Japanese 4: TE Form Master Course
SmileNihongo.com/TE
This course teaches you TE form, a critical component of Japanese grammar. You will learn
how to conjugate the TE Form, connect multiple actions, make requests, ask for permission,
and express ongoing, resultant, or repeated actions. Through lessons, shadowing, and quizzes,
you will gain con dence in using TE Form in daily conversations and writing.
Instructor: Yuko Sensei
She is a native Japanese teacher with an M.A. Degree in Japanese Pedagogy (Teaching
Japanese as a Foreign Language) and has over 20 years of teaching experience.
Introduction
Welcome! - Quick Tips to be Successful in this Course
Supplementary - Blank Vocabulary Sheets
List of TE Forms - Hiragana/Katakana Version (PDF 11 pages)
List of TE Forms - Romaji Version (PDF 11 pages)
List of TE Forms - Kanji Version (PDF 11 pages)
Understand TE Form
Lesson 1: What is TE Form? How do I use it? - Watch a Sample Lesson
Lesson 2: How to Make TE Form
Supplementary - How do I know the U or RU verb? (Extra Video)
Lesson 3: TE Form Song
Supplementary - TE Form Song (MP3)
TE Form Conjuga on Worksheet (PDF 1 page)
QUIZ 1 - TE Form
TE Form - Romaji Version
TE Form - Hiragana Version
Connect Multiple Verbs
Lesson 4: Mul ple Ac ons - I ate and went to work
Supplementary - Worksheet: Answer with Mul ple Ac ons (PDF 1 page)
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Lesson 5: Shadowing 1 - Improve your pronuncia on!
Supplementary - Script of Training Sentences (PDF 1 page)
Sentences with two ac ons for prac ce (MP3)
Sentence with two ac ons at Na ve speed (MP3)
Sentences with three ac ons for prac ce (MP3)
Sentence with three ac ons at Na ve speed (MP3)
Sentences with four ac ons for prac ce (MP3)
Sentence with four ac ons at Na ve speed (MP3)
Lesson 6: Speaking Session 1
Supplementary - Answer these ques ons (MP3)
Request & Permission
Lesson 7: Asking for Permission "May I call you later?"
Supplementary - Worksheet: Transla on Exercise (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 8: Making Requests "Please change this to Japanese yen."
Supplementary - Summary of Request Form (PDF 1 page)
- Worksheet: Transla on Exercise (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 9: Shadowing 2 - Improve Your Pronuncia on & Fluency!
Supplementary - Script of Training Sentences (PDF 2 pages)
Request “Please tell me how to…”
Request Set A for prac ce (MP3)
Request Set A at Na ve speed (MP3)
Request Set B for prac ce (MP3)
Request Set B at Na ve speed (MP3)
Request Set C for prac ce (MP3)
Request Set C at Na ve speed (MP3)
TE form with similar pronuncia on prac ce
Ki e "cut", Kite "come", Kiite "listen (MP3)
Lesson 10: “HOW TO” Kata
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QUIZ 2 - TE Form
Permission or Request? - Romaji Version
Permission or Request? - Hiragana Version
Break Time
Do you understand this TV Commercial? - How people use TE Forms in real life
TE (TE IMASU) - 3 Functions
Lesson 11: On-going Ac on "I was watching a movie last night."
Supplementary - Worksheet: Transla on Exercise (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 12: Resultant State "I am married."
Supplementary - List of TE Form IMASU (PDF 3 pages)
Lesson 13: Resultant State "Wearing."
Supplementary - 5 Types of “Wearing” in Japanese (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 14: Repeated Ac on "I've been learning Japanese for 4 years."
Supplementary - Worksheet: Transla on Exercise (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 15: Speaking Session 2 - Answer the Ques ons
Supplementary - Answer these ques ons (MP3)
QUIZ 3 - TE IMASU
TE IMASU - Romaji Version
TE IMASU - Hiragana Version
Useful Expressions with TE Form
Lesson 16: VS. for “I have”
Supplementary - Existence & (Extra Video)
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Lesson 17: Already & Not Yet
Supplementary - Word Order doesn’t ma er much in Japanese (Extra Video)
Supplementary - Summary of & (PDF 1 page)
Supplementary - Worksheet “Have not Yet” (PDF 1 page)
Supplementary - Worksheet Answer Keys (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 18: TE - Authen c Way to Respond “NO, I didn’t.”
Supplementary - Summary of “No, I didn’t” in various cases (PDF 1 page)
Lesson 19: TE “I’m sorry I lied” - Apology with a Reason
Supplementary - - How do I know the U or RU verb? (Extra Video)
Lesson 20: TE “I’ll try Na o” - Try Something
( ) - Particles
Lesson 21: (NI) vs. (O) - Moving Closer or Away?
End-of-the Course Assignment
Go to the Homepage of the course
SmileNihongo.com/TE
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