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Activity #3 - Giving Directions
How to point out items in the store (demonstratives).
Kore - This
Sore - That
Are - That over there
Kono (noun) - This (noun)
Sono (noun) - That (noun)
Ano (noun) - That (noun) over there
Koko - Here
Soko - There
Asoko - Over there
Konna - This kind
Sonna - That kind
Anna - That kind over there
Kochi - This way
Sochi - That way
Achi - That way over there
Korera - These
Sorera - Those
Arera - Those over there
How to give directions:
Massugu - Straight
Migi - Right
Hidari - Left
Mae - Front / Forward
Ushiro - Behind / Back
Ue - Up / Above
Shita - Down / Below
Ikimasu - Go
Kimasu - Come
Magarimasu - Turn
Chikai / Chikaku - next to/nearby
Vocabulary of locations and non-merchandise items in the store:
Reji - Register
Kagami - Mirror
Isu - Chair
Teburu - Table
Kigaeshitsu - Dressing Room
Toire - Toilet
Mado - Window
Other Useful Phrases
(place) ni arimasu - exists (place) .
Koko ni arimasu - exists here / it's here
Migi ni arimasu - exists on the right side / it's on the right
Ue ni arimasu - exists above / it's above
(noun) no chikaku ni arimasu - It is next to the (noun).
Reji no chikaku ni arimasu - Close by the register
Teburu no chikaku ni arimasu - Next to the table
Motto (direction) - More (direction)
Motto mae - In front of that / more forward
Motto shita - Below that / more down
(direction) ni itte kudasai - please go (direction)
Ushiro ni itte kudasai - please go to the back
Massugu ni itte kudasai - please go straight
(direction) ni kite kudasai - please go (direction)
Mae ni kite kudasai - please come to the front/forward
Migi ni kite kudasai - please go come to the right
(direction) ni magatte kudasai - please turn (direction)
Migi ni magatte kudasai - please turn right
Hidari ni magatte kudasai - please turn left
Kore - This
Sore - That
Are - That over there
Kono (noun) - This (noun)
Sono (noun) - That (noun)
Ano (noun) - That (noun) over there
Koko - Here
Soko - There
Asoko - Over there
Konna - This kind
Sonna - That kind
Anna - That kind over there
Kochi - This way
Sochi - That way
Achi - That way over there
Korera - These
Sorera - Those
Arera - Those over there
How to give directions:
Massugu - Straight
Migi - Right
Hidari - Left
Mae - Front / Forward
Ushiro - Behind / Back
Ue - Up / Above
Shita - Down / Below
Ikimasu - Go
Kimasu - Come
Magarimasu - Turn
Chikai / Chikaku - next to/nearby
Vocabulary of locations and non-merchandise items in the store:
Reji - Register
Kagami - Mirror
Isu - Chair
Teburu - Table
Kigaeshitsu - Dressing Room
Toire - Toilet
Mado - Window
Other Useful Phrases
(place) ni arimasu - exists (place) .
Koko ni arimasu - exists here / it's here
Migi ni arimasu - exists on the right side / it's on the right
Ue ni arimasu - exists above / it's above
(noun) no chikaku ni arimasu - It is next to the (noun).
Reji no chikaku ni arimasu - Close by the register
Teburu no chikaku ni arimasu - Next to the table
Motto (direction) - More (direction)
Motto mae - In front of that / more forward
Motto shita - Below that / more down
(direction) ni itte kudasai - please go (direction)
Ushiro ni itte kudasai - please go to the back
Massugu ni itte kudasai - please go straight
(direction) ni kite kudasai - please go (direction)
Mae ni kite kudasai - please come to the front/forward
Migi ni kite kudasai - please go come to the right
(direction) ni magatte kudasai - please turn (direction)
Migi ni magatte kudasai - please turn right
Hidari ni magatte kudasai - please turn left
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