Practice asking about origin in Japanese
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| Do you know how use kono, sono, and ano, in Japanese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to use kono, sono, and ano. |
| Let’s review the main dialogue. |
| Two people are discussing a painting in a store. The clerk tells the customer the price. |
| このえは 50,000えんです。 |
| Kono e wa go-man en desu. |
| This painting is 50,000 yen. |
| どこの がかですか。 |
| Doko no gaka desu ka. |
| Where is the artist from? |
| フランスの がかです。 |
| Furansu no gaka desu. |
| It’s by a French artist. |
| In this dialogue, the clerk uses the phrase このえは 50,000えんです。In this phrase, "この" is used to specify which painting they are talking about - in this case, "この" means "this." They use it because the painting is close to them. |
| Let’s practice with this grammar more in this lesson. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| What is this person saying? |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) テレビはいくらですか｡ |
| (terebi wa ikura desu ka.) |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) テレビはいくらですか｡ |
| (terebi wa ikura desu ka.) |
| この (kono) |
| この |
| このテレビはいくらですか｡ |
| このテレビはいくらですか｡ |
| How much does this television cost? |
| We use "この" in this sentence because the object is near the speaker. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) とけいはいくらですか｡ |
| (tokei wa ikura desu ka.) |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) とけいはいくらですか｡ |
| (tokei wa ikura desu ka.) |
| その (sono) |
| その |
| そのとけいはいくらですか｡ |
| (Sono tokei wa ikura desu ka.) |
| そのとけいはいくらですか｡ |
| (Sono tokei wa ikura desu ka.) |
| How much does that watch cost? |
| We use "その" in this sentence because the object is near the listener. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) かばんはいくらですか｡ |
| (kaban wa ikura desuka.) |
| (pause with a tap of the finger) かばんはいくらですか｡ |
| (kaban wa ikura desuka.) |
| あの (ano) |
| あの |
| あのかばんはいくらですか｡ |
| (ano kaban wa ikura desuka.) |
| あのかばんはいくらですか｡ |
| (ano kaban wa ikura desuka.) |
| How much is that bag over there? |
| We use "あの" here because the object is far from both the speaker and the listener. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| よく(この or あの) みせにいきます。 |
| Yoku (kono or ano) mise ni ikimasu. |
| よく(この or あの) みせにいきます。 |
| Yoku (kono or ano) mise ni ikimasu. |
| あの |
| あの |
| よくあのみせにいきます。 |
| Yoku ano mise ni ikimasu. |
| よくあのみせにいきます。 |
| Yoku ano mise ni ikimasu. |
| I often go to that store. |
| あの is used here because the store is far from both the speaker and listener. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (その or あの)ほんがだいすきです。 |
| ((Sono or Ano) hon ga daisuki desu.) |
| (その or あの)ほんがだいすきです。 |
| ((Sono or Ano) hon ga daisuki desu.) |
| その (Sono) |
| その |
| そのほんがだいすきです。 |
| そのほんがだいすきです。 |
| その is used here because the object is close to the listener. |
| I love that book. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| この |
| このとけい |
| このとけいが |
| このとけいがすき |
| このとけいがすきです。 |
| "I like this watch." |
| このとけいがすきです。 |
| Translate "I will buy this bag." into Japanese. |
| この (kono). this. |
| followed by |
| かばん (kaban). kaban. |
| next |
| を (o). The object marking particle. |
| followed by |
| かいます (kaimasu). buy. |
| このかばんをかいます。 |
| (Kono kaban o kaimasu.) |
| このかばんをかいます。 |
| (Kono kaban o kaimasu.) |
| I will buy this bag. |
| Translate "I will read that book." into Japanese. |
| その (sono). that. |
| followed by |
| ほん (hon). book. |
| next |
| を (o). The object marking particle. |
| followed by |
| よみます (yomimasu). read. |
| そのほんをよみます。 |
| (Sono hon o yomimasu.) |
| そのほんをよみます。 |
| (Sono hon o yomimasu.) |
| I will read that book. |
| Translate "I will eat that cake over there." into Japanese. |
| あの. "That…over there". The "over there" goes at the end of the sentence in English in many cases. |
| followed by |
| ケーキ (kēki). cake. |
| next |
| を (o). The object marking particle. |
| followed by |
| たべます (tabemasu). eat. |
| あのケーキをたべます｡ |
| (ano kēki o tabemasu.) |
| あのケーキをたべます｡ |
| (ano kēki o tabemasu.) |
| I will eat that cake over there. |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which relative location word is used in the sentences? |
| あのレストランに行きます。 |
| (Ano resutoran ni ikimasu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| あのレストランに行きます。 |
| (Ano resutoran ni ikimasu.) |
| Did you hear, あの (ano)? |
| あの means "that…over there," and is used when something is far from both the speaker and the listener. |
| How about...? |
| このワインを飲みます。 |
| (Kono wain o nomimasu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| このワインを飲みます。 |
| (Kono wain o nomimasu.) |
| Did you hear, この (kono)? |
| この means "this," and is used when something is close to the speaker |
| And... |
| その男の子は12歳です。 |
| (Sono otoko no ko wa junisai desu.) |
| One more time. |
| その男の子は12歳です。 |
| (Sono otoko no ko wa junisai desu.) |
| Did you hear, その (sono)? |
| その means "that," and is used when something is close to the listener. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to use kono, sono, and ano in Japanese. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
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