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Lesson by request. Sorry for low production value. These are not supposed to be works of art. Just getting info to you.
Remember I spell WA as HA following a subject.
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Kore ha nan desu ka?
これは何ですか?
What is this? (close to me)

Kore ha anata no desuka?
これはあなたのですか?
This is yours?

Sore ha nan desu ka? 
それは何ですか?
What is that? (close to you)

Are ha nan desu ka ?
あれは何ですか?
What is that over there far away from us?
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Kono shotto gurasu ha dare no desu ka?
このショットグラスは誰のですか?
Whose shot glass is this?

Sono shotto gurasu ha dare no desu ka?
そのショットグラスは誰のですか?
What is that? (close to you)

Ano ningyou ha dare no desu ka ?
あの人形は誰のですか?
Whose doll is that over there far away from us?

dare=誰=who
ningyou=人形=doll

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  • i would love if you did a video for learning hiragana. thanks for the vids! they are great!

  • @darrenwouldgo

    I have this:

    /watch?v=UcVLxgrQqT0

  • Man, I just don't understand the difference between kono and kore at all D:

  • kore = this, it can stand alone as a subject or object.

    Ex. This is mine. I like this.

    Kore wa watashi no mono desu./Watashi wa kore ga suki desu.

    kono =this, but you need to indicate another noun.

    Ex: This book is mine. = Kono hon wa watashi no desu.

    Notice that you need something after kono, but nothing after kore. Get it?

  • At the end there you said "Ningyo" and I'm guessing you mean doll, but I think it also means mermaid (at least phonetically). Are you just supposed to figure out the meaning or are there tricks?

    And the 'this-here' and the 'that-there' occurs in english as well. I suppose if you are pointing at something away from you, you'd say "Whose is that?" or if it was beside you, you'd say "Whose is this?". Is there a difference?

  • Figure it out through context! :)

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  • I like your smile.

    and these lessons.

    Awesome.

    :3

  • Yeah. You have a nice smile ^^

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  • Just found these, i think it would be cool to learn to speak Japanese, thanks so much for putting these up :)

  • @benitofinito In Japanese, the particle 'wa' is written as は(which is actually the hiragana for 'ha') while it's being used as a particle, verses wa's hiragana-わ.

  • Just dicsovered your channel and I'm watching from the beginning. Thanks for putting this up, it's really helpful! What is the difference between "ha" and "wa"?

  • @Gimmeaflakeman

    For this book is mine, can I say " watashi no hon desu" ?

  • Why "ha" instead of "wa" it gets confusing to pronounce

  • ok... I might have to watch this one a few times - "Hi from the back of the class"

  • THANK YOU, i'm the moron you were shooting for, you helped 1 person. ;)

  • ah man every time I hear "あの” it kills me because of the Spanish that I know. But it makes it that much easier to remember. Funny that.

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