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Module 3 in Basic Japanese Language (FLES 102) : Personal and Possessive Pronouns

This document provides an overview of personal and possessive pronouns in Japanese. It includes: 1. An introduction explaining what pronouns are and how they differ in Japanese compared to English. 2. An activity where students identify and classify examples of Japanese personal and possessive pronouns. 3. A graphic organizer for students to fill in Japanese pronouns including their hiragana, romanji, formality, and who they apply to. 4. Examples of using personal and possessive pronouns in sentences and an explanation of when they are used or omitted in Japanese. 5. An application section where students practice translating English sentences to Japanese using the appropriate pronouns

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Module 3 in Basic Japanese Language (FLES 102) : Personal and Possessive Pronouns

This document provides an overview of personal and possessive pronouns in Japanese. It includes: 1. An introduction explaining what pronouns are and how they differ in Japanese compared to English. 2. An activity where students identify and classify examples of Japanese personal and possessive pronouns. 3. A graphic organizer for students to fill in Japanese pronouns including their hiragana, romanji, formality, and who they apply to. 4. Examples of using personal and possessive pronouns in sentences and an explanation of when they are used or omitted in Japanese. 5. An application section where students practice translating English sentences to Japanese using the appropriate pronouns

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Module 3 in Basic Japanese Language (FLES 102)


AB ENGLISH 2
Personal and Possessive Pronouns

Intended Learning Outcome: At the end of this module, the student must have:

1. identified the different kinds of Japanese Personal and Possessive pronouns through filling in the table;
2. recognized the Japanese Hiragana and Romanji Personal and Possessive pronouns through graphic organizer;
3. translated English sentence with pronouns to Japanese sentence;and
4. created a comprehensible Japanese sentence by filling in appropriate particles given the English context.

Introduction:

Pronouns are used to substitute nouns, such as people or things, in a sentence. Using pronouns allows you to
avoid repetitive usage of a particular word in a sentence, which would sound awkward. Japanese pronouns are very
different from those in English because Japanese pronouns can be omitted from a sentence when they’re implied
through the context.

Unlike in English, there are many different variations of Japanese personal pronouns that translate as “I/me” and
“you,” although only a few are commonly used. This expression of Japanese pronouns comes from Japanese culture,
which puts importance on respect, seniority, and social order.

Each Japanese pronoun variation denotes the different characteristics of the speaker. These include gender, age,
social status, level of respect, and their relationship with the person they’re speaking
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ACTIVITY: T-CHART
INSTRUCTION: Identify the following pronouns from the word bank. Write your answers on the illustration below.

WORD BANK

 I (私)  WE (私達)  THEIR (あの方々の)


 YOU (あなた)  THEY (あの方々)  OUR (私達の)
 HE (彼)  MY/mine (私の)
 SHE (彼女)  YOUR (あなた方の)

PERSONAL PRONOUN POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

ANALYSIS: Graphic Organizer


Instruction: Fill in the missing items in the graphic organizer below. You can browse the internet to answer the task.
https://www.optilingo.com/blog/japanese/japanese-pronouns/

JAPANESE PRONOUNS HIRAGANA ROMANJI FORMALITY APPLIES TO


Ex. わたし Ex. watashi moderate males and females
very formal males and females
I/ME
informal males
informal females
moderate males and females
YOU formal males and females
informal males and females
HE moderate males
SHE moderate females
formal males and females
WE
informal males and females
THEY moderate males and females
MY/MINE moderate males and females
YOUR/YOURS moderate males and females
HIS moderate males
HER/HERS moderate females
OURS moderate males and females
THEIR/THEIRS moderate females

ABSTRACTION

Personal pronouns

Although the Japanese language does have personal pronouns ( 人 代 名 詞 【 じ ん だ い め い し 】 ), they are not as
commonly used as in Western languages. Using personal pronouns puts a lot of stress on the subject and can often
sound either self-centred or accusatory. Instead of using personal pronouns, the Japanese prefer to refer to another
person by title or function, or by that person’s name.

There are several synonyms for each personal pronoun, often with different levels of politeness. Some personal
pronouns are for exclusive used by women; others are exclusively used by men.

Personal and possessive pronouns are used only in situations where there could be some confusion as to whom is
referred to. Once the topic has been established pronouns are usually no longer used.

だれがウイスキーでした?
Dare ga uisukii deshita?
Who had the whisky?

あたしです。
Atashi desu.
That’s me.

へ～、ウイスキー飲みますか。
Hee, uisukii nomimasu ka.
Huh? Do you drink whisky?

Possessive pronouns (所有代名詞 【しょゆうだいめいし】) are formed by simply placing the particle の (no) after
the respective personal pronoun.

When the possessive pronoun is followed by a noun it is translated as my, your, her, and so on, when the possessive
pronoun is used by itself, it is translated as mine, yours, hers, etc.

誰の手紙なの?
Dare no tegami na no?
Whose letter is it?
彼女のオートバイです。
Kanojo no ootobai desu.
It’s her motorbike.

全部僕等のだ。
Zenbu bokura no da.
It’s all ours.

APPLICATION

Instruction: Translate the following sentences into Nihongo.

1. Are you a teacher?


____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Is he Mr. Yamamoto?
____________________________________________________________________________________
3. She is not a student.
____________________________________________________________________________________
4. I am an engineer.
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Mr. Yamashita was a company driver.
____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Kirito is a secretary.
____________________________________________________________________________________
7. Are you Mrs. Yamada?
____________________________________________________________________________________
8. Are they businessmen?
____________________________________________________________________________________
9. She was a doctor.
____________________________________________________________________________________
10. Where you a dentist?
____________________________________________________________________________________

ASSESSMENT

Instruction: Write the appropriate pronoun (Personal/Possessive) on the space provided to make the sentence
grammatical. English translation is provided for your reference.

1. Kodomo-tachi wa anatato ___________ monodesu. The kids are ______ and mine.

2. Ie wa ________________deari, sono penki wa haga rete imasu .The house is ______ and its paint is flaking.

3. Okane wa hontōni _________________deshita .The money was really _______ for the taking.

4. Watashitachi wa tsuini ____________________o seitō ni teniirerudeshou .We shall finally have what is rightfully ____.

5. Karera no hahaoya wa __________nakayoku shite iru .Their mother gets along well with ______.

6. ______ga shikaidearu tokoro? Where ______ a dentist?

7. _________wa bijinesumandesu ka? Are they businessmen?

8. ______ wa sensei desu ka? Is ________ a teacher?

9. __________wa kankō gaidodesu .________ is a tourist guide.

10. ____________wa shukudai o oete imasu .____________ are completing their homework.

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