January 26th Power Session

This session covered location and very basic directions.

Kosoado series: Koko, soko, asoko, doko.  They stand alone.

Koko: this place
Soko: that place
Asoko: over there
Doko: which place


The basic sentence for showing the location of an inanimate object is
X(ko/so/a) ni Y (object) ga arimasu


Ni shows location. Ex. Asoko-ni kaban-ga arimasu. (There is a bag over there)


Location words


tonari: next door, next to
soba: close to, near
mae: front
yoko: beside
ushiro: back
ue: top, on
naka: in, middle


X(object)-no Y (location)-ni arimasu/imasu


People


imasu: verb for living things
dare: who
ano-hito: literally ”that person”. He, she.
onna-no-hito: woman/women (female person)
otoko-no-hito: man/men (male person)
onna-no-ko: girl/s (female child)
otoko-no-ko: boy/s (male child)


tachi: you can use this to pluralize a family or a person. Ex. Nakamura-san tachi: Miss Nakamura and others or the Nakamuras. However, the above people words are ambiguous and can be used either for a single person or for several people.

Vocabulary



yuubinkyoku: post office
byouin: hospital
hoteru: hotel
ginkou: bank
erebeetaa: elevator
okusan: wife (polite)
shokudou: restaurant, dining hall
robii: lobby
goshujin: husband
kissaten: cafe, coffee shop
gakou: school
toshokan: library