[✐3.Moderato] Volitional Form
“I’m thinking of telling the truth.”
[00:08]
Hi everyone, good morning, good day, good evening. Today, we will learn the volitional form. Let’s start from the basics.
Repeat after me
[00:21]
1. go: masu form → volitional form
2. sit
3. drink
4. call, invite
5. go back, go home
6. meet
7. eat
8. see, watch, look
9. do
10. come
[01:32]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example,
Let’s buy a personal computer in Akihabara. [Masu style]
→ Let’s buy a personal computer in Akihabara. [Plain style]
Ready?
[01:45]
1. Let’s go tomorrow. [Masu style] → [Plain style]
2. Let’s sit here.
3. Let’s drink this sake.
4. Let’s call an ambulance.
5. Let’s go home soon.
6. Let’s meet again.
7. Let’s eat supper at home.
8. Let’s watch a Japanese film.
9. Let’s clean the toilet.
10. Let’s come to this restaurant to eat again.
[04:16]
Next, let’s make a sentence with “〜to omoimasu” after listen to the key words [KW].
[01:25]
For example,
[KW] internet/online, buy, think
→ I think I will buy it online.
OK?
[01:37]
1. [KW] supermarket, stop by, go home, think
→ I think I will stop by the supermarket and then go home.
((tachi)yorimasu = stop by, pop in)
2. [KW] back seat, sit, think
→ I think I’m going to sit in the back seat.
3. [KW] go home, medicine, take, think
→ I think, when I get home, I’ll take medicine.
4. [KW] graduation, parents, invite, think
→ I think I will invite my parents to the graduation ceremony.
(yobimasu : here means = invite, ask to come)
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「しんじつを はなそうと おもっています。」
[00:08]
みなさん、おはようございます、こんにちは、こんばんは。きょうはVolitional Formをべんきょうします。さっそく、きほんから はじめましょう。
Repeat after me
[00:21]
1. いきます → いこう[volitional form]
2. すわります → すわろう
3. のみます → のもう
4. よびます → よぼう
5. かえります → かえろう
6. あいます → あおう
7. たべます → たべよう
8. みます→ みよう
9. します→ しよう
10. きます→ こよう
[01:32]
では、つぎのようにぶんつくってください。
たとえば、
あきはばらで パソコンを かいましょう。
[Masu style]
→ あきはばらで、パソコンをかおう。
[Plain style]
いいですか。
[01:45]
1. あした、いきましょう。[Masu style]
→ あした、いこう。[Plain style]
2. ここに すわりましょう。
→ ここに すわろう。
3. このおさけを のみましょう。
→このおさけを のもう。
4. きゅうきゅうしゃを よびましょう。
→ きゅうきゅうしゃを よぼう。
5. そろそろ、かえりましょう。
→ そろそろ かえろう。
6. また、あいましょう。
→ また、あおう。
7. うちで ゆうはんを たべましょう。
→ うちで ゆうはんを たべよう。
8. にほんのえいがをみましょう。
→ にほんのえいがをみよう。
9. トイレをそうじしましょう。
→ トイレをそうじをしよう。
10. また、このレストランに たべにきましょう。
→ また このレストランに たべに こよう。
[04:16]
つぎは、まずキーワード[KW]をきいてから、「〜とおもいます」のぶんをつくろう!
[01:25]
たとえば、
[KW] ネット、かいます、おもいます
→ ネットで、かおうと おもいます。
いいですか。
[01:37]
1. [KW] スーパー、よります、かえります、おもいます
→ スーパーによってから かえろうと おもいます。
((たち)よります = stop by、pop in)
2. [KW] うしろのせき、すわります、おもいます
→ うしろのせきに すわろうと おもいます。
3. [KW]うちに かえります、くすり、のみます、おもいます
→ うちにかえったら、くすりをのもうと おもいます。
4. [KW]そつぎょうしき、りょうしん、よびます、おもいます
→ そつぎょうしきに、りょうしんをよぼうと おもいます。
(よびます: here means = invite, ask to come)
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