Lesson 1A Grammar Exercise Answers

I. Verbals

 1. I understand/don't understand.
	1. Wakarimasu/wakarimasen.
 2. I will come/won't come.
	2. Kimasu/kimasen.
 3. I understood/didn't understand. 
	3. Wakarimasita/wakarimasen desita.
 4. I came/didn't come.
	4. Kimasita/kimasen desita.
 5. I drank/didn't drink.  
	5. Nomimasita/nomimasen desita.

II. Sentence-particles: か[ka],ね[ne],よ[yo] 

 6. Do you understand (it)?     
	6. Wakarimasu ka.
 7. I UNDERSTOOD (it).  (asserting) 
	7. Wakarimasita yo.
 8. You understand, don't you? (confirming) 
	8. Wakarimasita ne.


III. Negative Questions

 9. A: I won't come.                
    B: Won't you come? (confirming what A said) 
	9. A: Kimasen. 
	   B: Kimasen ka?

 10. A: I won't come.                
     B: (Oh), won't you come? 
        (what A said is contrary to B's assumption.) 
	10. A: Kimasen.      
	    B: (Aa), kimasen ka.

 11. A: Won't you come? (Invitation)  
     B: Yes. Thank you. 
	11. A: Kimasen ka.      
	    B: Ee, arigatoo gozaimasu.


IV. Affirming and Negating

 12. A: Did you understand?     
     B: Yes, I did. 
	12. A: Wakarimasita ka.     
	    B: Hai/Ee, wakarimasita.

 13. A: Did you drink (it)?     
     B: No, I didn't. 
	13. A: Nomimasita ka.          
 	   B: Iie/Ie, nomimasen desita.

 14. A: Won't you come?              
     B: No, I won't.      (That's right, I won't come.) 
	14. A: Kimasen ka.   
	    B: Hai/Ee, kimasen.

 15. A: Didn't you understand (it) ?  
     B: No, I didn't.      (That's right, I didn't understand (it).) 
	15. A: Wakarimasen desita ka.     
	    B: Hai/Ee, wakarimasen desita.

 16. A: You're going to eat (it), aren't you? 
     B: Yes, I'm going to. 
	16. A: Tabemasu ne.          
 	    B: Hai/Ee, tabemasu.

 17. A: You are not going to eat (it), are you? 
     B: That's right.  I am not going to eat (it). 
	17. A: Tabemasen ne.          
	    B: Hai/Ee, tabemasen.

 18. A: Won't you drink (some)?      (Invitation) 
     B: Yes, thank you. (Acceptance) 
	18. A: Nomimasen ka.          
	    B: Ee, arigatoo gozaimasu.

 19. A: Won't you eat (some)      (Invitation) 
     B: Well.....     (rejecting the Invitation) 
	19. A: Tabemasen ka.          
	    B: Ie, tyotto......