Japanese Grammar – To be honest, this zoo is not very fun. 🇯🇵

じつ は、その どうぶつえん は あまり（たのしい）____です。

The Japanese sentence じつは、そのどうぶつえんはあまり（たのしい）____です。 needs to be filled in correctly according to Japanese grammar rules.

In the sentence:

– じつは (jitsu wa): "To be honest,"
– そのどうぶつえんは (sono dōbutsuen wa): "this zoo is"
– あまり (amari): "not very" (when used with a negative verb or adjective)
– です (desu): is a polite ending

Since あまり (amari) is used, we know that a negative form is required.

1. The adjective たのしい (tanoshii) needs to be changed to its negative form.
2. The negative form of an i-adjective like たのしい (tanoshii) is made by replacing the final い (i) with くない (kunai) to form たのしくない (tanoshikunai), which means "not fun."
3. To align with the past tense aspect implied in the English translation "was not very fun," we need the past negative form. This is made by combining くない (kunai) with かった (katta):

たのしい (tanoshii) → たのしくない (tanoshikunai) → たのしくなかった (tanoshikunakatta), which means "was not fun."

Thus, the correct sentence becomes:
じつは、そのどうぶつえんはあまりたのしくなかったです。
(jitsu wa, sono dōbutsuen wa amari tanoshikunakatta desu.)

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