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Grammar 6A

The こちら Series: こちら/そちら/あちら/どちら
[Nominal] Place Words
Place Words [Nominal]
X Y にあります
Multiple Particles
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The こちら Series: こちら/そちら/あちら/どちら

こちら/そちら/あちら/どちら may refer to either "alternative" or "direction".

れい (Examples)

  1. A: 入り口はこちらですか。
    A: Is the entrance this side?

    B: いえ、そちらです。
    B: No, it's that side.

  2. A: えきはどちらですか。
    A: Where is the station?

    B: あちらの方ですよ。
    B: It's that way.

  3. A: ケーキとパイがありますけど、どちらがおいしいですか。
    A: There is cake and pie, but which is more delicious?

    B: ケーキの方がおいしいです。
    B: The cake is more delicious.

れんしゅう (Exercises)

Express the following in Japanese.

  1. A: Which way is Ueno?
    B: It's further ahead.

  2. The toilet is not this way. It's that way.

  3. A: Which one is more difficult?
    B: That one (near you) is more difficult.

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[Nominal] Place Words

れい (Examples)

  1. えきのまえ
    (in) front of the station

  2. あのビルのむこう
    beyond that building

  3. ばいてんとトイレのあいだ
    between the concession stand and the toilet

れんしゅう (Exercises)

Express the following in Japanese.

  1. (in) front of the building
  2. (in) back of the station
  3. between the entrance and the store
  4. ahead of that building
  5. this side of the street
  6. between the Tokyo Station and the Ueno Station

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Place Words [Nominal]

れい (Examples)

  1. まえのえき
    the station in front

  2. むこうのビル
    the building beyond

  3. ばいてんとトイレのあいだのこうしゅう電話
    the public phone between the concession stand and the toilet

  4. こちらのみせ
    the store on this side

れんしゅう (Exercises)

Express the following in Japanese.

  1. the station beyond
  2. the building in front
  3. the exit in back
  4. the police box between that black building and the station

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X Y に あります

The phrase-particle is a location marker (of existence).

れい (Examples)

  1. MIT は、ケンブリッジにあります。
    MIT is in Cambridge.

  2. A: 電話はどこにありますか。
    A: Where is the phone?

    B: 出口のまえにありますよ。
    B: It's in front of the exit.

  3. トイレは、このへんにありますか。
    Is the toilet in this area?

  4. このへんにトイレがありますか。
    Is there a toilet in this area?

X Y です can also be used to indicate the location of existence:

  1. 電話は、出口のまえです。
    The phone is in front of the exit.

  2. こうばんは、このみちのもう少しさきです。
    The police box is a little ahead of this street.

Note, however, that "X Y にです" and "Y X です" are ungrammatical (the particle cannot be directly connected with です or Nです):

** 電話は出口のまえにです。
** 出口のまえに電話です。

れんしゅう (Exercises)

Express the following in Japanese.

  1. The Tokyo Station is over there.
  2. The toilet is between the telephone and the store.
  3. The exit is that way (over there).
  4. The car is in front of that entrance.
  5. The police box is a little ahead of the station.
  6. A: As for the Tokyo Station, where is it?
    B: It's behind that grey building.

  7. A: What is there in front of that white building?
    B: There are a kiosk and a telephone.

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Multiple Particles

and replace and , but not . Observe the functions of and in the following contexts:

  1. 出口はこちらの方にあります。
    The exit is this way.

  2. 出口は、こちらの方にもあります。
    The exit is this way, too.

  3. こちらの方には、出口があります。
    There is an exit in this way.

  4. こちらの方にも、出口があります。
    There is an exit in this way, too.

れい (Examples)

  1. A: あのばいてんに英語のしんぶんがありますか。
    A: Is an English newspaper in that kiosk?

    B: いや、あのばいてんにはありませんよ。
    B: No. Not in that kiosk.

  2. A: おてあらいはどちらにありますか。
    A: Where is the toilet?

    B: えきの前にもうしろにもありますよ。
    B: Both in the front and the back of the station.

れんしゅう (Exercises)

Express the following in Japanese.

  1. A: Is there a toilet in this building?
    B: No, there isn't one in this building.

  2. Telephones are both this way and that way over there.

Answers

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