Adventures in Japanese 1

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Japanese

English

やすみます [やすむ]

to rest

(がっこうを) やすみます

to be absent from school

くすり (をのみます) [のむ]

(to take) medicine

ゆうべ

last night

けさ

this morning

こんばん

tonight

ねむい

is sleepy (い adj.)

つかれています

is tired

つかれました

got tired

はやく

early (describes a verb)

おそく

late (describes a verb)

ほけんしつ

health room

アスピリン

aspirin

personは objectが/を verb stem たい(ん)です

want to do~~. (い adj. は sometimes replaces が or を in negative sentences. ん is often inserted when explaining to the listener what one wants to do. This form is not used when addressing superiors.)