Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

Some & Any Expressions

Hmm, I always tend to mix up the following expressions below. Thus, I think I'll list them all down for easy reference.

(a)
Who - Dare 　だれ
Which one - Dore　どれ
When - Itsu 　いつ
Where - Doko 　どこ
What - Nan/Nani 　なん

(b)
Somebody - Dareka 　だれか
Someday - Itsuka 　いつか
Somewhere - Dokoka 　どこか
Something - Nanika 　なにか

From the above, one easy way to remember is just to add a ka for (a) & it'll mean some.... as seen in (b).

Here's another one :

Anyone/Everyone - Dare demo 　だれでも
Anything - Dore demo 　どれでも
Anytime - Itsu demo 　いつでも
Anywhere/Everywhere - Doko demo 　どこでも
Anything/Everything - Nan demo 　なんでも

Ok, now's the last one :

(Not) anyone - Dare mo 　だれも
(Not) any of them - Dore mo 　どれも
(Not) anytime - Itsu mo 　いつも
(Not) anywhere - Doko mo 　どこも
(Not) anything - Nani mo 　なにも


Some examples :

I read something / Watashi wa nanika yomimasu わたしはなにかよみます

I read anything / Watashi wa nan demo yomimasu わたしはなんでもよみます

I do not read anything / Watashi wa nani mo yomimasen

わたしはなにもよみません

I will go somewhere / Watashi wa dokoka e ikimasu

わたしはどこかへいきます

I will go anywhere / Watashi wa doko e demo ikimasu

わたしはどこへでもいきます

I will not go anywhere / Watashi wa doko e mo ikimasen

わたしはどこへもいきません


Posted By : Jasvale

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