Gengo Girls #12: How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?

Gengo Girls #12: How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?

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これ vsこの and それ vs そのis the sort of thing that seems hard to remember at first but becomes instinctive after listening to enough Japanese.

Vocabulary

この = this (adjective)

その = that (adjective)

= いぬ = dog

可愛い = かわいい = cute

Transcript

言語ガールズ #12

How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?

Yellow: Let’s talk more about that “This is a dog” versus “This dog…” stuff you mentioned the other day.

Blue: Sure.

Blue: When “this” and “that” acting like nouns, like in “This is a dog” or “That is a dog”, you use これ and それ.

Blue: But when they are used like adjectives, like in “This dog” and “That dog”, you need to use この and その instead.

Yellow: So I could say “This is a dog. This dog is cute” like this?

Yellow: これは犬です

Yellow: この犬 は可愛い です

Blue: I think you’ve got it.

Yellow: I think I could still use some more practice. Maybe if we had a real dog we could talk about…

Blue: Nice try, but you’ll need a better excuse than that to bring a pet to school.