The house
Where are my keys? Is she upstairs? This lesson covers the rooms of a Japanese home, the things in them, and the words for on, under, in and next to. With ある and いる you can say where anything is. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.
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25 words for the house
Each card shows a room, a thing or a position word, and a sentence you'd say at home. Several reuse words from Everyday Japanese 1 and 2.
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Saying where things are
Put the thing, then の, then the position word, then に: (on the table).
| Word | Means | Example |
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- ある or いる. Things take ある, people and animals take いる: , .
- or ? is for the same kind of thing side by side: houses, rooms, people. is just "at the side of".
- Upstairs, downstairs. Just say the floor: is upstairs, is downstairs.
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Four patterns to use today
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Say it in Japanese
Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.