Lesson 2 Flashcards
really? true, truly
ほんとう
giraffe
きりん
puma
ひょう
green caterpillar (potato bug)
いもむし
kangaroo
kangaruu
tiger
とら
hippopotamus
kaba
animal
どうぶつ
zoo
どうぶつえん
next to; next door; neighboring
となり
desk
つくえ
table
teeburu
what!? (in surprise)
ええ!
a lie!; no way!; really!
うそ!
truck
torakku
bar
baa
Combining ほんとう with the particle に
This creates phrases like it’s really hot:
ほんとうにあついです
expensive; tall; high
たかい
cheap; inexpensive
やすい
location words
うえ - up; above; on top
した - below; down; under
なか - inside; in
よこ - side; next to
まえ - in front
うしろ - behind
ひだり - left
あいだ - between
みぎ - right
Using の with location
It can also mean “of”
[object] の [location word]
Using あいだ
It must be structured in this way:
いぬは [Item 1] と [item 2] の あいだ います
The dog is between [item 1] and [item 2]
Using location to modify
You can say the “book is on top of the table” as “te-buru の うえ の ほん”
Using ひだり and みぎ
You can further clarify the position of something by combing ひだり and みぎ with other location words (particles are not used to combine)
The difference between となり and よこ
Things that are となり must be if the same type, caliber, or quality and よこ does not matter.
curtain
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