Japanese Shin Nihongo no Kiso I Answer Sheet Chapter 3 Practice B Part 5 Page 23

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The interrogative pronoun ‘doko’(どこ)is used primarily to ask for a location or a place. In this article, we will discuss on using the interrogative pronoun ‘doko’(どこ)to ask for the origin, the nation or the country which is an item came from or made in by combining it with particle ‘no’ (の).

The previous article about another interrogative pronoun ‘dochira’(どちら)can also be used to ask for the origin, the nation or the country but it is only meant for a person in a polite manner or situation. In this article, we will only give the answer of the question.

The question will also using a demonstrative pronoun ‘kore’(これ)、‘sore’ (それ) and ‘are’(あれ). It is used mainly to point out an item which is being discussed or asked. Each of the demonstrative pronoun, ‘kore’(これ) can be translated as ‘this’ and the others which is ‘sore’(それ) and ‘are’(あれ) is translated as‘that’.

We will give a pattern and also an example based on the pattern of the question and answer :

First Example Pattern

Kanji       : (これ・それ・あれ) +は +どこ +の +動詞    +ですか

Hiragana    : (これ・それ・あれ) +は +どこ +の +どうし  +ですか

Romaji      : (Kore・Sore・Are)  +wa +doko +no +doushi  +desuka

Meaning     : Where does (this ・ that) item/thing came from / made in ?

  Example Hiragana

Question    : これは どこ の パソコン ですか。

Answer      : ドイツのパソコンです。

Romaji

Question    : Kore wa doko no pasokon desuka ?

Answer      : Doitsu no pasokon desu.

Meaning

Question    : Where does this personal computer came from / made in ?

Answer      :  (It is a ) personal computer from (made in) Germany.

The above example is using demonstrative pronoun ‘kore’(これ)to point out an item which is near not only the person which ask the question but also the person which answer it.

  Second Example Kanji

Question    : それは どこ の 携帯電話 ですか。

Answer      : フィンランドの携帯電話です。

Hiragana

Question    : それは どこ の けいたいでんわ ですか。

Answer      : フィンランドのけいたいでんわです。

Romaji

Question    : Sore wa doko no keitai denwa desuka.

Answer      : Finrando no keitai denwa desu.

Meaning

Question    : Where does this mobile phone came from / made in ?

Answer      : (It is a) mobile phone from (made in) Finland.

The above example is using demonstrative pronoun ‘sore’(それ) to point out an item which is far from the person which ask the question but it is near from the person which give the answer.   Third Example Kanji

Question    : あれは どこ の 自転車 ですか。

Answer      : イギリスの自転車です。

Hiragana

Question    : あれは どこ の じてんしゃ ですか。

Answer      : イギリスのじてんしゃです。

Romaji

Question    : Are wa doko no jitensha desuka.

Answer      : Igirisu no jitensha desu.

Meaning

Question    : Where does that bicycle came from / made in?

Answer      : (It is a) bicycle from England.

The above example uses ‘are’(あれ) to point out the bicycle which is asked. The demonstrative pronoun ‘are’(あれ) is used since the bicycle is far from not only the person who asks but also the person who answer the question. As we can see that all of the demonstrative pronouns must be followed directly not with the item name but it is followed with particle ‘wa’ は. Based on the above sample, we can create an interrogative question using interrogative pronoun ‘doko’ (どこ) in order to ask the origin place which is the nation or the country where an item came from. But in the answer below we will only give the answer in a form of sentence inform the country or the nation of the item made in as follows :

 

  1. Hiragana

Answer      : インドネシアのタバコです。

Romaji

Answer    : Indoneshia no tabako desu.

Meaning

Answer    : (It is a) cigarette from Indonesia.

  1. Kanji

Answer      : 韓国の時計です。

Hiragana

Answer      : かんこくのとけいです。

Romaji

Answer      : Kankoku no tokei desu.

Meaning

Answer      : (It is a) watch (made) from Korea.

  1. Hiragana

Answer      : アリさんのカメラです。

Romaji

Answer      : Amerika no kamera desu。

Meaning

Answer      : (It is a) camera (made) from America.

  1. Kanji

Answer      : 日本の自動車です。

Hiragana

Answer      : にほんのじどうしゃです。

Romaji

Answer      : Nihon no jidousha desu.

Meaning

Answer      : (It is a) (made) car from Japan.

The complete question is shown in Shin Nihongo no Kiso I chapter 3 practice B part 5 on page 23.

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