Vocabulary
English
week
1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
period of 1 week
how many weeks?
since
when
since when?
yesterday
to drink
thing
beverage
likable, desirable
I like
masu (past neg.)
romaji
shuu
is-shuu
ni shuu
san shuu
is-shuu kan
nan shuu
itsu
kara
itsu kara?
kinou
nomu
mono
nomi-mono
suki-na
suki desu
-masen deshita
kana
しゅう
いっしゅう
にしゅう
さんしゅう
いっしゅう かん
なんしゅう
いつ
から
いつから？
きのう
のむ
もの
のみもの
すきな
すき です
ませんでした
kanji
いっしゅう間
何しゅう
飲む
飲もの
Sample sentences
‘nani-ka’ does not need the ‘wo’ particle but ‘nani-ka nomi-mono’ does.
Eng: I bought something.
I bought something to drink.
formal
nani-ka kai-mashita.
nanika nomi-mono wo kai-mashita.
casual
nani-ka kai-ta.
nanika nomi-mono wo kat-ta.
Eng: I want to spend a week.
I want to stay a week.
formal
is-shuu kan sugoshitai desu.
is-shuu kan itai desu.
casual
is-shuu kan sugoshitai.
is-shuu kan itai.
Comments
The following comments explain some of the grammar in more detail.
Verbs
masu (past neg.)
The complete conjugation of the formal -masu form is
non-past
past
positive
-masu (-ます)
-mashita (-ました)
negative
-masen (-ません)
-masen deshita (-ませんでした)
and the casual version is:
non-past
past
positive
dict. form
dict. form + nai
negative
dict. form + ta
dict. form + nakatta
For example,
English
I eat
I don’t eat
I ate
I didn’t eat
formal
tabe-masu
tabe-masen
tabe-mashita
tabe-masen deshita
casual
tabe-ru
tabe-nai
tabe-ta
tabe-nakatta