みんなの日本語L8-10：こんにちは。I am Japanese. To study English, I am teaching Japanese in English. Write your sentences with “とても or あまり＋Adjective”. 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 practice way for N5 Beginner and Intermediate level learners who want to write sentences as review.

This series also contains Speaking exercise for Beginner level. Usually, beginners could have difficulty to judge which topic is more important. From viewpoint of Japanese, I will pick up more important and skip less important grammar topics. So, you can save time. This could be shortcut.

If you try to write your answer in accordance with below “②Instruction of Exercise” and post them in “48 hours” from posting this thread, I try to comment and check your sentences. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limitation of time, I try to comment.

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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, Video and Speaking Practice Sheet](https://japaneselearningscript.blogspot.com/2021/08/8-10-japanese-speaking-and-writing-from.html)

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(Step4): Writing Exercise:

(W1) Read “☆Basic Example Dialogue” between Person A&B below. The Dialogue contains Grammar Topic “とてもorあまり＋Adjective”.

(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 “とてもorあまり＋Adjective” 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.

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**“Procedure 2 for Intermediate Level”**

(W4) Like below “☆Advanced Example Dialogue”, try to use this time Grammar topic **“**とてもorあまり＋Adjective**”** **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 “ペキンはとても寒いです。”＆“シャンハイはあまり寒くないです。” and their explanation on Page 57 in Minna No Nihongo Second Edition Elementary Japanese1 Translation & Grammar Notes – English, I used same grammar pattern and wrote other sentences by combining other words like below \[\*1\]. I added “\[ \] My grammar interpretation”.

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**“☆Basic Example Dialogue”**

A: このケーキは　 あまいですか。　　\[\*1\]

konokeekiwa amaidesuka

Is this cake sweet?

B: はい、 とても　 あまい　 です。　\[\*1\]

hai totemo amai desu

Yes, it’s very sweet.

\[When we want to emphasize いor なAdjective, we can use とても.\]

B: いいえ、 あまり 　あま　 　くないです。　\[\*1\]

iie, amari ama kunaidesu

No, it’s not very sweet.

\[When we want to moderate “negative” nuance, we can use あまり in negative sentence. \]

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**“☆Advanced Example”**

A: Bさんは、もう10年以上、東京に住んでいますよね。東京の夏は暑いですか。

B: はい、とても暑いですよ。３５度以上（どいじょう）になる日もありますよ。オフィス街（がい）など、緑が少ない場所は特に暑いです。

A：　確（たしか）かにそうですね。暑い時は、緑が多い公園のほうが涼しいですよね。

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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**④Reference**

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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**⑤Question and Comment**

If you have some questions about topic, ask me on the comment section. If you ask me something in English, I will respond in English. If Japanese, I will respond in Japanese. Although I cannot respond to all (Especially, off topic) because I have limitation of time, I try to comment back.

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**⑥Update Alert by SNS**

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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**⑦Other Activities**

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