Tuesday, December 1, 2015

JP2 Warm-up and Grammar Notes - Ch. 2 - 12/01/15


Normal warm-up, plus the following practice problems.

Write and translate the following, in addition to your normal warm-up:

1)これは本です。
         ANS: This is a book.

2)この本はあおいです。
         ANS: This book is blue.

3)これはあなたの本ですか。
         ANS: Is this your book?

  COMPARE: この本はあなたのですか。
         COMPARE: Is this book yours?

4)この本はだれのですか。
         (This book is whose*)
         ANS: Whose book is this?

         COMPARE: だれの本ですか。
  COMPARE: Whose book is it?
         COMPARE: Whose book is this?

JP2 Grammar Notes, Ch. 2 – 12/1/15

GRAMMAR POINT ONE: This/that/that-over-there  (which)

どれ
これ
それ
あれ
which
this (N near me)
that (N near you)
that (N away from us)
どのN
このN
そのN
あのN
which noun
this noun
that noun
that noun (far)

























GRAMMAR POINT TWO: Possessives with

だれ = who
だれの = whose

わたしのN = my noun
わたしのです。= it’s mine

あなたのN = your noun
あなたのです。 = it’s yours

かれのN = his noun
かれのです。= it’s his

かのじょのN = her noun
かのじょのです。= it’s hers

 PRACTICE PROBLEMS:

1. Is this book yours or mine?

ANS: この本はあなたのですか、わたしのですか。

2. Is that pencil (over there) his?

ANS: あのえんぴつはかれのですか。

3. That pen is not mine.

ANS: そのペンはわたしのじゃありません。(polite/regular tone)
ANS: 。。。。。。。。。ではありません。(formal/academic tone)

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