Week 2 · now you read · Day 9 of 100

Describing things — “this is delicious”

Adjectives let you have an opinion. Japanese adjectives that end in い attach straight to the sentence and carry their own meaning — no extra “is” needed before です.

Understand this — tap “Hear it”
この すし は おいしい です
This sushi is delicious.
この kono — thisすし sushi — sushi wa — (topic)おいしい oishii — deliciousです desu — is
それ は たかい です
That’s expensive.
それ sore — that wa — (topic)たかい takai — expensiveです desu — is
この ほん は おもしろい です
This book is interesting.
この kono — thisほん hon — book wa — (topic)おもしろい omoshiroi — interestingです desu — is
The pattern you can now use
___ は おいしいです
___ wa oishii desu
___ is delicious.

い-adjectives already contain “is” — おいしい = “is delicious.” です just makes it polite; don’t add another verb. And この / その / あの + noun = “this / that ___” (the ko-so-a pattern again).

Words to use today — tap a row to hear
おいしい oishiidelicious
たかい takaiexpensive / tall
やすい yasuicheap
おおきい ookiibig
ちいさい chiisaismall
おもしろい omoshiroiinteresting
あたらしい atarashiinew
この konothis ___
Your turn — say it, then check
Say: “This is cheap.”
これ は やすい です kore wa yasui desu
Say: “That is big.”
それ は おおきい です sore wa ookii desu
Say: “This ramen is delicious.”
この ラーメン は おいしい です kono raamen wa oishii desu
Quick check
Do い-adjectives need a separate “is”?
no — the い already means “is ___”; です is just politeness
How do you say “this book”?
この ほん
⤷ Kana side-quest — ~2 min · tap to hear, watch the strokes
ga
gi
gu
ge
go
za
ji
zu
ze
zo
da
de
do
ba
bi
bu
be
bo
pa
pi
pu
pe
po
ya
yu
yo
(tsu)

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