*Exercises* Connecting Adjectives (TE form) くて/で┃DON'T USE と as "AND" (Patreon)

こんにちは！
This time we'll learn how to say "AND" properly.
This is one of the most common mistakes beginners make.

I already made this lesson before but revamped this lesson because I wanted to add more things in the video but also because Youtube muted a part of the old video because it claimed that I used copyrighted music (which I didn't...).
Anyway I'm happy that I made this video again.

This video is for absolute beginners but if you are curious about the differences between て and から as "because", watch this till the end!

One thing I forgot to mention in the video is what to do when there are multiple reasons.
For example, to say
"I like dogs because they are cute."
we say 「犬はかわいくて、好き 」
(inu wa kawaiKUTE, suki)
or「犬はかわいいから好き」
(inu wa kawaii KARA suki).

But what about "I like dogs because they're cute AND smart."?
Althought you can use two or more adjectives in the TE form in a sentence as "AND",
as "BECAUSE", it's not so common.
So instead of
「犬はかわいくて、賢くて、好き」
(inu wa kawaiKUTE, kashikoKUTE, suki)
it's more natural to say
「犬はかわいくて、賢いから、好き」
(inu wa kawaiKUTE, kashikoi KARA, suki)
or
「犬はかわいいし、賢いし、好き」
(inu wa kawaii SHI, kashikoi SHI, suki)
*"し" is used to list multiple reasons and it implies that there are more reasons. (Like "because X and Y AND SO ON")

P.S. We usually use 賢い (kashikoi) instead of 頭がいい(atama ga ii) as "smart" when talking about dogs.

You can also watch the review lesson for I-adjective/NA-adjective.

⇩練習（れんしゅう）Practice⇩

① Conjugate the following adjectives and nouns to the TE form
（The last な is omitted for NA-adjectives to make it difficult!)

1.  おいしい
2. 簡単（かんたん）
3. きれい
4. ピンク
5. 重い（おもい）
6. 会社員（かいしゃいん）

② 翻訳してみましょう。(honyaku shite-mi-mashou)
Try translating the following sentences.

1. This book is long and boring.
2. My car is old and dirty.
3. This room is clean and bright.
4. This manga is easy and funny.
5. Hiro is a company employee by day and a hero by night.
6. Nana is famous and popular.
7. Nana is popular because she's good at singing.
8. My computer is easy to carry because it's light.
9. I can't see anything because my eyesight is bad.
10.  I can't talk because my throat is sore.



⇩Scroll down for answers⇩

①

1.  おいしい  ⇒ おいしくて = delicious and
2. 簡単（かんたん）  ⇒ 簡単で = easy and
3. きれい  ⇒ きれいで (NA-ADJECTIVE!!) = beautiful;clean and
4. ピンク  ⇒ ピンクで = pink and
5. 重い（おも-い）⇒ 重くて = heavy and
6. 会社員（かいしゃいん）⇒ 会社員で = company employee and

②
1. This book is long and boring.
この本は長くて、つまらない。
kono hon wa naga-kute, tsumaranai

2. My car is old and dirty.
（私の）車は古くて、汚い。
(watashi no) kuruma wa furu-kute, kitanai

3. This room is clean and bright.
この部屋はきれいで、明るい。
kono heya wa kirei-de, akarui

4. This manga is easy and funny.
この漫画は簡単で、面白い。
kono manga wa kantan de, omoshiroi

5. Hiro is a company employee by day and a hero by night.  
ひろは昼は会社員で、夜はヒーロー （だ or です）
hiro wa hiru wa kaisha-in de, yoru wa hiiroo (da / desu)

6. Nana is famous and popular.
ナナは有名で、人気。
nana wa yuumei de, ninki

7. Nana is popular because she's good at singing.
ナナは歌が上手で、人気。or ナナは歌が上手くて、人気。
nana wa uta ga jouuzu de, ninki     or    nana wa uta ga uma-kute ninki

8. My computer is easy to carry because it's light.
（私の）パソコンは軽くて、運びやすい。/ 持ち歩きやすい。
(watashi no) pasokon wa karu-kute, hakobi-yasui / mochi-aruki-yasui

9. I can't see anything because my eyesight is bad.
目が悪くて、何も見えない。
me ga waru-kute, nanimo mie-nai

10.  I can't talk because my throat is sore.
喉が痛くて、話せない。
nodo ga ita-kute, hanase-nai


Let me know how you did it or if you have questions :)