- word choice - What is the difference between その and あの? - Japanese . . .
B: うん、あの時楽しかったな〜 un, ano toki tanoshikatta na~ The majority of this comes from the text book 「中級を学ぼう」 There is also the use of 「この」and「その」in writing, which refer to previously mentioned things, but I think they are outside the scope of this question
- word choice - What is the difference between あれ and あの? - Japanese . . .
They mean essentially the same, but あの is always used with a noun, and あれwithout one Examples: あれは時計です。(There is a watch there) この時計はあそこです。(This watch is there)
- When to read その後 as そのご, そのあと or そののち?
My impression based on experience (so somebody else might want to agree disagree): そのご is the more formal written Japanese than そのあと which is more likely to be used in conversation relaxed (if still neutral) circumstances
- Help with question word だれ - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
あの方は誰ですか: 誰があの方ですか: While 誰があの人ですか is not technically grammatically incorrect, it is not properly worded because あの方 is your topic, and saying 誰があの方ですか sounds as if you're trying to say 誰はあの方ですか and remembered to change it back to が at the last minute
- word choice - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
この・その・あの・どの need a specific object to modify; that is, something must come after it この本 This book その本 That book あの本 That book (over there) どの本 Which book In fact, I believe この・その・あの・どの are just contractions of これ・それ・あれ・どれ + の
- Where does 「えっと」 come from? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
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- Origin of こんな, そんな, あんな and どんな
こんな、そんな、あんな and どんな are used as adjectival nouns, i e synonymously with their「~の様」counterparts, like in 「あの日の天気もこんなだった」→「あの日の天気もこの様だった」 If they were indeed derived from the「~の様な」versions, this would necessitate an additional step of
- Difference between using - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
あの頃に戻りたい。 (I want to go back to あの頃) Share Improve this answer Follow
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