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Places in town 町の場所
場所とその位置：place, school, hospital, bank, station, park, next to, behind, in front of, near。核心文法は「Where is …?」と場所の前置詞で答える：The bank is next to the shop。英語は動詞「is」が主語のすぐ後に来る：bank + IS + next to the shop。韓国語は動詞を最後に置くので、韓国語話者は「The bank next to the shop is」✗ →「The bank is next to the shop」✓ と言う。発音コーナー：「hospital」、station の「-tion」、続けて読む「next to」。
Dialogue
Where does "is" go? — 「is」はどこに置く？
- Emma Minsu, where is the bank? ミンス、銀行はどこですか？
- Minsu The bank the shop next to is. 銀行 店のとなりに あります。（間違い: 韓国語は動詞を最後に — 英語は「The bank is next to the shop」）
- Emma In English, "is" comes after the bank: The bank is next to the shop. 英語では「is」は the bank の後：The bank is next to the shop。
- Minsu The bank is next to the shop. 銀行は店のとなりにあります。
Dialogue
Where is everything? — どこに何がある？
- Minsu Emma, where is the hospital? エマ、病院はどこですか？
- Emma It's near the station. The bank is next to it. 駅の近くです。銀行がそのとなりにあります。
- Minsu And the park? Where is it? では公園は？どこですか？
- Emma The park is behind the school. 公園は学校の後ろにあります。
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| place | n. | 場所 | |
| school | n. | 学校 | |
| hospital | n. | 病院 | |
| bank | n. | 銀行 | |
| station | n. | 駅 | |
| park | n. | 公園 | |
| next to | prep. | ～のとなりに | |
| behind | prep. | ～の後ろに | |
| in front of | prep. | ～の前に | |
| near | prep. | ～の近くに |
Grammar
"Where is …?" and place words 「Where is …?」と場所の語
To ask where something is, say "Where is" + the place: Where is the bank? To answer, put the subject first, then IS, then the place word: The bank is next to the shop. Other place words: behind (The park is behind the school), in front of (The station is in front of the hospital), near (The bank is near the park). The important thing is word order: subject + is + place. Korean puts the verb at the very end ("The bank the shop next to is"), so in English remember to bring "is" up right after the subject.
何かがどこにあるか聞くには「Where is」+ 場所：Where is the bank? 答えるときは主語を先に、次に IS、次に場所の語：The bank is next to the shop。ほかの場所の語：behind（The park is behind the school）、in front of（The station is in front of the hospital）、near（The bank is near the park）。大事なのは語順：主語 + is + 場所。韓国語は動詞を最後に置く（「The bank the shop next to is」）ので、英語では「is」を主語のすぐ後に持ってくるのを忘れずに。
- Where is the bank? — It's next to the shop. 銀行はどこですか？ — 店のとなりです。
- The park is behind the school. 公園は学校の後ろにあります。
- The station is in front of the hospital. 駅は病院の前にあります。
- The bank is near my house. 銀行は私の家の近くにあります。
pronunciation
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