みんなの日本語L13-8：こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. Write your sentences with “Verbにいきます”. 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”**.

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**“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/2021/09/13-8-japanese-speaking-and-writing-from.html)

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[→Speaking Practice Video](https://youtu.be/8jPxRE4xJL8)

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(Step4): Writing Exercise:

(W1) Read “☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A&B below. The Dialogue contains Grammar Topic “Verbにいきます”.

(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 “Verbにいきます” 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 within 48 hours from posting this thread.

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**“Procedure 2 for Intermediate Level”**

(W4) Like below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”, try to use this time Grammar topic **“**Verbにいきます**”** **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**

I cited below \[\*1\] sentences from Page112, Lesson 13, 練習A-4 in みんなの日本語 初級Ⅰ第Ⅱ版 本冊. I added “\[ \] My grammar interpretation”.

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**“☆Basic Example Dialogue”**

A:　あなたは　きょうとへ　　なにを　　し　にいきますか。\[\*1\]

anatawa kyouto e naniwo si ni ikimasuka

What are you going to Kyoto for?

\[Remove ます from します, put にいきます and we can get し　にいきます that sounds “go to do something”. We can combine some Verbs and “Go＝いきます” by using Verb without ます　＋　にいきます. The above sentence sounds Person A and B is in somewhere not Kyoto and B will go to Kyoto to do something. You can omitあなたは.

When speaker is at a place and listener or someone will come/came to the place in order to do something, in this situation, speaker tends to use “Verb withoutます＋にきます”. E.g. きょうとへ　なにをし　にきますか。　That sounds Person A is in Kyoto and Person B will come to Kyoto. Thus, A is asking by using きます. You can omitわたしは.\]

B:　わたしは　きょうとへ　　にほんりょうりを　たべ　　にいきます。\[\*1\]

watasiwa kyouto e nihonryouri wo tabe niikimasu

I will go to Kyoto to eat Japanese cuisine.

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**“☆Advanced Example”**

A: Bさんは学校へ何をしに来ますか。

\[This sounds A is in school, A and B are talking on the phone. B will come to school to do something and thus, A is asking.\]

B: 今日は日本語上級（じょうきゅう）コースの申込（もうしこ）みの締切日（しめきりび）なので、申込みに行きます。

\[Person B is not in school and B will go to the school so B is using 行きます.\]

A: 学校の事務所（じむしょ）は17時までなので、早めに来たほうがいいですよ。

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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I will continue to upload of this series for N5 Basic level. You can easily get each time update, if you follow my SNS or Reddit account.

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