Learn how to ask where something is, and you'll also learn the words for "here", "there", and "over there"
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| Welcome to learn Japanese grammar absolute beginner. In this video series, you learn basic Japanese grammar patterns and phrases through easy to follow audio and visual cues. Here is what we will cover in this lesson. |
| Ready? |
| Let’s get started. |
| トイレはどこですか。 (Toire wa doko desu ka.) |
| Eric: So what’s our grammar point today? |
| Naomi: 今日は (kyo wa) asking the location.. 留学センターはどこですか。 (Ryūgakusentā wa doko desu ka.). |
| Eric: Where is the study abroad office. Let’s break it down. |
| Naomi: 留学センター (ryūgakusentā) |
| Eric: Study abroad office. |
| Naomi: は(wa) |
| Eric: Topic marking particle. |
| Naomi: どこ (doko) |
| Eric: Where. |
| Naomi: です (desu) |
| Eric: The copula. |
| Naomi: か（ka). |
| Eric: The question marking particle. |
| Naomi: 留学センターはどこですか。 (Ryūgakusentā wa doko desu ka.) |
| Eric: Where is the study abroad office? |
| So Naomi Sensei, where is the bathroom? |
| Naomi: Do you want me to say it in Japanese? Okay, |
| トイレはどこですか。 (Toire wa doko desu ka.) |
| Eric: Where is the bathroom? |
| Naomi: トイレ (toire) is bathroom. |
| Eric: All right, that’s fine Naomi Sensei. But sometimes, it’s you are in the dark, right? You need to find how the lights are, or else you are going to stay in the dark. |
| Naomi: Ah, lights in Japanese is 電気 (denki) |
| Eric: 電気 (denki). It also means electricity right? So Naomi Sensei, where are the lights? |
| Naomi: 電気はどこですか。 (Denki wa doko desu ka.) |
| Eric: Where are the lights? But you know before we turn the lights on, we need to get into the room. I don’t have the key. Do you know where it is? Where is the key? |
| Naomi: 鍵 (kagi) is key. |
| Eric: 鍵 (kagi) |
| Naomi: 鍵はどこですか。 (Kagi wa doko desu ka.) |
| Eric: Where is the key? |
| Naomi: トイレはどこですか。 (Toire wa doko desu ka.) |
| Naomi: わたしはここです。 (Watashi wa koko desu.) |
| Jessi: In this lesson, we will be looking at こそあど (kosoado) words. こそあど (kosoado) words are words that indicate what you are talking about. |
| Naomi: Words like this and that are some examples. |
| Jessi: Now the reason we call them こそあど (kosoado) words is because they all start with either こ、そ、あ、 (ko, so, a,) or ど (do). This prefix tells us the location or the object’s distance relative to the speaker. The first one is? |
| Naomi: こ (ko) |
| Jessi: The prefix こ (ko) means near the speaker. The next one is? |
| Naomi: そ (so) |
| Jessi: The prefix そ (so) means close to the listener but a bit far from the speaker. The next one is? |
| Naomi: あ (a) |
| Jessi: The prefix あ (a) means at a distance from the speaker and the listener. And the last one is? |
| Naomi: ど (do) |
| Jessi: Now this one doesn’t refer to a location but instead, it is used for question words. Remember these prefixes and their meanings. Now let’s move onto the こそあど (kosoado) words that describe places. The word for here is? |
| Naomi: ここ (koko) |
| Jessi: There? |
| Naomi: そこ (soko) |
| Jessi: Over there? This word talks about a farther distance from both the speaker and the listener. |
| Naomi: あそこ (asoko) |
| Jessi: Where? |
| Naomi: どこ (doko) |
| Jessi: Good! Now let’s hear an example. |
| Naomi: わたしはここです。 (Watashi wa koko desu.) |
| Jessi: This means I am here. |
| わたしはここです。 (Watashi wa koko desu.) |
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