LET’S COOK UP SOME SENTENCES!

You now know enough vocabulary to be able to form instructions, such as you would find in recipes.

You might have noticed that verbs in this challenge have a different ending to what you are used to seeing – there is no ます on the end. That is because the verbs you have learnt in this challenge are in the plain or dictionary form. This form of the verb has the same meaning as the ます form, but is used in different situations, such as:

• in the dictionary

• when speaking to friends and family

• when writing in diaries

• giving instructions in recipes.

You will notice that the verbs all end in an ‘u’ ending letter from the hirgana chart.

Examine the patterns below to learn how to give instructions at different stages of a recipe.

Preparation

Food を verb 。

あらう レタスをあらう。

Wash the lettuce.

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むく にんじんをむく。

Peel the carrot.

きる きゅうりをきる。

Cut the cucumber.

Food で item を verb 。

つくる ハムでかおをつくる。

Cooking

Food を verb 。

やく とりをやく。

むす アスパラガスをむす。

あげる コロッケをあげる。

ゆでる たまごをゆでる。

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Presentation

Shape/place に verb 。

つくる なみだがたにつくる。

Make a teardrop shape.

のせる おにぎりにのせる。

Place it on the onigiri.

いれる べんとうにいれる。

Put it in the lunchbox.

なみだがた ボール さんかく

Now it’s your turn to try! Write the instructions below in Japanese.

1. Wash the tomato.

2. Mix the rice.

3. Make it a triangle shape.

4. Make the face from cheese.

5. Make the eyes from seaweed.

6. Make the mouth from ham.

7. Place it on the onigiri.

8. Cut the sausage.

9. Stir fry the sausage.

10. Put it in the lunch box.

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Answers

1. Wash the tomato.

トマトをあらう。

2. Mix the rice. ごはんをまぜる。

3. Make it a triangle shape. さんかくにつくる。

4. Make the face from cheese. チーズでかおをつくる。

5. Make the eyes from seaweed. のりから目をつくる。

6. Make the mouth from ham. ハムから口をつくる。

7. Place it on the onigiri.

おにぎりにのせる。

8. Cut the sausage. ソーセージをきる。

9. Stir fry the sausage. ソーセージをいためる。

10. Put it in the lunch box. べんとうにいれる。

Acknowledgements for images

Nate Steiner, caught in the steamer, CC BY 2.0

Jay Davis, Spring lettuce kept too long, CC BY-ND 2.0

JaBB, 17 - Möhren schälen/Peel carrot, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

liloh, cucumber cuts, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0