みんなの日本語L19-6：こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. Write your sentences with “いAdjective＋くなります”. 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/2021/09/19-6-japanese-speaking-and-writing-from.html)

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[→Speaking Practice Video](https://youtu.be/OAmfq4pZRC8)

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(Step4): Writing Exercise:

(W1) Read “☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A&B below. The Dialogue contains Grammar Topic “いAdjective＋くなります”.

(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Adjective＋くなります” 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Adjective＋くなります**”** **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 “寒くなります” on Page 123 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 \[\*2\] Question sentence as Person A’s line. I added “\[ \] My grammar interpretation”.

**“☆Basic Example Dialogue”**

A: きょねんの なつは　どうでしたか。　\[\*2\]

kyonen no natsuwa doudesitaka

\[ To ask past and current situation, “ ―はどうでしたか。” is often used but “―は　どうでしたか　＝　How was something?” itself has unclear meaning so “meaning of ―はどうでしたか” requires context.

For example, in the above case, Person A and B might have already talked about a topic related to “weather/temperature somewhere”. And then Person A is asking “How was last summer?”.

If we want to make the topic of question clearer, it could be better to add more words related to something you want to know. E.g.きょねんの なつのてんきは　どうでしか。 Or きょねんの　なつの　きおんは　どうでしたか。 Sentence will be less dependent on context.\]

B: きょねんの なつは とても あつ くなりました。　\[\*1\]

kyonen no ntsuwa totemo atsuku narimasita

Last summer became very hot.

\[To describe a transition, when we want to say “Noun becomes/will be a specific state of いAdjective”, we can use the pattern “いAdjective without last　い＋　くなります。” And “いAdjective without い＋くなりました past tense” indicates Noun became a state of いAdjective. When it comes to the above sentence, I can interpret a nuance that temperature became hotter in comparison to previous temperature. \]

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**“☆Advanced Example”**

A: 明日の気温（きおん）はどうですかね。

B: 明日の気温はとても暖（あたた）かく　なりますよ。降水確率（こうすいかくりつ）も低いですし、桜も満開（まんかい）になるかもしれませんね。

A: それはいいですね。じゃあ、明日はお弁当（べんとう）を作って、代々木公園（よよぎこうえん）で散歩（さんぽ）して、桜を見てこようと思います。

B: 桜が満開になっていたら、写真を撮って送ってくださいよ。

A: わかりました。

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)