Utilization of Japanese subject
Before you proceed with your study using Japanese example sentences, you need to know the most basic subject.
Here I will explain how the subject of English changes in Japanese.
I(わたし Watashi)
わたしは(Watashi wa)
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In English, the expression "私 (わたし Watashi)" changes, but in Japanese, the character following "私 (わたし Watashi)" changes.
These characters are used in the same way for other people and objects.
You(あなた Anata)
(Anata wa)
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He(彼 かれ Kare)
かれは(Kare wa)
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She(彼女 かのじょ Kanojo)
かのじょは(Kanojo wa)
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They(彼ら かれら Kare-ra)
These are "彼ら かれら Kare-ra" when referring to people, but they are changed to "これら Kore-ra" when referring to things.
かれらは(Karera wa)
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This(これ Kore)
In Japanese, the word "これ(Kore), あれ(Are), それ(Sore)" is not used to describe a person. The words "この(Kono), あの(Ano), その(Sono)" are the only exceptions used to describe people.
(Kore wa)
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That(あれ Are)
Note that this is the same as "これ Kore".
(Are wa)
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It(それ Sore)
Note that this is the same as "これ Kore".
(Sore wa)
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These(これら Kore-ra)
This word is mainly used to describe multiple things. An exception is when the word "people" follows.
(Kore-ra wa)
(Sore-ra wa)
(Kore-ra ga)
(Sore-ra ga)
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Those(あれら Are-ra)
(Are-ra wa)
(Are-ra ga)
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Who(だれ Dare)
(Dare ga)
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Which(どれ Dore)
(Dore ga)
(Dochira ga)
(Docchi ga) |
That's it for this time. See you.