みんなの日本語L21-4：こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. Write your sentences with “いAdj ＋ とおもいます。”. I will check your sentences for JLPT N5 Beginner and Intermediate learners.

**①Improvement of Writing and Speaking**

こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. In this series, I will share my way of practicing N5 to Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to review grammar by writing sentences.

This series also contains Speaking exercises for Beginner level. Usually, beginners have difficulty judging which topic is more important. From Japanese speaker’s viewpoint, I will choose the more important and skip the less important grammar topics. This way, you can save time. This could be considered a shortcut.

If you try to write your answer in accordance with the “②Instruction of Exercise” below and post them within “48 hours” from posting this thread, I will try to comment on and check your sentences. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limited time, I will try to comment. Also, I welcome you to follow my SNS and Reddit account.

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**②Instruction of Exercise**

If you are N5 Beginner level, start from “**Procedure 1”**. If you are intermediate level learner, see **“Procedure 2”**.

**“Procedure１ for Beginner Level”**

(Step1): Check “Vocabulary” meaning in the list from the below link.

(Step2): Check and understand “Grammar” from the below link.

(Step3)：You can check　“Speaking Practice Video” in the below link and get used to how to use appropriately this time grammar topic to make sentence. You can also check “Practice Sheet”. You can use it for your speaking practice.

[→The Link for Vocabulary, Grammar and Speaking Practice Sheet](https://japaneselearningscript.blogspot.com/2021/09/21-4-japanese-speaking-and-writing-from.html)

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[→Speaking Practice Video](https://youtu.be/S0-AP4xCUNs)

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(Step4): Writing Exercise:

(W1) Read “☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A&B below. The Dialogue contains Grammar Topic “いAdj　＋　とおもいます。”.

(W2) Try to make your dialogue between Person A&B like “☆Basic Example Dialogue”. In your dialogue, please try to use this time grammar topic “いAdj　＋　とおもいます。” appropriately. Millions of mistakes are necessary for improvement, so you do not have to hesitate.

N5 level learner, if you have difficulty to write Dialogue style sentence, it is OK to write single sentences with grammar topic and also OK to use only Hiragana. (It is easy-to-read to make space between word and word).

(W3) Post and share your dialogues in 48 hours from posting this thread.

**“Procedure 2 for Intermediate Level”**

(W4) Like below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”, try to use this time Grammar topic **“**いAdj　＋　とおもいます。**”** **at least once** and make your original Dialogue. In other words, if you just use the topic at least once, you do not have to use the topic anymore and you can make your dialogue freely. It is also OK to add more Person A&B part to make longer Dialogue.

(W5) Post your Dialogue in 48 hours from posting this thread.

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**③Example Dialogues**

While I referred to “日本は物価が高いと思います。” on Page 134 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese 1, Translation & Grammar Notes – English, I used same grammar pattern and wrote another sentence by combining other words like below \[\*1\]. To make dialogue structure, based on \[\*1\] sentence, I wrote \[\*2\] sentences as Person A & B’s line. I added “\[ \] My grammar interpretation”.

**“☆Basic Example Dialogue”**

A: このカレーは　からいですか。\[\*2\]

kono karee wa karaidesuka

Is this curry spicy?

B1: このカレーは　からい 　とおもいます。\[\*1\]

kono karee wa karai to omoimasu

I think it’s spicy.

\[このカレーは　からいです is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it into “とおもいますSubject think-”, we just remove です so we can change からいです　to からい as “Plain Style, いAdjective.” to express Present Affirmative. \]

B2: このカレーは　　から くない　とおもいます。\[\*2\]

kono karee wa kara kunai to omimasu

I think it’s not spicy.

\[このカレーは　から　くないです is a sentence that we have already learned. When we want to put it into “とおもいますSubject think-”, we just remove です so we can change からくないです　to からくない as “Plain Style, いAdjective.” to express Present Negative. \]

\[To express Past Affirmative and Negative, we can changeこのカレーは　からかったです toこのカレーは　からかった　とおもいます。And also changeこのカレーは　からくなかったです to このカレーは　からくなかった　とおもいます。. So we just remove “です”. The nuance of past tense for this pattern is like, Speaker ate this curry previously and he tries to remember and say “it was spicy” or “it was not” as his opinion.\]

**“☆Advanced Example”**

A: この店のサービスはどうですか。

B: この店のサービスはとても悪かったと思いますよ。注文(ちゅうもん)するために、店員（てんいん）を呼んでも、全然（ぜんぜん）来ないし、店長（てんちょう）の態度（たいど）も良くなかったですよ。

A: 料理の味や値段（ねだん）はどうですか。

B: 値段は全体的（ぜんたいてき）に安かったですが、味は美味しくなかったと思います。

A: そうですか。じゃあ別の店に行ったほうがいいですね。

So, like this, if you add \[ \] explanation and English translation, it will be helpful to understand and check your sentences more accurately.

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**⑤Reference**

3A Corporation 2012, *Minna No Nihongo Second Edition – Elementary Japanese1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English*, 3A Corporation, Tokyo.

ISBN-10: 4883196046

スリーエーネットワーク（2012）, 「みんなの日本語 初級I 第版 本冊」, スリーエーネットワーク.

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**⑥Question and Comment**

If you have some questions about topic, ask me on the comment section. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limited time, I try to comment back.

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[Grammar Topic List for JLPT N5](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YOjKcx4E9WwCacV0gUcEcKGlwaBFlKCHiRecSpvpIgY/edit#gid=0)