Japanese duolingo skill ability

日本語 Japanese with Duolingo

音 (o-to) = sound/sounds, noise/noises (おと)

若く (wa-ka-ku) = young (わかく)

声 (koe) = voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect) (こえ)

• 怖くて (ko-wa-ku-te) = I was scared and (こわくて)
• 聞こえましたか？(ki-ko-e-ma-shi-ta-ka) = could you hear? (きこえましたか)
• 聞こえた (ki-ko-e-ta) = I could hear (きこえた)
• 聞こえなかった (ki-ko-e-na-ka-tta) = I could not hear (きこえなかった)
• 動けなかった (u-go-ke-na-ka-tta) = I could not move (うごけなかった)
• 動けません (u-go-ke-ma-sen) = I cannot move (うごけません)
• 買えません (ka-e-ma-sen) = I cannot buy (かえません)
• 行けません (i-ke-ma-sen) = I cannot go (いけません)
• 見えない (mi-e-nai) = I cannot see it (みえない)
• 買えない (ka-e-nai) = I cannot buy it (かえない)
• 行けない (i-ke-nai) = I cannot go (いけない)
• 行けます (i-ke-ma-su) = I can go (いけます)
• 見える (mi-e-ru) = I can see (みえる)
• 見えます (mi-e-ma-su) = I see/I look (みえます)
• 買えますか？(ka-e-ma-su-ka) = can I buy? (かえますか)
• 動けますか？(u-go-ke-ma-su-ka) = can you move? (うごけますか)
• 見えますか？(mi-e-ma-su-ka) = can you see? (みえますか)
• 会えますか？(a-e-ma-su-ka) = can you meet me? (あえますか)

• カード (kaa-do) = card
• 書ける (ka-ke-ru) = I can write (かける)
• 使う (tsuka-u) = to use (a thing, a method, etc.); to make use of (つかう)
• 使えますか？(tsu-ka-e-ma-su-ka) = can I use it? (つかえますか)
• 書けますか？(ka-ke-ma-su-ka) = can you write? (かけますか)
• 食べられますか？(ta-be-ra-re-ma-su-ka) = can you eat it? (たべられますか)
• 食べにくかったです (ta-be-ni-ku-ka-tta) = it was hard to eat
• 飲めますか？(no-me-ma-su-ka) = can you drink it? (のめますか)
• 使えない (tsu-ka-e-nai) = I cannot use (つかえない)
• 飲めません (no-me-ma-sen) = I cannot drink (のめません)
• 飛ぶ (to-bu) = to fly; to soar (とぶ)
• 飛べない (to-be-nai) = cannot fly (とべない)
• 作りやすいですか (tsu-ku-ri ya-su-i de-su-ka) = is it easy to make?
• 作りにくいですか (tsu-ku-ri ni-ku-i de-su-ka) = is it hard to make?

• 信じ (shin-ji) = believe (しんじ)

• かかります (ka-ka-ri-ma-su) = it costs

• 踊る (odo-ru) = to dance (orig. a hopping dance) (おどる)
• 直す (nao-su) = to fix; to correct; to repair (なおす)
• こう言う = such; this sort of; like this (こういう)
• 質問に答える (shi-tsu-mo-n ni ko-ta-e-ru) = to answer a question (しつもんにこたえる)
• どういうことですか？= what do you mean by that?
• 言ったことを覚えていますか (I-tta ko-to o o-bo-e-te-i-ma-su-ka) = Do you remember what (I) said

• 道具 (dou-gu) = tool
• 小説 (shou-setsu) = novel
• 箱 (hako) = box; case; chest; package; pack; crate (はこ)
• サンドイッチ (san-do-i-cchi) = sandwich
• サラダ (sa-ra-da) = salad
• To express (something) is easy/hard to do: (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすい / にくい)
• To express (something) was easy/hard to do: (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすかった / にくかった)
• To express "(something) was not easy/hard to do": (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすくなかった / にくくなかった)

• 磨い (mi-gai) = polish

• ピカピカに磨いてある (pi-ka-pi-ka-ni-mi-gai-te-a-ru) = It is a polished shine
• 十分 (juu-bun) = enough; sufficient; plenty; (adj-na) (じゅうぶん)
• 十分な(juu-bun-na) = enough, sufficient
• 十分な時間 (juu-bun-na-ji-kan) = enough time
• 時間が十分ありませんでした (ji-kan-ga-jū-bun a-ri-ma-sen-de-shi-ta) = I didn't have/There wasn't enough time
• すぐに (su-gu-ni) = quickly, immediately
• すぐに覚えました (su-gu-ni-obo-e-ma-shi-ta) = quickly learned
• 両方 (ryou-hou) = both, both sides, both parties
• 仕方がない (shi-kata-ga-na-i) = (1) there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (しかたがない)
• To express the way/how to do something: (-ます (ma-su) stem of a verb) + (方 (かた) (kata))
• To express to (do something); in order to: (verb in plain form) + (のに)

• 使い方 (tsu-kai-ka-ta) = way to use something; treatment; managment (of help)
• 道具 (dou-gu) = tool; instrument; utensil; (どうぐ)
• 言葉 (koto-ba) = word; phrase; expression; term (ことば)
• (x)の作り方 (tsu-ku-ri-ka-ta) = how to make x
• 作り方を知っている (tsu-ku-ri-ka-ta-o-shi-tte-i-ru) = knows how to make
• 知る (shi-ru) = to know; to be aware of; to be conscious (しる)
• 教える (oshi-e-ru) = to teach; to instruct to tell; to inform(おしえる)
• 視る (mi-ru) = to try; to give a try (みる)
• 事の仕方 (shi-go-to-no-shi-ka-ta) = know how to work
• 仕方がない (shi-ka-ta-ga-nai) = It cannot be helped; it's no use
• 食べてみたいみる = I will try
• 直すのに (na-o-su-no-ni) = to fix
• (x) を読んで見たいです (x o-yon-de mi-tai) = I want to try reading (something)
• To express the way/how to do something: (-ます (ma-su) stem of a verb) + (方 (かた) (kata))
• To express to try something out: (verb in -て(te) form) + (みる)