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Q/A and advice for 2012/Future VCE Japanese Students
RazzMeTazz:
Is けど to informal to use in the oral exam? Should I stick to using けれど or が?
Also, is it okay for the oral exam to have a plain form in the middle of the sentence but the ending of the sentence is still polite, (so thus the whole sentence is still polite) or is it better to have polite form throughout?
E.g
Which would be better:
(1). しずかですから好きじゃないです。
(2) しずかだから、好きじゃないです。
Thanks :)
RazzMeTazz:
Also does anyone have any advice on how to make sentences more sophisticated? I feel like all of mine are very basic!
:) Thanks
AngelWings:
--- Quote from: RazzMeTazz on September 21, 2015, 09:26:54 pm ---Also does anyone have any advice on how to make sentences more sophisticated? I feel like all of mine are very basic!
:) Thanks
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Well... that'll depend on context, of course. Some good ideas would be:
* add conjunctions.
* add a time phrase e.g.～時.
* add reasons, using ので, から, なぜなら, etc.
* use relative clauses (adjectives, plain form verbs, adverbs, etc. before a noun) - described in Keiko Aitchison's books and in the Wakatta series.
* cite sources where necessary or possible e.g. ～によると、～ そうです.
* List things - reasons or actions performed. Use ～たり、～たり or ～し、～。
Hope that helps.
Deshouka:
--- Quote from: RazzMeTazz on September 21, 2015, 07:17:11 pm ---Is けど to informal to use in the oral exam? Should I stick to using けれど or が?
Also, is it okay for the oral exam to have a plain form in the middle of the sentence but the ending of the sentence is still polite, (so thus the whole sentence is still polite) or is it better to have polite form throughout?
E.g
Which would be better:
(1). しずかですから好きじゃないです。
(2) しずかだから、好きじゃないです。
Thanks :)
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Although I don't think they'll take off marks for just using けど, it's preferable to use が
For your second question, I think it's better to be polite throughout, although again, unless you're going to say おれ or 好きだぞ it really won't matter as long as you're well mannered.
Good luck for your oral exam btw!
RazzMeTazz:
--- Quote from: Deshouka on October 01, 2015, 09:26:35 am ---Although I don't think they'll take off marks for just using けど, it's preferable to use が
For your second question, I think it's better to be polite throughout, although again, unless you're going to say おれ or 好きだぞ it really won't matter as long as you're well mannered.
Good luck for your oral exam btw!
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Thankyou so much Deshouka for the help! :)
Thankyou, goodluck to you as well!
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