Today's Grammatical
Structures
：Noun
：Location
Nouns ：Object
に：a
particle that marks a locative
phrase
どあのちかく
に てれび
が あります｡ 
つくえのうえ
に ほん
が あります ね｡
ええ，そうですね｡ /いいえ，ありません
よ｡
よ：
"you know"; emphasis
marker
ねこのとなり
に いぬ
が います｡
You
use います
to express the existence of
animate things. If the noun
that you want to express is a
living thing such as animals,
people, and so on. These
nouns are expected to move.
Useful
Expressions
Japanese
house has a higher floor than the
outside at the entrance. So,
guests have to come up to the
house.
(a
phrase to let the listener that
you're sorry for being a
disturbance; a polite expression)
Reading
りーさん の あぱーと は ちいさい あぱーと です｡
だいどころ と といれ が あります｡
でも、おふろ が ありません｡
へや の みぎがわ に だいどころ が
あります｡
どあのひだりがわ に といれ が あります｡
とても，ちいさい といれです｡
どあ
の まえ に てーぶる が
あります｡ てーぶる
の ちかく に すてれお
が あります｡
てーぶる の うしろ
に つくえ と てれび が あります｡
だいどころ：kitchen
おふろ：bath
tub
でも：but
といれ：toilet
English
Translation:
Lee's
apartment is a small
apartment. There is a
kitchen and a toilet. But,
there is no bath tub. The
kitchen is on the right side of
the room. on the left side
of the door, the toilet is
located. it is a very small
toilet. there is a table in
front of the door. Stereo is
close to the table. A desk
and a TV are at the back of the
table.
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|
desk
TV
|
|
|
|
|
| stereo
table
|
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|toilet
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| kitchen|
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