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You can ask for the location of item X, using
doko (where). |
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マクドナルド は どこ です か。 |
Where is McDonald's? |
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makudonarudo wa doko desu ka? |
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マクドナルド は あそこ/そこ/ここ です。 |
McDonald's is over there / right there near
you / right here. |
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makudonarudo wa asoko / soko / koko desu. |
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You can describe where things are by using some of the location words below: |
| みぎ |
to the right of |
| migi |
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| ひだり |
to the left of |
| hidari |
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| まえ |
in front of
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mae |
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| うしろ |
behind |
| ushiro |
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なか |
inside |
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naka |
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| うえ |
on/above |
| ue |
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した |
under/beneath
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shita |
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| そば |
near, at the side of |
| soba |
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ちかく |
near |
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chikaku |
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となり |
next to (both objects are in the same
category) |
| tonari |
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よこ |
beside (in relation to another item, even is
they are quite distinct) |
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yoko |
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The format is as follows: |
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/location word/ です。 |
X is /location/ Y. |
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ぎんこう は としょかん の となり です。 |
The bank is next to the library. |
| ginkoo wa toshokan no tonari desu. |
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かさ は テーブル の した です。 |
The umbrella is under the table. |
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kasa wa teeburu no shita desu. |
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The particle で - de is used in
these cases: |
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X は Y と Z の
あいだ です。 |
X is between Y and Z. |
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レストラン は デパート と びょういん の あいだ です。 |
The restaurant is between the department
store and the hospital. |
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resutoran wa depaato to byooin no aida desu. |
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One can use any of the above location words
together with a verb to describe an event that occurs in the
place.
To use these phrases with verbs such as taberu (eat)
and matsu (to wait), one will need the particle de. |
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わたし は
ハーゲンダッツ の まえ で メアリー さん を まちました。 |
I waited for Mary in front of the Haagen-Dazs
place. |
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watashi-wa haagen-datsu no mae de mearii san wo
machimashita. |
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yoko usage (for the objects in the two
distinct classes, categories) |
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でんわ は トイレ の よこ です。 |
The telephone is by the restroom. |
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denwa-wa toire no yoko desu. |
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でんわ は トイレ の となり です。 |
The telephone is side by side with the
restroom |
| denwa-wa toire no tonari desu. |
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