(SHOWING POSSESSION)

Nihongo : Kore wa watashi no kuruma desu.

English : This is my car.

NOTE : Just like a possessive adjective placed before a noun in English, we also place “watashi no”(my)
before a noun in Nihongo.”watashi ‘ means myself.”no” is placed after “watashi” to mean
“my”.It is also the same with other possessive words(yourself,himself,etc). “no’ is a word which
can be used either as a possessive adjective as in “watashi no hon”(my book) or as a descriptive
adjective as in “eigo no hon”(English book).

PRONOUNS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Watashi -I watashi no - my
Anata - you anata no - your
Kare - he kare no - his
Kanojo - she kanojo no - her
Watashi tashi - we watashi tachi no- our
Anata tachi/ - you anata tachi no/ - your
Anata gata -you anata gata no - your
Karera - they (male) karera no - their
Kanojo tachi - they (female) kanojo tachi no- their

VOCABULARY (TONGO)

Hoteru - hotel shumi - hobby

Kuruma - car kutsu - shoes
Sekken - soap zasshi - magazine
Uchi/ie - house shimbun- newspaper
Byooin - hospital tomodachi -friend
Kaikei-gakari - accountant kaisha - company,office
Eiga - movie gakko - school

Examples (ReIbun)

Kore wa anata no hon desu.

This is your book.

Are wa watashi no ie desu.

That is my house.

Kore wa kare no kuruma desu.

This is his car.
Kore wa Inoue-san no kaban Desu.
This is Mr. Inoue ‘s bag.

Anata no shumi wa nan desu ka.

What is your hobby?

Watashi no shumi wa _______ desu. - My hobby is _______.

Gorufu - golf
Joba - horseback riding
Dokusho - reading a book
Ongaku o kiko - listening to music
Oyugu / suiming- swimming
Gita wo hiku - playing guitar
Ryori - cooking
Uta o utau - singing
Keki o yaku - baking
Eiga o miru - watching movie
Basuketto boru- playing basketball