Verbs
Kanji
Frequency
Questions and Invitations
Time
100

The verb "to go" in dictionary form, and then conjugated into both present and affirmative forms

いく

いきます

いきません

100

What number is 九十九 and how do you read it?

99

きゅうじゅうきゅう

100

Translate into English:

わたしはよくおんがくをききます。

I often listen to music.

100

Politely refuse the following invitation:

たけしさん:「あした、えいがをみませんか。」

すみませんが、ちょっと・・・

OR

すみませんが、あしたはちょっと・・・

OR

うーん、ちょっと・・・ (least polite)

100

How do you say "I wake up at 7 o'clock" in Japanese?


わたしはしちじにおきます。

200

The verb "to watch" in dictionary form, and then conjugated into both present and affirmative forms

みる

みます

みません

200

Read the following price:

八千六百七十円

はっせんろっぴゃくななじゅうえん

200

Translate:「すがこさんはあまりざっしをよみません。」

Sugako rarely reads magazines.

200
How would you invite Sora to have coffee at your house?

ソラさん、うちでコーヒーをのみませんか。

200

Read aloud and translate:

たけしさんは、ごご四時にいえでおちゃをのみます。

Takeshi will drink tea at home at 4pm.

300

The verb "to return" in dictionary form, and then conjugated into both present and affirmative forms

かえる

かえります

かえりません

300

How do you say and write 115 in Japanese (must write the reading and kanji on the board)

百十五

ひゃくじゅうご

300

Say "I rarely drink coffee at the library."

わたしはとしょかんであまりコーヒーをのみません。

300

How would you invite Ken to dinner tonight in Japanese?

けんさん、こんばんばんごはんをたべませんか。

300

How do you say "I go to school at 12pm" in Japanese?

わたしはごごじゅうにじにがっこうへいきます。

400

Two part question!

200 points:
Say the following sentence: "Mary eats breakfast every day."

200 points:
Write the sentence on the board!

メアリーさんはまいにちあさごはんをたべます。

400

How do you say and write 19,532 in Japanese (must write the reading and kanji on the board)

いちまんきゅうせんごひゃくさんじゅうに

400

Say "My friend never comes to my home."

わたしのともだちはうちにきません。

OR

わたしのともだちはわたしのうちにきません。

400

How do you ask/say the following in Japanese:

"Where do (you) go on the weekends?"

しゅうまつはどこにいきますか。

400

How do you say "I sleep at 9pm" in Japanese?

**For 100 extra points, write it on the board with 9pm in kanji. HOWEVER, if you get it wrong, you will lose 100 points.

わたしはごごくじにねます。

九時

500

Say all of the following verbs in Japanese in their dictionary form, then their affirmative and negative form

1. To go
2. To sleep
3. To speak
4. To read
5. To eat
*(100 points for each one you answer correctly)

いく いきます いきません

ねる ねます ねません

はなす はなします はなしません

よむ よみます よみません

たべる たべます たべません


500

Say the following sentence: "Today, I will study Japanese at 9:30am at the library."

For a bonus 200 points, write it out on the board with kanji!

きょう、わたしはごぜん九時はんにとしょかんでにほんごをべんきょうします。

500

Say the following sentence: "As for weekends, I sometimes speak Japanese at a cafe."

For a bonus 100 points, write it out on the board!

しゅうまつはときどきカフェでにほんごをはなします。

500

Takeshi suggests meeting at the library, but Mary turns him down. Takeshi decides to ask "I see... Then, how about a cafe?"

How would he say that in Japanese?

「そうですか。。。じゃあ、カフェはどうですか。」

500

Translate the entire passage:

きょうは一時ごろひるごはんをたべます。
三時にとしょかんでにほんごをべんきょうします。
六時ごろいえにかえります。

(As for) today, (I) will eat lunch around 1 o'clock.

At 3 o'clock (I) will study Japanese at the library.

Around 6 o'clock (I) will return home.

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