#2 Kore, Sore, Are? | Japanese Demonstratives Explained 🇯🇵
Konnichiwa! Welcome to Episode 2 of our A1 Japanese series! Today, Lukas is very curious. He wants to know the name of e
📝 Transcript
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Hello. Welcome to Lesson 2. What is this? Oh, but before that, please subscribe to the channel and give us a like.
Hello. Yes, please click the button. And, um, what is that in your hand?
Oh, are you curious? Today, we're going to learn exactly how to ask "What is that?"
Listeners, please prepare your pens. Pause the audio, write, and repeat. It's "pause-peat"!
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| これ | Demonstrative Pronoun | this (near speaker) | これは本です。 |
| それ | Demonstrative Pronoun | that (near listener) | それはペンです。 |
| あれ | Demonstrative Pronoun | that (far from both speaker and listener) | あれはカバンです。 |
| 何 (なに) | Interrogative Pronoun | what | これは何ですか。 |
| 本 (ほん) | Noun | book | 私は本を読みます。 |
| ペン | Noun | pen | 私のペンはこれです。 |
| カバン | Noun | bag | これは私のカバンです。 |
| です | Copula | is/am/are (polite) | 私は学生です。 |
| ですか | Question Particle | is it? / are you? | あなたは学生ですか。 |
| 手 (て) | Noun | hand | 手にペンがあります。 |
✏️ Exercises
Test your understanding with fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Click "Check" to see the answer.
(You are holding a book) 「___は本です。」
Your friend is holding a pen. What do you say? 「___はペンです。」
「これは___ですか。」
How do you make 'これは本です' a question?
「あれは時計___。」
What does 「あれ」refer to?
(You see a bag) 「これは私の___です。」
Which sentence correctly asks 'What is that (near you)?'
(You see a book far away) 「___は本___か。」
You are talking to a friend. You point to a smartphone on the table between you two, but closer to your friend. What do you say?
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