Lesson 3
Places & Directions
- 1 ここ・そこ・あそこ・どこ koko / soko / asoko / doko here / there / over there / where The basic words for pointing out and asking about a place.
- 2 こちら・そちら・あちら・どちら kochira / sochira / achira / dochira this way / that way / over there / which way (polite) The polite version of ここ／そこ／あそこ／どこ — for both direction and place.
- 3 Nは ばしょです N wa basho desu N is at / in [place] A simple way to say someone or something is at a place, using です.
- 4 どこ・どちら doko / dochira where / which way (polite) Asking "where?" — plain どこ and polite どちら.
- 5 お国はどちらですか okuni wa dochira desu ka Where are you from? A polite question for asking someone's country when you first meet.
- 6 どこのN／国のN doko no N / kuni no N N from where? / N made in (country) The の that answers "from where?" — which country or company made it.