Lesson 8 Quiz Review Exercise: part 2      Answer Key

 

4. ____ de, ii desu ne.

a.     __O___ Kono hune          "It is Ok to be this boat/This boat will do, right?"

b.     __X___ Tomete

"De" is a Nominal gerund. "Tomete" itself is a gerund form of the verbal "tomeru". Therefore, the correct form should be, "Tomete ii desu ne (It is ok to stop/park/give a stay, right?)."

c.     __O___ Raku                    "Being relaxed, is it good, right?"

d.     __O___ Hatu-ka               "It is OK to be the 20th/ the 20th will do, right?"

 

5. _____ ni mairimasu.

a.     __O___  Hati-zi sugi         "I will come past eight o'clock." (humble)

b.     __X___ Maiban

"Maiban" is a generic time expression, therefore, it occurs without "ni". The correct form is "Maiban mairimasu (I come/go every evening)."  (humble)

c.     __O___ Gakkoo               "I go/come to school." (humble)

d.     __X___ Rok-kagetu

"Rokkagetu" is a duration, therefore, does not require particles. The correct form should be "Rok-kagetu mairimasu (I will go for six months)." (humble)

e.     __O___ Do-niti              "I will go/come on Saturday and Sunday."

f.      __O___ Kaeri                   "I will go/come on my way back."

 

6. _____ kakarimasita ka?

a.     __O___ Zuibun                 "Did it take awfully a lot?"

b.     __X___ Ku-zi han

"Ku-zi han" indicates a specific time, not a duration.  If you want to say "Did it take nine and a half hours?" it should be "Ku-zikan han kakarimasita ka?"

c.     __O___ Ikura                    "How much did it cost?"

d.     __X___ Ituka-goro

"Goro" is used to describe specific point in time, not a duration of time. Therefore, if you want to say "Did it take about five days?" it should be "Ituka-gurai/hodo kakarimasita ka?"

e.     __X___ Zikan o

"Kakarimasu" is an affective verbal, thus, it does not take "Nominal + o" phrase.  The correct form should be "Zikan ga kakarimasita ka? (Did it take some time?)"

f.      __X___ Nan-niti ga

"Nan-niti" is a question word to ask duration in this case, therefore it should be placed right before the verbal. The correct form should be " Nan-niti kakarimasita ka? (How many days did it take?)"

g.     __O___ Nana-nen             "Did it take seven years?"

 

7. _____ orimasita.

a.     __X___ Sensee ga

"Orimasu" is a humble polite verbal, thus, it cannot be used to describe the existence of somebody you should exalt. The correct form is "Sensee ga irassyaimasita (The teacher was here/came)." (honorific)

b.     __X___ Tika de

Particle "de" indicates a place of action, not a place of existence. The correct form should be "Tika ni orimasita (I was in the basement)." (humble)

c.     __O___ Kuukoo ni           "I was at the airport." (humble)

d.     __O___ Ni-kagetu            "I was there for two months." (humble)

e.     __X___ Getuyoo ga

"Getuyoo(bi)" is a time expression which takes "ni" to indicate a day when the action/matter described in the predicate takes place. The correct form should be "Getuyoo ni orimasita. (I was there on Monday)." (humble)

 

8. Yasumi wa _____ arimasu yo.

a.     __X___ iti-zi

"Iti-zi" is a specifc time, not a duration.  If you want to say "We have one-hour break," it should be "Yasumi wa iti-zikan arimasu yo."

b.     __O___ nano-ka kara        "We have a break from the seventh."

c.     __O___ ato has-syuukan  "As for our break, we have eight-weeks left."



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