Personal Pronouns
1st Person Singular ーわたし
1st person plural ーわたしたち
2nd person singular ーあなた
2nd person pluralーあなたたち
Interrogative Pronoun (who)ーだれ
That Person (singular)ーあのひと
That Person (plural)ーあのかた
When a noun modifies another no a is inserted in between them. can omit 2nd noun in response to a question when it’s easily identifiable.
Demostratives:
Near the speaker (This)ーこ
Near the addressee (that)ーそ
Near to neither speaker or addressee (that)ーあ
Interrogative:
Near the speaker (this)ーど
| こ | そ | あ | ど | |
| Thing | これ | それ | あれ | どれ |
| Place | ここ | そこ | あそこ | どこ |
| + Noun (thing) | この（＿＿） | その（＿＿） | あの（＿＿） | どの（＿＿） |
| +ひと (person) | この（人） | その（人） | あの（人） | どの（人） |
| +かた (person respectful) | この（かた） | その（かた） | あの（かた） | その（かた） |
| も | also |
| にほんごのとしおかん | library of Japanese Language |
| ええ | less formal & gentler than はい |
| あのう | umm or well |
| でも | but/however [けれども(formal)] |
| あっ | can express surprise |
| ああ | conveys same meaning as あ in あ、そうですか |
I’ve got 9 more pages of these handwritten notes, but i’m trying to keep my blog posts shortish on my info dumps
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