Chapter 5: Help Me!
Comic
Learning from the Comic
Males and Females Say It Differently
Practice
Chapter 6: What’s This? It’s a Cat: Using Da (“To Be”)
A Few Things to Know about Nouns
“Is It a Gift?”: Asking Questions with Nouns
Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
Quick Reference: Noun Tenses
Practice
Chapter 7: Is This Bentō Mine?
Short Dialogues
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogues
Practice
Who Uses Which? A Summary
Practice
Bentō
Chapter 8: I’m Happy, You’re Happy: Using Da (“To Be”)
A Few Things to Know about Adjectival Nouns
“Is She Stubborn?” Asking Questions with Adjectival Nouns
Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
Quick Reference: Adjectival Noun Tenses
Practice
Chapter 9: Is It Easy? Yes, It’s Easy!
Short Dialogues
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogues
Practice
Ending with Da
Karaoke
Chapter 10: Girls’ Talk
Dialogue
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogue
Chotto: A Word for Many Needs!
Practice
Chapter 11: Grandpa Doesn’t Know, Either!
Comic
Learning from the Comic
Interjections vs. Particles
Practice
Chapter 12: Cold? Noisy? Funny? Describing Things
A Few Things to Know about Adjectives
“Is It Funny?” Asking Questions with Adjectives
Describing Things in the Past
Asking Questions in the Past Tense
Quick Reference: Adjective Tenses
Practice
Chapter 13: How Funny Is It? More Describing
Short Dialogues
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogues
Review: When Should You Use ga vs. wa?
Practice
Pachinko
Chapter 14: Sorry, We Can’t Give a Refund
Dialogue
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogue
Yukata
Dragon Boats
Practice
Chapter 15: I Need to Diet!
Comic
Learning from the Comic
Practice
Chapter 16: Action! Making Things Happen, with Verbs
The First Step: Recognizing the Dictionary Form of a Verb
How to Change the Dictionary Form into the Negative (Nai) Form
How to Say “No”: Using the Negative Form Nai
How to Change the Dictionary Form into the Te Form
Practice
Chapter 17: Do You Work? More about Verbs
A Few Things to Remember about Verbs
“Do You Work?” Asking Questions with Verbs
Now, Let’s Try the Past Tense!
Asking Your Questions in the Past Tense
Quick Reference: Verb Tenses
Practice
Chapter 18: Can You Speak English? More Questions and Answers
Short Dialogues
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogues
Practice
Bonsai
Chapter 19: Show Me, Please: More about Verbs
Short Dialogues
Vocabulary
Learning from the Dialogues
Practice
Inkan and Hanko