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| basic pronouns |
| basic personal pronouns |
| english | japanese | how to type |
| 1st-person (singular) | I (formal) | 私 | watashi / watakushi |
| - | I (masculine) | 俺 / 僕 | ore / boku |
| 1st-person (plural) | we | 私たち | watashitachi |
| - | we (masculine) | 俺たち / 僕たち | oretachi / bokutachi |
| 2nd-person (singular) | you | あなた / 君
| anata / kimi |
| 2nd-person (plural) | you | あなたたち / 君
たち | anatatachi / kimitachi |
| 3rd-person (singular) | he / she | 彼 / 彼女
* | kare / kanojo |
| 3rd-person (plural) | they | 彼ら (m) / 彼女
ら (f) | karera / kanojora |
| * 彼 and 彼女 also mean a boyfriend and a girlfriend. |
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| demonstrative pronouns |
| こそあど言葉 | here こ | there そ | over there (distant) あ | interrogative ど |
things
-れ | this
これ | that
それ
| that
あれ | which
どれ |
place
-こ | here
ここ | there
そこ
| over there
あそこ | where
どこ |
direction (formal)
person (formal)
-ちら | this
way
this person
こちら | that way
that person
そちら | that way
that person
あちら | which way
which person
ど
ちら |
direction
-っち | this way
こっち | that way
そっち | that way
あっち | which
way
どっち |
person (formal)
-なた | (not used)
こなた | (not used)
そなた | you
あなた | who
どなた
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person (insolent)
-いつ | this person
こいつ | that person
そいつ | that person
あいつ | which
person
どいつ |
thing
-の* | this~
この〜 | that~
その〜 | that~
あの〜 | which
どの〜 |
discription
-んな | this kind of
こんな | that kind of
そんな | that kind of
あんな | what kind of
どんな |
way
-う | in this way
こう | in that way
そう | in that way
ああ | in which way
どう |
| * you have to put a noun after この、その、あの、どの |
| e.g. この木は大きい。- this tree is big. このは大きい。<<-this is wrong. |
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