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[✐1. Adagio] Demonstratives
ここ: here (near the speaker)
そこ: there (near the listener, or somewhere between not far from both speaker and listener)
あそこ: over there (far from both speaker and listener)
***
“Where? There! ”
[00:07]
Hello, everone. We will do “koko, soko, asoko,doko”
Repeat after me
[00:17]
1. The pen is here.
2. The pen is there.
3. The pen is over there.
4. Where is the pen?
5. Kate san is here.
6. Kate san is there.
7. Kate san is over there.
8. Where is Kate san?
Now, answer as follows.
[01:45]
Where is the pen?
/ here
→ The pen is here.
Ready?
[01:55]
1. Where is the newspaper?
/ over there
→ It’s over there.
2. Hey, did you see my glasses?
/ there
→ It’s there.
3. I wonder where my smartphone is.
/ over there
→ It’s over there.
4. Where is Lee san?
/ over there
→ He is over there.
5. Where is Andrew san?
/ next room
→ He is in the next room.
6. There is no Grace san….
/ in the converence room
→ She is in the conference room.
7. Huh? Where is the cat?
/ kitchen
→ S/he is in the kitchen.
***
[12:54]
Dialogue (Plain style)
A: So, which one did you buy after all?
B: This.
A: Which one?
B: This one.
A: The one!? Not that one?
***
★★★★★
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.
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[✐1. Adagio] Demonstratives
ここ: here (near the speaker)
そこ: there (near the listener, or somewhere between not far from both speaker and listener)
あそこ: over there (far from both speaker and listener)
***
“Where? There! ”
[00:07]
Hello, everone. We will do “koko, soko, asoko,doko”
Repeat after me
[00:17]
1. The pen is here.
2. The pen is there.
3. The pen is over there.
4. Where is the pen?
5. Kate san is here.
6. Kate san is there.
7. Kate san is over there.
8. Where is Kate san?
Now, answer as follows.
[01:45]
Where is the pen?
/ here
→ The pen is here.
Ready?
[01:55]
1. Where is the newspaper?
/ over there
→ It’s over there.
2. Hey, did you see my glasses?
/ there
→ It’s there.
3. I wonder where my smartphone is.
/ over there
→ It’s over there.
4. Where is Lee san?
/ over there
→ He is over there.
5. Where is Andrew san?
/ next room
→ He is in the next room.
6. There is no Grace san….
/ in the converence room
→ She is in the conference room.
7. Huh? Where is the cat?
/ kitchen
→ S/he is in the kitchen.
***
[12:54]
Dialogue (Plain style)
A: So, which one did you buy after all?
B: This.
A: Which one?
B: This one.
A: The one!? Not that one?
***
★★★★★
Become a patron: More episodes with full translation and Japanese transcripts. You’ll get access to the members-only podcast feed that you can subscribe to in your smartphone app. Japanese Swotter on Patreon
Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. I hope it also helps you to capture the pattern of the sentence structure.

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