Sunday, May 20, 2012

Japanese 101 - Vocabulary: Direction Indicators

These lists feel very boring to type. But I don't know any other way to get the message across but through boring lists. Sorry.
Today, is standard Direction Indication words in Japanese


  • Left - hidari - ひだり - 左
  • Right - migi - みぎ - 右
  • In front - mae - まえ - 前
  • Behind - ushiro - うしろ - 後ろ
  • On top - ue - うえ - 上
  • Below - shita - した - 下
  • Inside/Middle - (no) naka - (の) なか - (の) 中
  • This (object not implied) - kono - この
  • That (object not implied) - sono - その
  • That over there (object not implied) - ano - あの
  • Which (object not implied) - dono - どの
  • This - kore - これ
  • That - sore - それ
  • That over there - are - あれ
  • Which - dore - どれ
When using この, その, あの, どの you will have to state the object you are talking about after it.
When using you これ, それ, あれ, どれ you dont.

Ex.
このけいたいでんわがあおいです
This phone is blue

これがあおいです
This (would be an implied object) is blue.



Naturally there are more fancy words, like
Senjou - せんじょう - 線上 - On the line, lined up on
ect. ect.
But lets just stick to the basics for now.

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