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Military Japanese
machi | town |
gentai | home unit |
tabemono | food |
jūbun | enough; sufficient |
ni; e | to |
kara | from |
Nipponjin | the Japanese |
sukimasu (suku) | like |
isogimasu (isogu) | hurry |
tachimasu (tatsu) | stand; leave |
2. Memorize the following usages:
a. | dore | which one (of many) |
dochira | which one (of the two); which side | |
ni | at; in; to | |
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Dore ga ichiban yoi desu ka | Which one is the best? | |
Dochira ga yoi desu ka | Which is better? (of the two) | |
Dochira ga sukidesu ka | Which do you like? (of the two) | |
Anata wa doko ni orimasu ka | Where are you? Where do you live? (At what place are you?) | |
Kono mura ni Nipponjin ga orimasu ka | Are there Japanese in this village? | |
Koko ni kinasai | Come here. (Come to this place.) |
b. Difference between ni and de when used as in. Ni is used to show existence only and de is used when action follows:
Dare ga koko ni orimasu ka | Who is here? |
Koko ni nani ga arimasu ka | What is here? |
Soko de nani wo tabemashita ka | What did you eat there? |
3. Interrogatives may be used in the following ways:
dare | who |
dare ka | some one |
dare mo; dare demo | every one; all |
dare mo + (negative) | no one |
Other interrogatives such as naze, nani, doko, dōshite, ikutsu, ikura and itsu may be used following similar patterns.