[Daichi] Grammar Ch.2

Question 1

これはなんですか。

Answer 1

What is this? S1なんですか

Question 2

Translate these and explain their usage.
これ
それ
あれ

Answer 2

This
That (near listener)
That (far away from both)
They are demonstratives and not followed by a noun.

Question 3

これはなんのカタログですか。

Answer 3

What kind of catalog is this? When asking about content/type of noun, なんの[N] is used, and means “what kind of [N]”

Question 4

Translate these and explain their usage.
この
その
あの

Answer 4

This [N]
That [N] (near listener)
That [N] (far away from both)
Must always be followed by a noun.

Question 5

あの人はだれですか。

Answer 5

Who is that person?

Question 6

それは私の本です。

Answer 6

That is my book.

Question 7

それはだれのですか
それはだれの本でうか。

Answer 7

Whose book is that?
Whose is that?
だれの＝whose
You start with the ‘this [subject marker]’ because subject marker goes at the start of the sentence