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まちの ばしょPlaces in town

Machi no basho

Place words: basho, gakkou, byouin, ginkou, eki, kouen, tonari, ushiro, mae, chikaku. The key grammar is "~ wa …no [place] ni arimasu": ginkou wa mise no tonari ni arimasu. To ask where something is: "~ wa doko desu ka". English speakers drop the particle "ni" and say "tonari arimasu" — always say "tonari ni arimasu". Kana corner: pronouncing the place words.

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となり あります？ となりに あります？— tonari arimasu? tonari ni arimasu?

  1. YukiマMaイiクkuさsaんn、ぎgiんnこうkōはwaどdoこkoでdeすsuかka？Mike, where is the bank?
  2. MikeみMiせseのnoとtoなnaりriあaりriまmaすsu。It's next to the shop. (slip: put in the particle "ni" → tonari ni arimasu)
  3. Yuki「にNi」をoいiれreまmaすsu：みmiせseのnoとtoなnaりriにniあaりriまmaすsu。Put in "ni": mise no tonari ni arimasu.
  4. MikeあA、ぎgiんnこうkōはwaみmiせseのnoとtoなnaりriにniあaりriまmaすsu。Ah, the bank is next to the shop.

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どこに ありますか— Where is everything?

  1. MikeゆYuきkiさsaんn、びょうbyōいiんnはwaどdoこkoでdeすsuかka？Yuki, where is the hospital?
  2. YukiえEきkiのnoちchiかkaくkuにniあaりriまmaすsu。ぎGiんnこうkōはwaそsoのnoとtoなnaりriにniあaりriまmaすsu。It's near the station. The bank is next to it.
  3. MikeこうKōえeんnはwa？どDoこkoにniあaりriまmaすsuかka？And the park? Where is it?
  4. YukiこうKōえeんnはwaがgaっkこうkōのnoうuしshiろroにniあaりriまmaすsu。The park is behind the school.

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ばbaしょsho

nounplace

がgaっkこうkō

nounschool

びょうbyōいiんn

nounhospital

ぎgiんnこうkō

nounbank

えeきki

nounstation

こうkōえeんn

nounpark

とtoなnaりri

nounnext to, beside

うuしshiろro

nounbehind, back

まmaえe

nounin front, before

ちchiかkaくku

nounnear, nearby

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Saying where: "~ ni arimasu"

Explanation

To say where a thing is, say "~ wa …no [place] ni arimasu". Put the place word (tonari, ushiro, mae, chikaku) after "no", then add "ni arimasu": ginkou wa mise no tonari ni arimasu. To ask where, say "~ wa doko desu ka". English speakers drop the particle "ni" and say "tonari arimasu" — always put in the "ni": tonari ni arimasu.

Examples

  • ぎんこうは どこですか。Where is the bank?
  • ぎんこうは みせの となりに あります。The bank is next to the shop.
  • こうKōえeんnはwaがgaっkこうkōのnoうuしshiろroにniあaりriまmaすsu。The park is behind the school.
  • えきは びょういんの まえに あります。The station is in front of the hospital.

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ばしょの ことば— Place Words

Read the sentences in hiragana:

  • ぎんこうは どこですか。ginkō wa doko desu kaWhere is the bank?
  • みせの となりに あります。mise no tonari ni arimasuIt's next to the shop.
  • こうえんは がっこうの うしろに あります。kōen wa gakkō no ushiro ni arimasuThe park is behind the school.
  • えきの ちかくに あります。eki no chikaku ni arimasuIt's near the station.

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