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👆 5. Demonstrative Pronoun
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( ) は にんきの カレーや です。
This place is a popular curry restaurant.
( ) は としょかんです。
The place over there is a library.
A : せんせい ( ) どこですか？
B : せんせい ( ) あそこです。
A : Where is our teacher?
B : Our teacher is over there.
うどんやが ありました。わたしは ( )で ひるごはんを たべました。
There was a udon noodle restaurant. I ate lunch there.
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Check the brief grammar notes and examples below for your review.
Grammar Note
⚫️ ここ・そこ・あそこ
meaning : here・there
soko [wa] samui-desuka?
A : はい、ここは さむいです。
hai, koko [wa] samui-desu.
koko [wa] samui-desu [ne].
B : ここは さむいです。
koko [wa] samui-desu.
asoko [wa] atatakai-deshō [ne].
B : あそこは あたたかいでしょう。
asoko [wa] atatakai-deshō.
ここ
here : a place where the speaker is
( When the listner and speaker are close, both say ‘ここ’. )
そこ
there : a place where the listener is
( When ‘B’ is asking to ‘A’, ‘A’ is the listener, so ‘B’ says “そこ”. )
あそこ
over there : a place far from both the speaker and the listener
⚫️ ここは … です
meaning : This place is …It means what a place for.
koko [wa] kaigishitsu-desu.
( This place is a meeting room. )
⚫️ … は ここです
meaning : … is hereIt means where something or someone is.
tanaka-san [wa] doko-desuka?
( Where is Mr.Tanaka? )
B : たなかさんは あそこです。
tanaka-san [wa] asoko-desu.
( Mr.Tanaka is over there. )
⚫️ そこ
“そ” is used when the speaker thinks the listener doesn’t know about the topic.
eki [ni] atarashī panya [ga] dekimashita. soko [no] meronpan [ga] oishī-desu.
( A new bakery was open in the station. Melon bread there is really good. )
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Let’s meet here at 3 o’clock.
We can see the sea from the place over there.
This place is a classroom.
Maria is here.
There was a market in the city. I bought fruits there.
まちに いちばが ありました。( )。
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