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level: Grammar

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level questions: Grammar

Question	Answer
When you want to reference a thing that is close to you what word would you use?	これ
When you want to reference a thing that is close to the person you are talking to, what word would you use?	それ
When you want to reference a thing that is neither close to you or the person you are talking to, what word would you use?	あれ
If you wanted to ask how much an item in from of you was, how would you do this?	これはいくらですか
How would you say "my" or "mine"? (includes kanji)	私の
How would you say, "which one is it (that you are talking about)?"	どれですか。
When should you avoid using the れ series (これ・それ・あれ）of words?	When using them in reference to people when within their earshot e.g. when introducing them.
If you want to say "this book", for example, rather than "this thing", what word would you use?	この
If you want to say "that book", for example, rather than "that thing", what word would you use?	その
If you want to say "that book over there", for example, rather than "this thing over there", what word would you use?	あの
What particle follows これ、それ & あれ?	は
What should follow after your use of この、その and あの？	A noun
How do you say, "How much is this watch?"	このとけいはいくらですか。
How do you say? - "that watch (in your hand) is 3000 yen."	そのとけいは三千円です。
How do you say? - "That student over there is an international student."	あのがくせいはりゅうがくさいです。
How do you say？- "Which student is Japanese?"	どのがくせいが日本人ですか。
Name three question words that cannot be followed by the particle は. What should the particle be instead?	The three words are どれ (which one), どの (which...) & 何 (what) and the particle is が.
When is it okay to use the れ series (これ・それ・あれ）of words when referring to people?	When they have appeared in an earlier situation, or if you are just pointing at the picture of a person.
What is a word for a place that means, "here, near me"?	ここ
What is a word for a place that means, "there, near you"?	そこ
What is a word for a place that means, "over there"?	あそこ
What is a word for "where", that asks where a place is?	どこ
How would you ask, "Excuse me. Where is the post office?" and how do you reply with, "(The post office is) right over there".	すみません。ゆうびんきょくはどこですか。・(ゆうびんきょくは)あそこです。
What particle do you add to だれ to change "who" to "whose"?	の
How do you ask, "Whose bag is this?"	これはだれのかばんですか。
How do you say, "That is Sora's bag."	それはソラさんのかばんです。
What is the particle that means too, in Japanese?	も
In a single sentence how would you state that Takeshi is a Japanese person and in a following sentence, utilising the particle も then follow on to say that Yui is Japanese too?	たけしさんは日本人です。ゆいさんも日本人です。
To negate a statement of the form, X は Y です, where Y is the noun, with what do you replace です?	じゃないです
Using the じゃない form say, "Mr Yamada is not a student."	やまださんはがくせいじゃないです。
じゃないです is very colloquial. What is a more formal (non-written) replacement for ないです?	ありません
じゃ is a more formal construction of what?	では (this is a more formal and appropriate choice in the written language, as in ではありません)
Using ありません instead of じゃない say, rather than write, "Mr Yamada is not student."	やまださんはがくせいじゃありません。(this is a more conservative speech style).
Using ではありません instead of じゃない say, "Mr Yamada is not a student."	やまださんはがくせいではありません。 (formal; appropriate for writing).
You can only put も directly after what in a sentence, that is just like another that has been introduced earlier?	An item
Can you use も to describe two dissimilar things, such as using the word too in English? For example Pat has dual citizenship. She has Japanese nationality and American nationality too?	No, you can't. The use of も cannot be used to describe two dissimilar things. You could say that Pat has Japanese citizenship and Mark has Japanese citizenship too but not that Pat has Japanese citizenship and American citizenship too.
Can we use じゃないです in place of です to negate the sentences, "あれもたかいですね” and ”おいしいですよ”, which mean "That one is too expensive" and "It is delicious" respectively?	No, they cannot be negated using じゃないです because たかい and おいしい are not nouns. They are not grammatical and would need to be conjugated differently i.e. たかくないです and おいしくないです.
です and じゃない must always be accompanied by a what?	A noun. In answer to a question, therefore, です and じゃない do not stand alone.
If you are seeking a listener's confirmation or agreement to something you have just said would you add ね or よ to the end of the sentence?	ね
If you want to emphatically drive your point across to a listener would you use ねor よ at the end of the sentence?	よ