Japanese Grammar: List Of Pronouns For New Beginners
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Definition: A pronoun is a word that takes the place os a noun. However some pronouns are used as adjectives, modifying the meaning of a noun rather than replacing it.
Types of pronouns:
- Subject Pronouns
- Direct Object Pronouns
- Indirect Objects Pronouns
Subject Pronouns: Japanese Subject Pronouns are frecuently omitted when it's not easy to guesswho is being referred to. Futhermore, second-person an third-person are seldom or never used, especially to address a superior, because it carries an rude tone. In general, the name of a person or one's occupation is followeb by the polite suffix ãã -San wich is commonly used intead of a personal pronoun.
Personal Pronouns in Japanese refer to people, not ideas or things.
**English** | **Kanji** | **Katakana/Hiragana** | **Romaji** |
I(formal) | ç§ | ããã | *Watashi* |
I(men) | å | ãŒã | *Boku* |
I(girls, women) | ããã | *Atashi* | |
I(rough, men) | 俺 | ãã | *Ore* |
You | ããªã | *Anata* | |
You(less formal) | å | ãã¿ | *Kimi* |
You(informal, men) | ã å | ããŸã | *Omae* |
You(rude) | ããã | *Anta* | |
He | 圌 | ãã | *Kare* |
She | 圌 女 | ãã®ãã | *Kanojo* |
He/She | ãã®äºº | *Ano hito* | |
He/She | ãã®æ¹ | *Ano hÅ* | |
We | ç§ãã¡ | *Watashi-tachi* | |
They | 圌 ã | ããã | *Karera* |
Examples
- How are you?
- ã 㪠ã 㯠㩠㮠ã ã ã«?
- *Anata wa dono yÅ ni.*
- I went to Tokyo last month.
- ç§ ã¯ å æ æ± äº¬ #12395;è¡ ã£ ãŠ ã 㟠ã ã.
- Watashi wa sengetsu TÅkyÅ ni itte kimashita.
- How old is she?
- 圌 女 ã¯ å€ ã ã§ ã ã ïŒ.
- Kanojo wa furuidesu ka?
- He is a man with a sense of humor.
- 圌 ã¯ ãŠ ãŒ ã¢ ã¢ ã® ã» ã³ ã¹ ã æ ã€ ç· ã§ ã
- Kare wa yūmoa no sensu o motsu otokodesu.
- We want to buy a car.
- ç§ ã ã¡ ã¯ è» ã 賌 å ¥ ã ã ã
- Watashi-tachi wa kuruma o kÅnyÅ« shitai.
- They will travel to Japan.
- 圌 ã ã¯ æ¥ æ¬ ã 蚪 å ã ã.
- Karera wa Nippon o hÅmon suru.