Possessive form
Content: More Practice with the possessive form,
Na line of Hiragana (Na, Ni, Nu, Ne, No), changing
Aim: More practice with the possessive form
New Vocabulary:
Japanese | Romaji | English |
でnwa （でんわ） | denwa | phone |
けいたいでnwa （けいたいでんわ） | kei tai denwa | cell phone |
ちず | chizu | map |
でnsha （でんしゃ） | densha | train |
くruma （くるま） | kuruma | car |
うえ | ue | up / on top of |
した | shita | down / under / underneath |
なか | naka | inside |
そと | outside | outside |
I. Lesson Point:
In the last lesson, we saw by putting “no- の” after the subject, it becomes a possessive form. Here we will review more variations of that.
Sample Sentences:
Waたしのけいたいでnwa waどこですか？(Where is my cell phone?)
Watashi no keitai denwa wa doko desuka?
くruma のなかです。(It’s in the car)
Kuruma no naka desu
くrumaのしたです。 (under the car)
Kuruma no shita desu
くrumaのうえです。 (on top of the car)
Kuruma no ue desu
あなたのいぬはどこですか？(Where is your dog?)
Anata no inu wa doko desuka?
いえのなかです。(It’s inside the house.)
ie no naka desu
いえのそとです (outside of the house)
ie no soto desu
でnshaのなかです。(It’s inside the train.)
Densha no naka desu.
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II. Mini-Quiz: (Test your knowledge):
Translate into Japanese and use Hiragana where ever possible.
His cell phone:
_________________________________________________________
He is inside the house:
_________________________________________________________
Her cat is on top of the car:
_________________________________________________
They are outside the room:
______________________________________________________
Quiz Answers:
1. かれのけいたいでんわ, 2. かれはいえのなかです, 3. かのじょのねこはくるまのうえです, 4. かれらはへやのそとです。
III. Writing Practice: Hiragana (Na, Ni, Nu, Ne, No)
