Which do you prefer?

View the presentation below to learn how to talk about which item you prefer. Be sure to repeat after the speaker as you view. Click Presentation or click the button below.

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こ　そ　あ　ど　Words

Demonstrative pronouns (これ,それ,あれどれ) are used to point out or to indicate a specific person, thing, place or direction. The following chart shows the primary demonstratives in Japanese. Demonstrative adjectives (この,その,あの, どの) are followed by a noun or noun phrase.

こ word is used when referring to things, people and places close to the speaker.

そ word is used when referring to things, people and places close to the listener, or slightly removed from both the speaker and the listener.

あ word is used when referring to people, things and places far away from the speaker and the listener.

ど word is used asking which person, thing or place is being referred to.

	こWord Close to speaker	そWord Close to listener	あWord Away from speaker and listener	どWord Interrogative
Demonstrative Pronoun	Play 1. これ This one これら	Play 2. それ That one それら	Play 3. あれ That one (over there) あれら	Play 4. どれ Which one どれら
Demonstrative Adjective	Play 5. この～ This～ これらの～	Play 6. その～ That～ それらの～	Play 7. あの～ That ～ over there あれらの～	Play 8. どの～ Which ～ どれらの
Direction People	こちら This way This person	そちら That way That person	あちら That way (over there) That person over there	どちら Which way Which person
Place	ここ Here	そこ There	あそこ Over there	どこ Where
Manner	こう In a manner like this	そう In a manner like that	ああ In a manner like that	どう In what manner

Adjective Practice

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Adjective Practice

Writing Preparation

Prepare to complete your writing assignment. Let's imagine that in this chart, the column to the far left represents the item closest to you, the column in the middle is the item far away and the column to the far right represents the item furthest from you. You will write a sentence in Japanese expressing which of the items you prefer. Go to the assignment folder in Schoology to read the complete instructions.

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 Graded Assignments

Please return to the Section 2 Tasks & Assignments folder to complete the graded assignments for Section2, Part A.

Now go to Part B