TOFUGU 4500 Japanese Sentences

[Visorado]

2020-01-05
As the PDF suggested, the person doing the grammar should focus on quantity over quality. I am aiming to finish the whole book in 6 months, so subtracting from today, it calculates to 30 grammar sentences each day for 6 months which totals up to a total of 4500 sentences. Feel free to correct my sentences as I go or participating in completing the book.

1. いる：to be/to exist
   今日は私は一日中家にいる: Today I will stay at home the whole day
2. 事：thing
   あなたの事を思い出しています: I remember you
3. その：that thing (name) over there (close to you)
   その人形に名前はありますか: did you name that doll?
4. する：to do
   お絵かきをするのが昔からだいすきでした:I have loved painting pictures for a long time
5. それ: that thing (unnamed)
   それはイカのそ足ですよね：those things are the squids legs, you know
6. もの：thing
   うちの家は物で溢れかえっている：your house is overflowing with things?
7. ある：to have
   カレー粉は家にあるの：do you have curry-powder at your house?
8. そう：？？
   そういいう言い訳が一番嫌い: ??
9. 一：one
   折り紙を一枚ください：one origami please
10. ない：not have/negative short form
    白髪はまだ一本もない: I don’t have a single white hair (on my head)
11. 二：two
    二階で熊を飼っています：there is a bear being kept at the second floor
12. 達：pluralizing word
    あなた達はまだ未成年でしょう：you guys are probably still minors
13. 自分：myself
    自分の名前も思い出せない：Even I cannot remember my name
14. 何：what
    何をしようとしてたのか忘れました：I forgot what we did ??
15. 私：i
    私はマフイアの一員です: I am a member of the mafia
16. 言う：to say
    猿が「アイスクリームをくれ」と僕に言いました: “come get the ice cream” I told the monkey
17. 人：person
    人はどうして生まれ、死んでいくのだろう：why are people born, when they just die.
18. 見る：to see
    続きを見るにはこちらから：？？
    19: ～さん：name ender
    森さんは、どちらのご出身ですか：mori-san, which country where you born? (polite)
19. これ：this (unnamed)
    これはホッカイロといいます：this is called hokkairo : heat pad
20. 顔: face
    顔にデッカイホクロがわたしの特徴です：the massive mole in my face is my special feature
21. いい：good
    いいこともあれば、悪いこともある：good things and bad things happen concurrently
22. 彼：he
    彼は独学で日本語を勉強しています：he is doing self study for Japanese
23. なる：to become
    彼には映画監督になるという夢があります: his dream is to become a movie director.
24. 目：eyes
    目は一重で黒目部分は小さいです：the eyes have small black portion layer (??_
25. 声：voice
    君の声は高くもないし低くもないね：you can’t neither raise or lower your voice can you?
26. て：arm
    指は細くて長く、綺麗な手をしています：fingers that are long and thin are beautiful hands
27. どう：how
    どうすれば、この気持ちを抑えられるのだろう：how do i control my feelings (??)
28. 中：middle
    奴のポケットの中には銃が入っているかもしれない：that guy probably has a gun inside of his pockets
29. 前：front
    腹が減っている時に目の前にケーキを出されたら食べるしかないだろう：when I am hungry, all i see is cake in front of me and I have to eat it.

The next 30 will come tomorrow.

[Kazzeon]

Was this free? Otherwise, I don’t think you should just share them.

[cybershark]

Yeah, that‘s correct. Those 4500 sentence aren‘t free. One can buy them in the tofugu shop. Maybe a solution to still seek for hell and tips is sinply posting 30 sentences a day with questions and whatever and delete the post after one day? might this be a legal possibility?

[konekush]

Iirc the first 500 were released free of charge.

[Kazzeon]

You could still get all the sentences for free, so I don’t think so.

[kewms]

Maybe post the translations but not the original sentences?

[afunian]

I dont have the pdf but I think that they made their own sentences using each word in the pdf.

[Kazzeon]

I think you’re right.

Wait, no. I think it’s their translation, but Tofugu’s sentences.

Whoa, that’s a lot! We’ve taken 4,500 of the most common Japanese words and made sentences based off them. This workbook contains a space for you to write the translation of a word, as well as the translation of the sentence too.

[Visorado]

I just emailed Tofugu awaiting a reply. Depending on what he will say, I will act accordingly.

[LucasDesu]

I do know that translations for the first 500 are on the forum. I remember seeing them when I was doing some of the translations for the 4500 sentences. The posters put up both the sentences and translations, so there’s a least a precedent for the first 500. I’m sure there are other postings with translations for the first 500 besides this link if you search.