Wednesday, November 28, 2007.

This, That, and (That) Over there - Part 2

In her earlier post, Jas-さん covered the basics of "this" and "that".

I thought I'd just add a few notes to it.

Notice that for the first 3 items is always followed by は but the last one is always by が?

Also, when using the unspecific question words, there is no need to mention the item in question. However, when using the specific question words, you would need to include the noun.

Compare this:

(1) これはなんですか。

kore wa nan desu ka?

What is this?

これはねこです。

kore wa neko desu.

This is a cat.

(2) このねこはですか。

kono neko desu ka?

What cat is this?

And finally, there is another 2 question words which I came across are だれ (dare) and だれの (dare no).

だれ (dare) - who

だれの (dare no) - whose

Eg: これはだれのねこですか。

kore wa dare no neko desu ka?

Whose cat is this?

~ Rene ~

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