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JAPANESE COMMUNICATION 1
SEMESTER 1, SESSION 2024/2025
CHAPTER 4
GRAMMATICAL NOTES
PN. SITI HAJAR BINTI BIDIN
CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES
UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
SENTENCE PATTERNS
CHAPTER 4
1. これ・それ・あれ
2. この N ・その N ・あの N
3. N1 の N2 (explanation/ who
own)
4. Sentence 1 か、 Sentence 2 か。
5. そうですか。
6. Sentence 2 ね。
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Kore, sore and are are demonstratives. They work as nouns.
Kore – this (refers to a thing near the speaker).
Sore – that (refers to a thing near the listener).
Are – that (refers to a thing Sentence 2 か。 ).
Example 1: Sore wa jisho desu ka.
Meaning: Is that a dictionary?
Example 2: Kore o onegai shimasu.
Meaning: Please give this to me.
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Kono, sono and ano are modify nouns.
After kono, sono and ano must be followed by a noun.
Kono N – this (refers to a thing or a person near the
speaker).
Sono N – that (refers to a thing or a person near the
listener).
Ano N – that (refers to a thing or a person far from both
the speaker
and the listener).
Example 3: Kono hon wa watashi no desu.
Meaning: This book is mine.
Example 4: Anokata wa donata desu ka. 4
Meaning: Who is that [person]?
Kore / Sore / Are – Dore?
Kono N / Sono N / Ano N – Dono N?
Kono Sono
boorupen boorupen
… …
kore = this (refers to a thing sore = that (refers to a thing
near near
the speaker) the listener)
kono N = this (refers to a sono N = that (refers to a
thing or thing or
a person near the speaker) Ano a person near the listener)
boorupen
…
are = that (refers to a thing far from the
speaker and
the listener).
ano N = that (refers to a thing or a person far 5
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In Lesson 4, you learn two other uses of this の (no).
The book
i) N1 explains what N2 is about. about
Example 5: what.
Kore wa Nihon-go no hon desu.
Meaning: This is a Japanese language book.
ii) N1 explains who owns N2.
Example 6: Kore wa watashi no hon desu.
Meaning: This is my book. Who own
the book.
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Note :
N2 is sometimes omitted when it is obvious.
Exampla 7: Are wa dare no kaban desu ka.
… Akiko-san no (kaban) desu.
Meaning: Whose bag is that?
… It’s Ms. Akiko’s.
Example 8: Kono kaban wa anata no (kaban) desu ka.
… Iie, watashi no (kaban) dewa arimasen.
Meaning: Is this bag yours?
… No, it’s not mine.
When N2 means a person, however, you cannot omit it.
Example 9: Ari-san wa UTHM no gakusei desu ka.
… Hai, UTHM no gakusei desu.
Meaning : Is Mr. Ali a student of UTHM?
… Yes, he is a student of UTHM.
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This is the question asking the listener to choose between
alternatives
(S1/S2) for the answer.
Neither “hai” nor “iie” is used.
Example 10: Are wa [ 9 ] desu ka, [ 7 ] desu ka.
… Are wa [ 9 ] desu.
Meaning: Is that a ‘9’ or a ‘7’?
… That is a ‘9’.
Example 11: Sore wa hon desu ka, jisho desu ka.
… Kore wa jisho desu.
Meaning: That is a book or a dictionary? 8
… This is a dictionary.
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This expression is used when the speaker receives new
information.
And, to shows that he or she understands it.
Example 12: A : Kono kasa wa anata no desu ka.
B : Iie, chigaimasu. Rajan-san no desu.
A : Sou desu ka.
Meaning: A : Is this umbrella yours?
B : No, it’s Mr. Rajan’s.
A : Oh, I see.
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ね (ne) is attached to the end of a sentence to add feeling to
what the speaker says.
It shows the speaker’s sympathy or the speaker’s
expectation that the listener will agree.
In the latter usage, it is often used to confirm something.
Example 13: Tanaka-san no denwa bangou wa 871 no 6813
desu.
… 871 no 6813 desu ne.
Meaning: Mr. Tanaka’s telephone number is 871-6813.
… 871-6813, right?
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