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これは ちちです This is my father
The determiners kono/sono/ano go before a noun: Kono hito wa chichi desu (This person is my father). Note the difference from kore, which stands alone. More family words: older/younger brother and sister, grandfather, grandmother, son, daughter. Kana: 拗音 + 促音, and the long ii/aa in ojīsan/obāsan.
Dialogue
これは ちちです — This Is My Father
- Yuki これは わたしの かぞくです。この ひとは ちちです。 This is my family. This person is my father.
- Mike これは おじいさんですか。 Is this your grandfather? (mistake: kore for a person)
- Yuki ひとは「この ひと」ですよ。はい、おじいさんです。 For a person it's "kono hito". Yes, that's my grandfather.
- Mike あの ねこも かぞくですか。 Is that cat over there also family?
Dialogue
その いぬは だれのですか — Whose Dog Is That?
- Ken マイクさん、その いぬは マイクさんのですか。 Mike, is that dog yours?
- Mike はい、わたしの いぬです。なまえは ポチです。 Yes, it's my dog. Its name is Pochi.
- Ken あの ねこは。 And that cat over there?
- Mike あれは あねの ねこです。おおきい ねこです。 That one is my older sister's cat. It's a big cat.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| あに | ani | n. | (my) older brother |
| あね | ane | n. | (my) older sister |
| おとうと | otōto | n. | younger brother |
| いもうと | imōto | n. | younger sister |
| おじいさん | ojīsan | n. | grandfather |
| おばあさん | obāsan | n. | grandmother |
| むすこ | musuko | n. | son |
| むすめ | musume | n. | daughter |
| いえ | ie | n. | house, home |
| ねこ | neko | n. | cat |
| いぬ | inu | n. | dog |
Grammar
こそあど — この / その / あの + めいし kosoado — kono / sono / ano + noun
「これ・それ・あれ」は それ じたいで つかいますが、めいしの まえに おく ときは「この・その・あの」に なります: 「この ひと」（this person）、「その かばん」（that bag）、「あの いえ」（that house over there）。きょりは これ/それ/あれと おなじ。「この ひとは ちちです」のように、しゃしんで かぞくを しょうかい する ときに べんりです。
Kore/sore/are stand alone, but before a noun they become kono/sono/ano: kono hito (this person), sono kaban (that bag), ano ie (that house over there). The distance meaning is the same as kore/sore/are. It is handy for introducing family from a photo: Kono hito wa chichi desu (This person is my father).
- この ひとは ちちです。 Kono hito wa chichi desu. This person is my father.
- その かばんは あねのです。 Sono kaban wa ane no desu. That bag is my older sister's.
- あの いぬは わたしのです。 Ano inu wa watashi no desu. That dog over there is mine.
kana
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