Nouns and pronouns(めいしとだいめいし)
1.Nouns(めいし)
I think after greetings nouns are easy to learn. If you see a long sentence You will be tired and might feel you don't want to see Japanese anymore! As you know, noun is a name of things. There are a lot of nouns!!! But don't be scared. If you learn one word a day, that will be very rewarding. That is what I feel to learn languages. Just the same as baby learning words every day!!!
Here are some example.
いぬ(inu)
dog
ねこ(neko) cat
りんご(ringo) apple
いちご(ichigo) strawberry
くるま(kuruma) car
いえ(ie) house
えんぴつ(enpitsu) pencil
ほん(hon) book
I recommend that you have a picture dictionary so that you can learn every day.
2.Pronouns(だいめいし)
When I was a student, my teacher told me to remember I my me mine, He his him his, .... Here are those in Japanese.
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わたしは (watashiwa) I |
わたしの(watashino) my |
わたしへ(に)(watashie(ni)) me |
わたしのもの(watashinomono) mine |
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わたしたちは(watashitachiwa) we |
わたしたちの(watashitachino) our |
わたしたちへ(に)(watashitachie(ni)) us |
わたしたちのもの(watashitachinomono) ours |
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あなたは(anatawa) you |
あなたの(anatano) your |
あなたへ(に)(anatae(ni)) you |
あなたのもの(anatanomono) yours |
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あなたたちは(anatatachiwa) you |
あなたたちの(anatatachino) your |
あなた たちへ(に)(anatatachie(ni)) you |
あなたたちのもの(anatatachinomono) yours |
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かれは(karewa) he |
かれの(kareno) his |
かれへ(に)(karee(ni)) him |
かれのもの(karenomono) his |
| かのじょは(kanojowa) she |
かのじょの(kanojono) her |
かのじょへ(に)(kanojoe(ni)) her
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かのじょのもの(kanojonomono) hers
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かれらは(karerawa) they |
かれらの(karerano) their |
かれらへ(に)(karerae(ni)) them |
かれらのもの(kareranomono) theirs |
| かのじょたちは(kanojotachiwa) they |
かのじょたちの(kanojotachino) their |
かのじょたちへ(に)(kanojotachie(ni)) them
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かのじょたちのもの(kanojotachinomono) theirs
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それは(sorewa) it |
その(sono) its |
それへ(に) (soree(ni)) |
*あなたたち(anatatachi) is a plural form of あなた(anata) which is you.
*In Japanese we distinguish the plural of he and she.