Stage 1-2 Block 5 and 6

I am a freshman, and smith-san is a sophomore

Watashi wa ichinensei desu ga smith-san wa ninensei desu

My name is Tanaka, but I am not Japanese

Watashi no namae wa Tanaka desu ga nihonjin dewa arimasen

(Geredomo) I am a freshman, and Smith-san is a sophomore

Watashi wa ichinensei desu geredomo smith-san wa ninensei desu

(Geredomo) My name is Tanaka, but I am not Japanese

Watashi no namae wa Tanaka desu geredomo nihonjin dewa arimasen

Must be used between two clauses

ga

Must be used between two seperate sentences

demo

may be used between two sentence or two clauses

geredomo

He/she is not a very good (opposite) teacher

Amari ii sensei dewa arimasen

Tanaka-san is not as good as you beleive

Tanaka-san wa sonnani ii gakusei dewa arimasen

It is not big at all

zenzen ookiku arimasen

NOT. AT. ALL

zenzen

It wasn’t that much/does not agree with previous statement

sonnani

it isn’t very (opposite of totemo)

Amari