Japanese Hiragana Practice Sheet -A, I, U, E, Onodofuji
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Japanese Hiragana Practice Sheet -A, I, U, E, Onodofuji
This is a Hiragana practice sheet for Japanese language learners can download and use! You can start by tracing the gray letters, then move on to writing them by yourself.
If you'd like to learn Japanese, don't forget to check out my course on Udemy!
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2. 1. Telling the ownership of things
X は Y の Z です
wa no desu
In Lesson 1 we ve learned the basic noun sentences like X は Y の Z です as
wa no desu
(subject X)am/is(person Z)of(company/party Y) to tell what company
or party a person belongs to. In Lesson 2 we learn how to tell the ownership
of things as below :
これは person の thing です。
kore wa no desu
This is person s thing.
これは スミスさんの けいたいです。 This is Smith s cell phone.
kore wa sumisu-san no keitai desu
これは たかはしさんの でんわばんごうです。 This is Mr. Takahashi s phone number.
kore wa takahashi-san no denwa bangou desu
3. 2. Asking Who Something Belongs To
X は だれの Z ですか
wa dare no desuka
We now learn how to ask who something belongs to. The question word for
who is だれ and for whose we simply add the particle の .
dare no
これは だれ の thing ですか。
kore wa dare no desu
Whose thing is this?
Q: これは だれの けいたいですか。 Whose cell phone is this?
kore wa dareno keitai desu ka
A: スミスさんの けいたいです。 (This is) Mr. Smith s cell phone.
sumisu-san no keitai desu
Q: これは だれの でんわばんごうですか。 Whose phone number is this?
kore wa dare no denwa bangou desu ka
A: たかはしさんの でんわばんごうです。 (This is) Mr. Takahashi s phone number.
takahashi-san no denwa bangou desu
4. 3. Short Answer for Who Something Belongs To
(X は) Yの (Z) です
wa no desu
You don t have to repeat a thing in a answer for who something belongs to.
Once the thing is stated in the question then の represents it in its answer.
no
Q: これは だれ の thing ですか。
kore wa dare no desuka
Whose thing is this?
Short A: person の (thing) です。
no desu
(This is) person s (thing).
Q: これは だれの けいたい ですか。 Whose cell phone is this?
kore wa dareno keitai desu ka
Short A: スミスさんの です。 (This is) Mr. Smith s (cell phone).
sumisu-san no desu
Q: これは だれの でんわばんごう ですか。 Whose phone number is this?
kore wa dare no denwa bangou desu ka
Short A: たかはしさんの です。 (This is) Mr. Takahashi s (phone number).
takahashi-san no desu