Japanese Lesson - Japanese Words of Proximity
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Here There and Everywhere - Japanese Words of Location and Proximity
Japanese Demonstrative Pronouns
Notice in the following that
Interrogatives (questions) tend toward --> D
here proximity --> K
there proximity --> S
over there proximity --> A
Donna ni okii desu? - How Big?
Konna ni okii desu! - About this big!
Sonna ni okii desu! - About that big!
Anna ni okii desu! - about that big (over there)!
Dore gurai? About how much do you think?
Kore gurai! About this much!
Sore gurai! About that much!
Are gurai! About (over there) that much
Dochi? - which one?
Kochi - this one
Sochi - that one
Achi - that one (over there)
Doko? - Where?
Koko - here
Soko - there
Muko - over there
Dokora - where abouts?
Kokora - around here
Sokora -around there
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Dare? - Who?
Koitsu! - This mofo, or this dude, or this guy, or this person!
Soitsu! - That dude! Or that bonehead there!
Aitsu! - That person over there!
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