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Japanese Writing Exercise (All Levels)

Course 101, Unit 1, Lesson 3

Describing Objects

Instructions: Using one positive and one negative statement, describe six objects (a car, a flower, a coin, a tree, a house, a purse). Ex. The house is black. It is not white.

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Watashi no ie wa chiroi. Chairo ja arimasen.
Kono wa anata no saifu. Kuroi desu.
Kare no kuruma wa aoi desu. Wakaku imasen.
Kanojo no hando baggu wa kiiro ja arimasen. Aoi desu.
Kono onna no ko no koin wa giniro desu. Kiniro ja arimasen.
Kono otoko no ko no hana wa wakai desu. Orenji iro desu.
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  • 321
    Mochapoints: 5533  |  Teacher Score: 2264 (0%)
    Very well done, some sentences do not make sense if former and latter has any link with each other. Please pay attention to below corrections: *Watashi no ie wa SHIROI DESU. *KORE wa anata no saifu desu. *Kare no kuruma wa aoi desu. (His car is blue)??? *Wakaku arimasen. (Is not young) ??? *Kono otokonoko no hana wa wakai desu (This boy's flower is young????) Keep up with your good work!
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  • Domochevsky
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    Interesting... i was under the Impression that "wakai" meant "cute/small/young" (as its never really clarified). What is wrong about "his car is blue"? (3 Question Marks arent exactly helpfull :S ) Are you sure its "shiroi"? Then the Comment Section of that Lesson is faulty. (Which wouldnt be the first Time :/ ) Also: how exactly is "desu" used? I know it belongs to the end when talking about Objects (as opposed to "imasu" when talking about living Beings), but is it actually required in a casual Conversation? And how do Sentences reference each other? Looks to me like leaving an Object out of the second Sentence lets it automatically reffer to the first. (LiveMocha is kinda... limited when it comes to actually explaining what each Thing does.) Thanks by the Way. :)
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  • 321
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    1.WAKAI means YOUNG and nothing else. You meant KAWAII? = cute 2.If I'm not mistaken your sentences are set of two. So, if you answer: "Chairo jya ARIMASEN" instead of "Chairo jya NAI" it should also be: "Shiroi DESU". 3.Indeed, in a conversation be it casual or not (so even in a lecture) you cannot end just with SHIROI (This is like making just a statement) as it would sound very blunt. 4. KORE WA anata no saifu desu. = This is your wallet. KONO saifu wa anata no desu = This wallet is yours. 5. His car is blue, it is not young = makes no sense. I don't know what you wanted to say with the second sentence. Of course you can omit the object in the second sentence but it should make sense, right?
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  • 321
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    Please let me know which Unit & Lesson this submission belongs to. I wish to go through the original text. Thanx.
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  • Domochevsky
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    Kawaii, Wakai... right. -_- Lesse... i think it was Jap 101, Lesson 3 (with References to Lesson 2 and 4 :S ) The Problem with Submissions here is that they cut out any Linebreaks, (unlike Comments) making a single Block out of it in the Process. So yeah, theyre Sets of two. Also i have to admit that im not so sure either what i was trying to say with that Car. (Seems kinda weird in hindsight to anounce its Color and then deny its Age. oO ) "Chairo jya NAI" ... ? Whats the "nai" for?
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  • 321
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    *Nai = NOT *Chairo jya nai = it's not brown *se ga takaku nai = is not tall *aoku nai = it's not blue *kare wa wakaku nai = he is not young Thanks, l'll take time to check up the original texts ;o)
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  • 321
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    Oke, l have gone through Lessons 2 & 3. l dont mean to be personal, but since you are still learning a beginner's course, l suggest you to first learn the offered exercises thoroughly and stick to it and not change anything about it. In Japanese we have too many levels of expressions between rude - very polite, l would not try new things before you have mastered every single word and expressions given in each course. By the way *Chiroi does not exist in Japanese language and I have not seen this word taught in Lesson 2 nor 3. Good luck further!
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  • Domochevsky
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    I never blindly learn Stuff... i want to know how it works and whats behind it, not going "aahh" after everything is said, done and written down. :) "Chiroi 白い" is nowhere mentioned there? What the Duck? Im fairly sure it is. (however what im not sure about is how the oi い fits into Colors, no Idea when its used and when not. LiveMocha doesnt actually EXPLAIN anything, but i guess thats what the Community is for.)
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  • 321
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    *SHIROI hana = SHIRO NO hana = a white flower Shiroi, kuroi, kiiroi, akai, midori iro no (green), chairoi, aoi, orenji iro no (orange), gin iro no (golden), hai iro no (gray), murasaki iro no (purple) etc. When there is 'iro' you dont need to add NO necessarily, you may. So like: " Murasaki no hana = purple flower, but you dont say "AO NO HANA". You do say "Orenji no hana". "Hai iro (grey) no hana" but not "Hai no hana". Unfortunately you need to learn these by heart since there is no specific rule, why we cant say: "MurasakiOI hana" I really dont know.... ;o( Sorry....
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