222 Stage 1-8 (Workbook 1)
ċ I watched a movie with my roommate last weekend. It was very good.
Ĉ I wrote an e-mail to my high school friends last night.
ć I bought this interesting book last night, and I read 100 pages this morning.
Ć I waited for my friend for one hour at the café.
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CONFIRMATION
Read the corresponding section, Stage 1-8.6, in the Grammar Textbook first.
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PRODUCTION
2. Express the following in Japanese, using the plain forms (if it helps, you can translate them into
the polite forms first, and then express them in the plain forms).
Č I didn’t understand this homework, so I didn’t hand it in.
ē He wasn’t my friend, but he was always very kind to me.
Ē I didn’t have the time, so I didn’t go to town tonight.
đ I didn’t like that student. So, I didn’t see him at the library.
# The movie wasn’t good at all, but I stayed there until 10:00 p.m.
" Yamanaka-san worked until noon, so he did not come to the class today.
Đ I didn’t have a lot of money, so I didn’t study in Japan last year.
! The kanji in this book were very difficult. So, I didn’t read the book.
6: Plain Negative Perfectives