How to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese

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Japanese demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'kono' in Japanese.

Examples

kono tobira

this door

kono ringo

this apple

kono tatemono

this building

kono otokonohito

this man

kono onanohito

this woman

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Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns šomotsu, isu and doa (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Japanese demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Japanese demonstrative pronouns with the nouns šomotsu, isu and doa and the plural nouns šomotsu, isu and doa you can move on to Step 7 (Japanese adjectives).

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