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7 Cards in this Set
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Kore |
Object - close to speaker |
これ |
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Nan / Nani |
What |
何 (なに)
I. If followed by a particle or copula(-da/desu), -"Nan" before consonant [t], [d], [n]. "Nan-no" "Nan-desu-ka" "Nan-de" "Nan-to" etc.In this case, when we want to emphasize that we are asking "WHAT," it's ok to pronounce as "Nani." -"Nani" for all other cases. "Nani-ga" "Nani-wo" "Nani-mo" etc. II. If followed by a counter(to ask "how many/much"), use "Nan". "Nan-nin" "Nan-kai" "Nan-dai" "Nan-mai" etc. III. If followed by a noun(to ask "what ....."), use "Nani.""Nani-iro(what color)" "Nani-go(what language)" IV. There are exceptions. "Nan-youbi(what day of the week)" |
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Sore |
Object -close to person your talking to |
それ |
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Are |
Object - close to neither speaker nor listener |
あれ |
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Dore |
Which |
どれ Question words like dore and nani cannot be followed by the particle wa (わ). Instead, they must be followed by the particle ga (が). |
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Wa ( わ) |
Particle - Topic marker |
Topic - a non grammatical context of the whole sentence |
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Ga (が) |
Particle - Subject marker |
A grammatical relationship only to the verb. |
