Direction 2
Neither here nor there!
To say where things are, you can use casual words like こっち, or make them more polite by saying こちら.
| more casual | more polite |
| こっち | こちら |
| そっち | そちら |
| あっち | あちら |
| どっち | どちら |
学校はこっちですか？
Is school this way?
Is school this way?
銀行はあちらです。
The bank is over there.
The bank is over there.
Which way is north?
In Japanese, you can combine 北 with 東 to get 北東. But when you combine the kanji, the pronunciation usually changes quite a bit!
| 北 + 東 north + east | 北東 northeast |
| 北 + 西 north + west | 北西 northwest |
| 南 + 東 south + east | 南東 southeast |
| 南 + 西 south + west | 南西 southwest |
Big and Small
When the words 大きい and 小さい come before the thing they describe, you change them to 大きな and 小さな!
その病院は大きいです。
That hospital is big.
大きな病院のそばを通ります。
(You) pass by a big hospital.
That hospital is big.
大きな病院のそばを通ります。
(You) pass by a big hospital.
あちらのコンビニは小さいです。
That convenience store is small.
小さなコンビニがあります。
There is a small convenience store.
That convenience store is small.
小さなコンビニがあります。
There is a small convenience store.