AP/JP1000 6.0 Interactive Exercises 
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  I. Provide the informal/casual version of the following.
  1. Kinoo wa sushi o tabemashita. 
  
  
 
 
 2. Eega wa shichi-ji-han kara deshita. 
  
   
  
  
 
 3. Kono hon o yomimashita ka? 
   
  
  
 
 4. Amari yoku wakarimasen deshita. 
  
   
  
  
 
 5. Sono mise no tenpura wa oishiku 
  arimasen deshita. 
   
  
  
 
 6. Nihongo no shiken wa muzukashikatta 
  desu ka? 
   
  
  
 
 7. Bangohan wa sukiyaki deshita. 
  
   
  
  
 
 8. Kinoo no ban wa nani o nomimashita 
  ka?
   
  
  
 
 9. Sono resutoran ni wa unagi ga 
  arimasen deshita. 
   
  
  
 
 10.Tomodachi wa paatii ni kimasen 
  deshita. 
   
  
  
 
 11.Sensee mo kaishoku 'dining together' 
  ni irasshaimashita. 
   
  
  
 
 12.Dezaato wa kudamono ni shimashita. 
  
   
  
  
 
 13.Shuumatsu keeki o tsukurimashita. 
  
   
  
  
 
 14.Misoshiru 'miso soup' wa chotto shoppakatta 
  desu. 
   
  
  
 
 15.Mainichi uchi de ryoori o shimashita. 
  
   
  
  
  
 
   
  II. Give the Japanese equivalent. 
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
  
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
   
  III. What would you say casually when: 
  
 
  
1. you suggest to decide on tonkatsu? 
  
  
 
  2. you ask someone how she is managing meals? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
3. you ask someone if he has already had lunch? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
4. you ask someone to have dinner together somewhere? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
5. you are surprised because the place is very crowded? 
  
  
 
  
 6. you suggest to make something 
  delicious? 
   
  
  
  
 7. you suggest to someone to have 
  a drink? 
   
  
  
  
 
   
  
8. you ask the waiter what kind of side dishes they have? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
9. you order two servings of yakitori and gyooza? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
10. you ask the waitress to bring two bottles of beer? 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  IV. Translate the following into casual Japanese. 
  
 
  
1. I was living with a friend before, but it was getting tiresome. 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
2. I sometimes cook at home or eat out, but usually on the weekend I eat 
    at my parents' place. 
  
  
 
  
 3. Between classes I often come 
  to this coffee shop and do things like reading newspapers 
      and studying. 
   
  
  
  
 4. (Dad says that) he will come 
  home directly from the company today. 
   
  
  
  
 5. I eat anything, but squid sashimi 
  (sounds) good. 
   
  
  
V. Insert the most appropriate particles. 
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