Direction 3
Only in Japan
To say that things happen in specific countries, you can put 日本では or アメリカでは at the beginning of the sentence.
日本では、玄関で靴を脱ぎます。
In Japan, (you) take off your shoes at the entranceway
In Japan, (you) take off your shoes at the entranceway
日本では、お弁当を食べます。
In Japan, (you) eat bento.
In Japan, (you) eat bento.
アメリカでは、スクールバスで学校に行きます。
In the United States, (you) go to school by school bus.
In the United States, (you) go to school by school bus.
No one’s going anywhere!
To say anyone in Japanese we use 誰 plus も, along with a ‑ません verb!
この村には誰もいません。
There isn’t anyone in this village.
There isn’t anyone in this village.
We can do the same thing after どこ and も to mean anywhere. Remember you’d normally put に after the place. So you’d say どこにも for anywhere in this case.
昨日はどこにも行きませんでした。
I did not go anywhere yesterday.
I did not go anywhere yesterday.
どこにも食べ物がありません。
There is no food anywhere.
There is no food anywhere.
We’re closed!
There are two ways to say close in Japanese. You use 閉めます when someone closes something, but you use 閉まります when something closes itself.
玄関の戸を閉めています。
(I) am closing the door at the entranceway.
(I) am closing the door at the entranceway.
郵便局は、もう閉まっています。
The post office is already closed.
The post office is already closed.