How to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese

How to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese

You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Japanese? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Japanese lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Japanese demonstrative pronouns easy for you.

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 otokonohito
this man
kono hito
this person
kono onanohito
this woman
kono iši
this stone
kono tobira
this door
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Basic words and phrases in Japanese

Learn to get by in Japanese with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Japanese, introduce yourself in Japanese and even hold a conversation in Japanese after you have met someone.

Wataši wa nodo ga kawakimašta.
I am thirsty.
Wataši wa tsukaremašta.
I am tired.
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I am sad.
Wataši wa genki des.
I am fine.
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Step 6 : Japanese demonstrative pronouns

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, čea 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, čea and doa and the plural nouns šomotsu, isu and doa you can move on to Step 7 (Japanese adjectives).

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