で運動したから、まだ晩ご飯をたへ ていない、まだ運動していない。

たいてい晩ご飯の後で運動するから、まだ運動していない。まだ晩ご飯をたべていない（し/から）。