１１月６日１４年木曜日　Blog Entry #12

This week we learned and practiced a few new grammar concepts. The first one, and the most difficult, was なら。It was hard because there is no direct translation in English. You use なら, for example, if someone asked you if you went to England and you said no, then you could use another country you have been to + ならto mean but I HAVE been to X country to kind of emphasize it. Another fun way we learned to use it (which is still tricky) is a way to be more humble. You can say 

お酒を飲める。ビールなら飲みます。Which is like saying "Yeah I drink alcohol, but only if it's beer." It's a humble way of saying what you can do. なら is one of the more difficult grammars to understand as there is no direct translation in English for it. This one will take practice. However, we learned a new grammar　Xがほしいです which is a lot easier to grasp. This just basically means I want X. "I want a toy" would be おもちゃがほしいです。Pretty simple. The only slightly difficult part is when you talk about 3rd person wants. It's just like たいです。 you have to add がっている to the end of the いadj. So it would be ボブさんはおもちゃをほしがっています。You also have to use を in this construction because がっている is  verb taking an object. Over all some cool grammar this week and the number of things we are able to say in japanese is increasing :)

1.What does your mother want for her birthday?

お母さんはたんじょうびにふくをほしがっています。

２．子供の時、何が一番ほしかったですか？

テレビゲームがいちばんほしかったです。

３．時間とお金と、どちらがほしいですか。なぜですか。

お金が時間を買えないので、時間がほしいです。