ko so a do words

Jebrown256

Jebrown256

August 31, 2010

I'm learning my location words now i'm confused on how to use them like: someone ask me wheres the remote *(remote wa doko desu ka)* i say its near me which i think is *(kore desu) *since its an object but im saying *(this remote)* which doesnt make sense i should say "here" which is "koko",but is used for places and the remote is not a place. Do i use the "ko" ending words for describing an object place or "re" ending words for objects no matter what? arigatou gozaimasu :mrgreen:
kien

kien

August 31, 2010

Jebrownさん。 こんにちは。キエンです。 ①「リモートはどこですか?」という質問について答えます。 A1:あそこです。 A2:あそこにあります。 (It 's over there.) →リモートは質問の人からも答えの人からも遠いです。 A3:そこです。 A4:そこにあります。 (It 's there.) →リモートは質問の人から近いですが、答えるの人から遠いです。 A5:ここです。 A6:ここにあります。 (It 's here.) →リモートは質問の人から遠いですが、答えるの人から近いです。 Jebrownさんはちょっと考えてみてください。Jebrownさんのところにリモートがあったら、どうしますか。Jebrownさんはそのリモートを取って、質問の人に見せますね。この場合は A7:これです。 (It 's here. There is it.) ②「ここ」、「そこ」、「あそこ」 「これ」、「それ」、「あれ」 それぞれは1つの単語ですから、分けられませんね。 例えば「これ」は英語で「this」ですね。「this」→「th」と「is」に分けられないでしょう。 Hope this help. I 'm sorry that I can't explain in English. Kien.
Jebrown256

Jebrown256

September 1, 2010

can someone explain in* _English_* plz :x
Sayaka-Matsuura

Sayaka-Matsuura

September 6, 2010

JeBrown-san, Translation is as follows: I will answer the questions regarding "Where is the remote?" A1:あそこです。(Asoko desu) A2:あそこにあります。(Asoko ni arimasu) (It 's over there.) →The remote is far away (unreachable distance) from the person who has asked the questions, and who is answering the question. A3:そこです。(Soko desu) A4:そこにあります。(Soko ni arimasu) (It 's there.) →The remote is close to the person asking the question but far away (unreachable distance, but visual distance) from the person answering the question. A5:ここです。(Koko desu) A6:ここにあります。(Koko ni arimasu) (It 's here.) →The remote is close to both the person asking and answering the question. Think about it this way. If the remote is close to you (reachable distance) to you - what would you do? You would pick up the remote and show it/pass it to the person asking the question "Where is the remote?" In this case, you would say: A7:これです。(Kore desu) (It 's here. This is it.) -Sayaka :P

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