This これ・この

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This and that. Actually Japanese also has one more.  They also have "that over there" - but we will get at that later.

There are 2 words in Japanese that are translated as "this" in English:

これ kore - When "this" is not connected to a noun - hang on you will get it in a minute

これ　は　何　です　か？
kore wa nan desu ka?
What is this?

これ　は　ねこ　です。
kore wa neko desu.
This is a cat.

HINT
To say "This is" or "is this" the kore will probably be followed by a は wa

この kono - When you put "this" before a noun, it changes to kono

この　ねこ　は　ポチ　です　か？
kono neko wa pochi desu ka?
Is this cat, Pochi?.

いいえ。　この　犬　は　ポチ　です。
iie kono inu wa pochi desu.
No. This dog is Pochi.

HINT
It may seem strange at first, but after a while This and That become second nature!
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Pages out of order?

Submitted by hsenior on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 10:41.

I came to this page from the "that over there" page -- the link to "this" was at the bottom right as the next page. These pages seem to currently be in "That, That over there, this" order, when you'd probably like them to be "That, this, that over there."

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The list is different from

Submitted by clay on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 01:29.

The list is different from the main grammar page. When I saved these pages the software put them in alphabetical order. One day, I'll go back and fix that, but the left and right links should be accurate.

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