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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 22. Expressing Opinions. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for expressing an opinion. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "I think that it's difficult." |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Risa: [slow] それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: The pattern for expressing opinions has 3 elements. First, a sentence in informal form meaning "it's difficult." |
| Risa: それはむずかしい (Sore wa muzukashii). |
| Eric: Second, quotation marker. |
| Risa: と (to). |
| Eric: And last, verb meaning "to think." |
| Risa: 思います (omoimasu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have, "I think that it's difficult." |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) [slow] それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) [normal] それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: To say “I think that ~” in Japanese, first state your opinion or thought in the informal form, |
| Risa: それはむずかしい (sore wa muzukashii) |
| Eric: then add the quotation particle, |
| Risa: と (to) |
| Eric: plus |
| Risa: 思います (omoimasu). |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: So remember to say "I think that~", first say a statement in the informal form, then add |
| Risa: と思います(to omoimasu). |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "I think it's good." First, a shortened version of an informal sentence meaning "it's good." |
| Risa: それはいい (Ii) (Sore wa ii). |
| Eric: Second, quotation marker. |
| Risa: と (to). |
| Eric: Third, verb meaning "to think." |
| Risa: 思います (omoimasu). |
| Eric: Altogether, we have... |
| Risa: それはいいと思います。 (Sore wa ii to omoimasu.) [slow] それはいいと思います。 (Sore wa ii to omoimasu.) [normal] それはいいと思います。 (Sore wa ii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: It’s also good to remember that people often omit the subject part and just say |
| Risa:いいと思います。(Ii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: "I think it's good." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: いいと思います。 (Ii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: How do you say, "I think it's going to rain tomorrow?" To give you a hint, "it's going to rain" is... |
| Risa: 雨が降る (ame ga furu). [slow] 雨が降る (ame ga furu). [normal] 雨が降る (ame ga furu). |
| Eric: "I think it's going to rain tomorrow." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) [slow] 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) [normal] 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "I think that it's difficult." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: "I think it's good." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: それはいいと思います。 (Sore wa ii to omoimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: それはいいと思います。 (Sore wa ii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: "I think it's going to rain tomorrow." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 明日は雨が降ると思います。 (Ashita wa ame ga furu to omoimasu.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for expressing opinions, as in... |
| Risa: それはむずかしいと思います。 (Sore wa muzukashii to omoimasu.) |
| Eric: meaning "I think that it's difficult." You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.). |
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