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.

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

かのじょのもの(kanojonomono)

hers

 

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

 

 

かのじょたちのもの(kanojotachinomono)

theirs

 

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.

 

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