JP2 Grammar Review: これ・それ・あれ・この・その・あの, Possesive の

これ・それ・あれ

Use these to indicate something without naming it. Make sentences with the following structures:

• This is a _____. 
• That is a ____. 
• That (over there) is a ___. 
• These are ____. 
• Those are ____. 
• Those (over there) are ____.

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このN・そのN・あのN

Use these to talk about a specific noun, and to distinguish it from a group of like nouns. Make sentences with the following structures:

• This book is ____.
• That pen is ___.
• That horse (over there) is ___.
• These notebooks are ___.
• Those people are ___.
• Those mountains (over there) are ___.

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Possessive の

Use this to show who owns what, and to create compound nouns. Make sentences with the following structures:

• That is your car.
• John is my friend.
• This book is mine.
• It is a Japanese book.
• It is a book on the origins of the Japanese language.
• These are practice problems.

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Check your understanding. Translate the following from Japanese to English. 

1. あれはうまです。
2. あのひとたちはタイ人です。
3. この本は私のです。
4. 日本語の本（もと）の本（ほん）です。
5. そちらはあなたのともだちですか。

Translate the next set from English to Japanese.

1. These are pencils.
2. Those mountains (over there) are tall.
3. John is my friend.
4. Whose bag is this?
5. That is a blue marker.