Homework and grades
Collocations, Stage 3chunk 22 of 23Work & school
Schoolwork from the desk to the report card: doing homework, handing it in, working problems, good grades.
- shukudai o surudo homework
- shukudai o dasuhand in homework
- mondai o tokusolve a question, do problems
- seiseki ga iihave good grades, do well at school
Mix-ups shukudai o suru is doing it and shukudai o dasu is handing it in (or setting it, when a teacher says it); a problem you work out is toku, not kotaeru.
shukudai o suru
polite shukudai o shimasudo homework
宿題をする しゅくだいをする 宿題をします
verbsuru するdo; the general verb for taskstypical 21% of shukudai
Said by and to students, often as a reminder or a groan: shukudai shita? or shukudai shinakya (I've got to do my homework). The o is often dropped, and yaru is just as common: shukudai yatta?
ato de issho ni shukudai shiyou.
Let's do our homework together later.
後で一緒に宿題しよう。
ato de issho ni shukudai o shimashou.
Let's do our homework together later.
後で一緒に宿題をしましょう。
Getting homework is shukudai ga deru (shukudai deta), and handing it in is dasu: shukudai dashita?
Same verb: kadai (assignment), kaji (housework), shigoto (work), baito (part-time job)Learn alongside: shukudai o dasuMain list: suru (Stage 1), yaru (Stage 1), -nakya (Stage 3), dasu (Stage 4)
shukudai o dasu
polite shukudai o dashimasuhand in homework
宿題を出す しゅくだいをだす 宿題を出します
verbdasu 出すput out, take out, send out; here: hand in, or settypical 7% of shukudai
trap 'Hand in' tempts watasu, which is only the physical handover to a person. Handing in work is putting it out: shukudai dashita? (teishutsu suru is the word on notices.) Who is talking tells you whether dasu means hand in or set.
Between students it means handing in: shukudai dashita? From a teacher it means setting it, and being set homework is shukudai ga deru. Casual speech drops o.
shukudai, mou dashita?
Have you handed in the homework yet?
宿題、もう出した？
shukudai wa mou dashimashita ka?
Have you handed in the homework yet?
宿題はもう出しましたか？
Forgetting it is shukudai o wasureru: shukudai wasureta.
Same verb: repooto (report, paper), kadai (assignment), shorui (documents, forms)Learn alongside: shukudai o suruMain list: dasu (Stage 4), mou (Stage 1), -made ni (Stage 4)
mondai o toku
polite mondai o tokimasusolve a question, do problems
問題を解く もんだいをとく 問題を解きます
verbtoku 解くuntie; solve (a question, a puzzle)typical <1% of mondai
trap 'Solve' points to kaiketsu suru, but that's for problems in real life. Test and puzzle questions are untied: mondai o toku, and 'I got it' is toketa.
Said about test, homework and quiz questions, often in the potential: kono mondai toketa? (did you get this one?). Casual speech drops o.
kono mondai, dou yatte toku no?
How do you solve this one?
この問題、どうやって解くの？
kono mondai wa dou yatte toku n desu ka?
How do you solve this one?
この問題はどうやって解くんですか？
A question that came up on a test is shiken ni deta mondai.
Same verb: nazo (mystery, riddle), kuizu (quiz), pazuru (puzzle)Main list: -eru / -rareru (Stage 2)
seiseki ga ii
polite seiseki ga ii desuhave good grades, do well at school
成績がいい せいせきがいい 成績がいいです
adjectiveii いいii: goodtypical 30% of seiseki
trap 'Get good grades' pushes toward a verb (ii seiseki o morau). Japanese describes the grades: seiseki ga ii. ii seiseki o toru also works for one term or exam.
Said about kids, classmates and students, often as praise: seiseki ii ne, usually without ga. About yourself it sounds like bragging, so people say seiseki agatta (my grades went up) or play it down: seiseki yokunai.
otouto, seiseki ii n da yo.
My little brother gets good grades.
弟、成績いいんだよ。
otouto wa seiseki ga ii n desu yo.
My little brother gets good grades.
弟は成績がいいんですよ。
ii conjugates from yoi: seiseki yokatta (past), yokunai (not good). The opposite is seiseki ga warui; falling grades are seiseki ga sagaru.
Same adjective: tensuu (score), kekka (results), uriage (sales)Learn alongside: sutairu ga ii, atama ga ii, sensu ga ii, seikaku ga ii, seikaku ga warui, kanji ga ii, ii fun'iki, hyouban ga ii, me ga warui (Stage 4)Main list: ii (Stage 1), warui (Stage 1)