Directions Flashcards
Building
建物
Tatemono
Where is the entrance?
入り口はどこですか?
iriguchi wa doko des ka?
Which way is the entrance?
iriguchi wa dochira desu ka?
Which way?
どちら
Dochira
Which way is the exit?
出口はどちらですか?
Deguchi wa dochira desu ka?
exit
出口
Deguchi
where are you from?
出身はどちらですか?
sushin wa dochira desu ka?
(dochira is the polite form of doko)
This building has an exit and an entrance
この建物には出口と入り口があります。
Kono tatemono wa deguchi to iriguchi ga aremasu
the building is over here
その建物はこちらです。
sono tatemono wa kochira desu
(kochira as opposed to koko implies a direction)
convenience store
コンビニ
Konbini
Hospital
病院
Byōin
Where is the hospital’s entrance?
病院の入り口はどこですか?
byoin no いりぐち wa doko desu ka?
how
どうやって
Dō yatte
How do I go to the bank?
うやって銀行まで行きますか?
do yatte ginko made iki mas ka?
To
Made
From
Kare
I will go there at two o’clock.
二時にそちらへ行きます。
ni ji ni sochira he iki masu
From that entrance, please.
そちらの入り口からどうぞ。
そちら means “that way” implying that the listener is closer to that.
どうぞ is something along the lines of “by all means”, this is also part of polite speech and something customer service use often,
The hospital is that way
病院はそちらです。
byouin wa sochira desu
Where is the bank’s exit?
銀行の出口はどちらですか
Ginko no deguchi wa dochira desu ka?
どちら in this context means exactly the same as どこ but it’s the keigo version of the word, it will be use in more formal situations.
store
お店
O mise
Your room is on the other side
あなたのお部屋は向こうです。
Anata no oheya wa muko desu
Yonder
向こう
muko
She’s leaving home.
彼女は家を出ます。
Kanajo wa ea o demas ?