日本語を勉強します

Where is…?

I’m going to go over describing where something is today! Location words are very important. First of all you need to know the word “where” of course.

どこ = where

どこですか？= where is it? (literally where to be? it is implied. Depending on the context this could even mean where are you?)

私の猫はどこですか？

わたしのねこはどこですか？

Where is my cat?

猫は机の上にいます。

ねこはつくえのうえにいます。

The cat is on top of the desk.

つくえ: Desk

うえ: on top of/above

います: to exist (living things. Excludes plants)

に: a particle that indicates what the location is

So it’s pretty simple! Here’s some other location words:

下（した）: below

前（まえ）: in front of

後ろ（うしろ）: behind

間（あいだ）: between

中（なか）: inside

外（そと）: outside

右（みぎ）: right

左（ひだり）: left

ここ : here

そこ : there (near the listener, but not the speaker)

あそこ : way over there (away from both the speaker and the listener)

I’ll do one more example for the word “between” since the pattern is slightly different.

猫は机と犬の間にいます。

ねこはつくえといぬのあいだにいます。

The cat is between the desk and the dog. So here’s the pattern by itself:

＿＿＿と＿＿＿の間にいます。Fill in the blanks with what you want your object to be in between. Also! If your subject is not a living thing do not end the sentence with　います！ Use あります！

日本語を勉強します

Where is…?

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