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COURSE IN CONVERSATIONAL

JAPANESE

MODULE 1
SESSION 5,6: FUNDAMENTALS OF
JAPANESE GRAMMAR
This-That as pronouns
 ‘This’ and ‘That’- same word as different parts of speech:

 Eg1: This is my book - - - Pronoun


 Eg1: This book is mine - - - Adjective

 Eg2: That is a pen - - - Pronoun


 Eg2: That pen is red - - - Adjective

 In English and Indian languages, this and that are used as both
adjectives and pronouns. However, in Japanese, we have two different
words for each case

 If this/that is followed by a noun, it is an adjective


 If this/that is followed by a verb, it is a pronoun
This-That as pronouns
 Word list – pronouns  Word list – adjectives

 kore - this  kono~ – this ~


 sore - that  sono~ – that ~
 are - that over there  ano~ – that over there ~
 dore – which  dono~ – which ~

 These will be followed by  These will be followed by a


either a particle or a verb noun
This-That as pronouns
 Sentence construction:
[Subject] wa [object] desu.

Put ‘kore’, ‘sore’ or ‘are’ in place of the


subject.

 The sentences will be of the type ‘this


is a ~’ or ‘that is a ~’
This-That as pronouns

 Word list: (used in place of the object)

 bourupen- ball pen


 denwa- phone
 shinbun- newspaper
 keiyaku- contract
 zasshi- magazine
 kaban - bag
 shorui – doccuments
 nan- what
This-That as pronouns
 Sentence construction  Sentence construction
[Subject] wa [object] desu [Subject] wa [object] desu

 Kore wa nan desu ka  kore wa dare no shinbun desu ka


(what is this?) (Whose newspaper is this?)
 kore wa shinbun desu  yan san no shinbun wa kore desu
(This is a newspaper) (‘This’ is yan’s paper/ ‘This’ newspaper
belongs to Yan)
 kore wa shinbun dewa arimasen
(This is not a newspaper)  yan san no shinbun wa dore desu
ka
 kore wa watashi no shinbun desu (Which one is Yan’s newspaper?/
(This is my newspaper) Which newspaper belongs to
Yan?)
 (kore mo watashi no shinbun desu
(This is also my newspaper)
This-That as pronouns
 A few more examples:

 sore wa yamada san no denwa desu ka


(Is that Mr yamada’s phone?)

 kore wa nihon no bourupen desu


(This is a ball pen from Japan)

 Nakamura san no shorui wa dore desu ka


(Which are Mr Nalamura’s doccuments?)

 Kore wa watashi no zasshi desu. Sore mo watashi no zasshi desu


(This is my magazine. That too is my magazine.)
This-That as pronouns
 Word list: (used in place of
the object)

 bourupen- ball pen


 denwa- phone
 shinbun- newspaper
 keiyaku- contract
 zasshi- magazine
 kaban - bag
 shorui - doccuments

 Make three sentences of your own, using the grammar pattern,


This-That as pronouns
 Translate the following sentences into Japanese:

 That is not my phone


 This is a Japanese newspaper
 These not Mr Yoshiko’s documents. These are
mine.
 This is not my bag. Whose bag is this?
 Is this your ball pen?
 Which is Mr Noboru’s magazine?
 That was Kihiko’s newspaper.
This-That as adjectives
 Here we use kono~, sono~, ano~ and dono~,
each of them followed by a noun

 Eg: kono denwa- this phone


sono zazzhi- that magazine
dono keiyaku- which contract?

 We follow the regular rules of grammar and


sentence construction
This-That as adjectives
 Sentence construction:

 kono hon wa watashi no desu


(This book is mine)

 yamada san wa dono hito desu ka


(Which person is Mr Yamada?)

 kono bourupen wa nihon no bourupen desu


(This pen is the pen from Japan)

 Kono shorui ha keiyaku desu ka


(Are these doccuments some contract [doccuments]?)
This-That as adjectives
 Translate the following sentences into Japanese:

 That phone is not mine


 This newspaper is a Japanese newspaper
 These documents do not belong to Yoshiko .
These are mine.
 This bag is not mine. Whom does this bag belong
to?
 Is this ball pen your’s?
 That newspaper belonged to Kihiko.
Comparing the two- adjectives vis-a-vis pronouns

 Observe the following:

 Kore wa watashi no denwa desu


(This is my phone)

 Kono denwa wa watashi no desu


(This phone is mine) or (This phone belongs to me)

 We observe that:

 We may express a sentence using this/that either as an adjective or a


pronoun
 Certain changes take place in the sentence structure during
conversion
Comparing the two- adjectives vis-a-vis pronouns

 Translate the following pairs of sentences into English or


Japanese:

 That magazine belongs to Mr Yamada


 That is Mr Yamada’s magazine

 are wa dare no kaban desu ka


 ano kaban wa dare no desu ka

 Nihongo no zasshi wa dono zasshi desu ka


 Nihongo no zasshi wa dore desu ka

 Is that your phone?


 Does that phone belong to you?
Dialogue 1
buraun: hajimemashite. watashi wa amerika no buraun desu.
rin: hajimemashite. watashi wa rin desu. nihonjin
desu. watashi wa nijuugo sai desu. douzo
yoroshiku.
buraun: rin san wa gakusei desu ka.
rin: hai, sou desu. gakusei desu. buraun san wa?
buraun: watashi mo gakusei desu. rin san no sensei wa dare
desu ka.
rin: watashi no sensei wa yamashita sensei desu.
onna no sensei desu.
buraun: sou desu ka.
Dialogue 2
shin: sore wa yamamoto san no
denwa desu ka.
yamamoto: iie, kore wa watashi no denwa
dewa arimasen.
Shin: sore wa dare no denwa desu ka.
Yamamoto: kore wa yan san no denwa desu.
Shin: yamamoto san no denwa wa
dore desu ka.
Yamamoto: watashi no wa are desu.
Dialogue 3
yamada: ano hito wa dare desu ka.
aoki: ano hito wa suzuki san desu.
yamada: suzuki san wa furansujin desu
ka.
aoki: iie, furansujin dewa arimasen.
nihonjin desu. suzuki san wa
fuji denki no shain desu.
yamada: sou desu ka.
Dialogue 4

kazuo: kore wa sari san no shorui desu ka.


sari: hai, sou desu. watashi no shorui
desu.
kazuo: kono shorui wa dare no desu ka.
sari: sono shorui wa buraun san no desu.
kazuo: buraun san wa dono hito desu ka
sari: buraun san wa ano hito desu.
kazuo: sou desu ka

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