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[Japanese Grammar] Mastering 'Kore, Sore, Are, Dore' | Creative Learning with Japanese with Jiji

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[Music]

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hey everyone welcome back to Japanese

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with

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ji today we are diving into some super

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useful Japanese

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words these words will help you point

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things out like a

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pro but we are not just going to learn

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them we are going to have some fun with

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it

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so let's jump

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in first let's talk about what these

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words

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mean these four words are

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demonstratives which means they used to

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point out

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things but the key is where the thing

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is

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this

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that

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that

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which so if I hold up this pen I would

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say this is a

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pen easy

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right let's bring this to

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life grab anything near you and practice

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with me ready this is a

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cup now you try it what's the closest

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thing near you

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you say now Sera can be a little

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trickier because it depends on who's

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closer to the

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object let's break it down I'll say this

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is an

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apple but if my friend over there talks

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about the Apple she'll say that is an

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apple now if the object is far from both

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of us we say

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AR for

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example that tree over there that is a

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tree here's a fun way to

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practice play the pointing game with a

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friend point to things near each of you

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and say whether it's Kay Sur or ar

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ready to test it I'll point to something

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and you say what it

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is let's go what would you

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say that's

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right

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Kay and this yes

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suray and that far off

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tree

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perfect

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R finally let's talk about

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dor you use this when you want to ask

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which

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one for example if I show you these

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three cups and ask which one is your

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cup you would answer by pointing and

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saying either Kay Sur or ar depending on

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where the cup is cool right here's a fun

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guessing

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game line up a few objects and ask your

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friends do

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questions let's quickly

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review great job

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everyone now you're ready to use K Sur

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AR and dor like a

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native remember practice makes perfect

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so keep using these in everyday

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conversations if you enjoyed this video

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lessons see you next time on Japanese

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