JLPT N5 Grammar: kono, sono, ano, dono vs. kore, sore, are, dore

JLPT N5 Grammar: kono, sono, ano, dono vs. kore, sore, are, dore post image

This month, I’m going to go over the difference between この kono, その sono, あの ano, どの dono and これkore, それ sore, あれ are, and どれ dore. These are used for the words ‘this’ and ‘that’ in English but behave a little differently. I go over the more common uses in the video below:

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Japanese adjectives
Japanese adjectives – past tense
Japanese adjectives – polite past tense
Japanese particle wa
Japanese particle ga
Japanese present tense verbs

Japanese past tense verbs
Other uses of Japanese adjectives
Japanese question words だれ and なに
Japanese question words いつ、いくら、and いくつ
Japanese particle de
Japanese particle ni
Japanese transitive and intransitive verbs
Japanese particles mo, to and ya
Japanese particles wo, kara, made, and he
The Japanese te-form (テ形)
Japanese particles amari, shika, dake
Japanese Particles ka, yo, wa, and ne

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  • afzal June 9, 2014, 7:12 pm

    arigatoh

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