Japan Gaku » Expressions http://japangaku.com Japanese For the Rest of Us Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:00:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Object Placement – Kore, Sore, Are (これ、それ、あれ) – Video http://japangaku.com/object-placement-kore-sore-are-video http://japangaku.com/object-placement-kore-sore-are-video#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:34:56 +0000 Buddy Lindsey http://dumbotaku.com/?p=455

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When you get involved in talking about objects around you its useless unless there is a way to reference things without knowing what the object is exactly.  There are 3 main words we use to accomplish this. I’ll briefly hit on these then show you have you watch a video that briefly shows you.

これ (kore) – This is for an object next to you the speaker.
それ (sore) – This is for an object next to the person you are talking to, but NOT next to you.
あれ (are) – This is for an object not near either of you.

Watch this video to get a better idea.  Please excuse the crappiness this is the first ever video I have ever made.

If you need more examples I will gladly come up with more but please try to watch the video and see what you can get from it. And any questions or comments are gladly accepted good and bad.

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After reading yonasu’s post a while back about a tongue twister he cam up with I have been mildly interested in Japanese tongue twisters.  So my teacher pointed me to some good tongue twisters.  According to goo ranking. Here are the Top 10 Japanese tongue twisters. (I have romanized them, but not separated the words)

1) 生麦生米生卵
なまむぎなまごめなまたまご
namamuginamagomenamatamaga

2) 東京特許許可局
とうきょうとっきょきょかきょく
tookyootokkyokyokakyoku

3) 赤巻紙青巻紙黄巻紙
あかまきがみあおまきがみきまきがみ
akamakigamiaomakigamikimakigami

4) バスガス爆発
ばすがすばくはつ
basugasubakuhatsu

5) カエルぴょこぴょこ三ぴょこぴょこ合わせてぴょこぴょこ六ぴょこぴょこ
かえるぴょこぴょこみぴょこぴょこあわせてぴょこぴょこむぴょこぴょこ
kaerupyokopyokomipyokopyokoawasetepyokopyokomupyokopyoko

6) 隣の客はよく柿食う客�
となりのきゃくはよくかきくうきゃく�
tonarinokyakuhayokukakikuukyakuda

7) 赤パジャマ青パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ
あかぱじゃまあおぱじゃまきぱじゃまちゃぱじゃま
akapajamaaopajamakipajamachapajama

8 ) 坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた
ぼうすがびょうぶにじょうずにぼうずのえをかいた
boosugabyoubunijoozuniboozunoewokaita

9) スモモも桃も桃のうち　桃もスモモももものうち
すもももももももものうち　もももすももももものうち
sumomomomomomomomonouchi momomosumomomomomonouchi

10) 隣の竹やぶに竹立てかけたの誰�
となりのたけやぶにたけたてかけたのだれ�
tonarinotakeyabunitaketatekaketanodareda

These are a lot of fun I think. What do you all think of them?

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