Japanese 2: Activities

Compare Things Again
Vocabulary Practice
More Practice with Adjectives
Assignments

Compare Things Again

Let’s compare things in a chart below. Click in the first column to see a correct answer.

テニス / ゴルフ / おもしろい
やきゅう / すいえい / むずかしい
サッカー / フットボール / あぶないです。
キャンプする / ひこうきで　りょこうする / たかい
バレーボール / バスケットボール / やさしい

You may want to look at the last Unit if you have trouble making comparisons. Basically, saying “A は B より　おもしろいです”is saying "A is more interesting than B." Many times in English, we say "-er" on the end of an adjective to get this form. "Faster, smarter," etc. This form is what we know of as the "comparative”. To form it in Japanese:

A は

Bより

Adjective　です Adverb + Verb

This is when we compare two things. Let's see what happens when we compare three things.


５ドルかかります。	６ドルかかります。	７ドルかかります。
あかいほんは　たかいです。	あおいほんは　あかいほんより　たかいです。	３さつのほんのなかで、くろいほんが　いちばんたかいです。

Let’s look at other example…


ちょうは　きれいです。	もっと　きれいです。	すべての　ちょうのなかで　これが　いちばんきれいです。

This form is what we know of as the "superlative". It is the "est" form of the adjective. "Fastest, smartest". To form it in Japanese:

AとBとCのなかで OR ～のなかで

A が

いちばんAdjective　です OR いちばんAdverb + Verb

Vocabulary Practice

Click Vocabulary Practice to practice your new vocabulary or click begin below.

Here is a print version of this actvity. You will still need to use the online version to hear any audio.

Vocabulary Practice

More Practice with Adjectives

Listen to the speaker by clicking on "ききましょう" and decide in what order the items are being talked about. Mark the items in that order by placing the numbers 1, 2, 3 under the pictures. Number 1 for the first item, number 2 for the second item and number 3 for the third item. Click the picture to see if you are correct.