Japanese Grammar – That person does not laugh at my jokes. 🇯🇵

あの ひと は じょうだん に（わらう）____。

Explanation:

1. Context and sentence structure:
The sentence "あの ひと は じょうだん に（わらう）____。" translates to "That person does not laugh at my jokes."

– "あの ひと" (ano hito) means "that person."
– "は" (wa) is the topic marker.
– "じょうだん" (jōdan) means "jokes."
– "に" (ni) is the particle indicating the indirect object, in this case, the jokes.
– "(わらう)" ((warau)) is the verb "to laugh" in its dictionary form, currently in parentheses to indicate it needs to be conjugated.

2. Negative Form:
To express that someone does not do something, Japanese verbs are conjugated into their negative form. The verb "わらう" (warau) is in its plain form, which needs to be transformed.

3. Conjugation to the Negative Form:
The verb "わらう" (warau) is a godan (五段) verb. For godan verbs, to change to the negative form:
– Change the final 'u' sound to 'a' and add 'nai.'
– So, "わらう" (warau) changes to "わらわない" (warawanai).

4. Polite Form:
In the given sentence, the polite form is required. The negative plain form "わらわない" needs to be converted to the polite form by replacing "ない" with "ません".

– "わらわない" (warawanai) becomes "わらいません" (waraimasen).

Thus, the completed sentence becomes: "あの ひと は じょうだん に わらいません". (Ano hito wa jōdan ni waraimasen.)

Romanized Sentence:
"Ano hito wa jōdan ni waraimasen."

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