Here
You
Takashi's umbrella
Over there
Junko's umbrella
There
Your umbrella
Ken
Activities: "Japanese demonstratives: How to use これ (kore), それ (sore), and more?"
By: Sachiko Dorsey
Activity 1: Demonstratives in action
Part 1: Umbrella
You are looking for your umbrella. Look at the picture below and fill in the blanks.
Pointing at umbrella 1:
You:
はだれのかさですか。
___ wa dare no kasa desu ka.
Whose umbrella is ___ one?Ken:
はたかしのかさです。
___ wa Takashi no kasa desu.
___ one is Takashi's umbrella.
Pointing at umbrella 2:
You:
はだれのかさですか。
___ wa dare no kasa desu ka.
Whose umbrella is ___ one?Ken:
はじゅんこのかさです。
___ wa Junko no kasa desu.
___ one is Junko's umbrella.
Pointing at umbrella 3:
You:
はだれのかさですか。
___ wa dare no kasa desu ka.
Whose umbrella is ___ one?Ken:
はあなたのかさです。
___ wa anata no kasa desu.
___ one is your umbrella.
Part 2: Coffee
You are looking for your coffee. Look at where various cups of coffee are located, and fill in the blanks.
Here
Michiko’s coffee
You
Over there
Lin
Jon’s coffee
There
Your coffee
Pointing at coffee 1:
You:
コーヒーはだれのコーヒーですか。
___ kōhī wa dareno kōhī desu ka.
Whose coffee is ___ coffee?Lin:
コーヒーはみちこのコーヒーです。
___ kōhī ha Michiko no kōhī desu.
___ coffee is Michiko’s coffee.
Pointing at coffee 2:
You:
コーヒーはだれのコーヒーですか。
___ kōhī wa dareno kōhī desu ka.
Whose coffee is ___ coffee?Lin:
コーヒーはジョンのコーヒーです。
___ kōhī ha Jon no kōhī desu.
___ coffee is Jon's coffee.
You decide that you want to ask which coffee is yours:
You:
私のコーヒーはコーヒーですか。
Watashi no kōhī wa ___ kōhī desu ka.
Which coffee is my coffee?Lin:
コーヒーです。
Kōhī wa ___ kōhī desu.
Your coffee is ___ coffee.
Activity 2: Last weekend
You and your colleague are talking about the past weekend. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate demonstrative words.
Your colleague:
週末はどうでしたか。
Shūmatsu wa dōdeshita ka.
How was the weekend?You:
面白かったです。映画に行きました。映画を観る前に、飲み物を買ったんですが、時、田中さんを見ました。
Omoshirokatta desu. Eiga ni ikimashita. Eiga o mirumae ni nomimono o kattanndesu ga, ___ toki Tanaka san o mimashita.
It was fun. I went to a movie. Before watching the movie, I bought a drink, but at that time, I saw Mr. Tanaka.Your colleague:
ああ、人は映画が好きで、よく映画を観に行きますね。を観ましたか。
___ hito wa eiga ga sukide, yoku eiga o miniikimasu ne. ___ o mimashita ka.
Oh, that person likes movies and goes to see movies often. Which one did you see?You:
アバターです。知っていますか。
Abatā desu. Shitteimasu ka.
Avatar. Do you know (it)?Your colleague:
ああ、知っています。はいい映画ですね。
Aa, shitteimasu. ___ wa ii eiga desu ne
Ah (yes), I know (it). That one is a good movie, isn’t it?You:
ええ、よかったです。
Ē, yokatta desu.
Yes, it was good.
