LEARN + JAPANESE / 13 of 186 JLPT N5
One Thing, Then the Next て
You’re describing a busy Saturday: the weather was nice, the park was lively, and you went home happy. Japanese uses て-shaped connectors for adjectives and nouns as well as verbs, so one sentence can carry several details.
My town is quiet and pretty.
My town is dangerous and scary.
Hint · 힌트
Each word type takes a different shape: な-adjectives and nouns drop だ and add で (静かで, 高校生で), while い-adjectives swap the final い for くて (危ない becomes 危なくて). Same job, three slightly different mechanics depending on what’s being connected.
My younger brother is a high schooler and likes soccer.
My grandmother is funny and kind.
Hint · 힌트
高校生で isn’t the same で as the tool/means で from By, At, With. This で is the noun’s own connecting shape, standing in for だ (is) the way くて stands in for an い-adjective’s plain ending. Two completely different jobs sharing one sound.
Vocabulary
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| dangerous | |
| scary | |
| safe | |
| history | |
| high school student | |
| grandmother | |
| kind, gentle | |
| smart | |
| to gather | |
| stretching | |
| bath | |
| to lend | |
| to die | |
| quiet | |
| famous | |
| to be popular | |
| to explain | |
| to combine | |
| characteristic, feature | |
| impression |
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