{"id":1977,"date":"2018-09-18T08:39:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2021-12-30T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T07:19:19","slug":"koko-soko-asoko-kochira-sochira-achira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/zh-hans\/koko-soko-asoko-kochira-sochira-achira\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 6. Difference between \u2018Koko Soko Asoko Kochira Sochira Achira\u2019 in Japanese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1978\" src=\"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/16-Here-There-Japanese-107x160.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the previous lesson about <a href=\"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/kore-sore-are-kono-sono-ano\/\">\u2018This\u2019 and \u2018That\u2019 in Japanese<\/a>, we concluded that the prefix:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018<strong>ko-<\/strong>\u2019 is used when \u2018the object <strong>near to the speaker<\/strong>\u2019,<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>so-<\/strong>\u2019 is used when \u2018the object <strong>near to the listener<\/strong>\u2019, and<\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>a-<\/strong>\u2019 is used when \u2018the object <strong>far away from both speaker and listener<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>same patterns<\/strong> are applied for Japanese \u2018<strong>Here<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>There<\/strong>\u2019 &#8211; <strong>\u3053\u3053<\/strong> <strong>(koko), <\/strong><strong>\u305d\u3053<\/strong> <strong>(soko), <\/strong><strong>\u3042\u305d\u3053<\/strong> <strong>(asoko), <\/strong><strong>\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/strong> <strong>(kochira), <\/strong><strong>\u305d\u3061\u3089<\/strong> <strong>(sochira), and <\/strong><strong>\u3042\u3061\u3089<\/strong> <strong>(achira). <\/strong>The main point of this lesson is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the suffix <strong>\u2018-<\/strong><strong>ko<\/strong>\u2019 is used for indicating <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>location.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Structure: \u3053\u3053\/\u305d\u3053\/\u3042\u305d\u3053 + \u306f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>the suffix \u2018<strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>chira<\/strong>\u2019 is used for <strong>direction, motion towards,<\/strong> or <strong>preference<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Structure: \u3053\u3061\u3089\/\u305d\u3061\u3089\/\u3042\u3061\u3089 + \u306f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Note:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>in a casual way, <strong>\u3053\u3063\u3061<\/strong> <strong>(kocchi)<\/strong>, <strong>\u305d\u3063\u3061<\/strong> <strong>(sochhi)<\/strong>, and <strong>\u3042\u3063\u3061<\/strong> <strong>(acchi)<\/strong> are used instead.<\/li>\n<li>the suffix \u2018<strong>-chira<\/strong>\u2019 can also be translated as \u2018<strong>this<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>that<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>the suffix \u2018<strong>-chira<\/strong>\u2019 is <strong>more polite<\/strong> than \u2018-ko\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Examples:<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u3053\u3053\u306f\u9280\u884c\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Koko wa gink\u014d desu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This is a bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u305d\u3053\u306f\u6559\u5ba4\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Soko wa ky\u014dshitsu desu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That is a classroom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u3042\u305d\u3053\u306f\u4f1a\u8b70\u5ba4\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Asoko wa kaigishitsu desu ka?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is there a meeting room over there?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u3053\u3061\u3089\u306f\u677e\u672c\u3055\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kochira wa Matsumoto-san desu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Here (this) is Mr. Matsumoto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u305d\u3061\u3089\u306f\u4f1a\u793e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sochira wa kaisha desu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There is the company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u3042\u3061\u3089\u306f\u30b3\u30f3\u30d3\u30cb\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Achira wa konbini desu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Over there is a convenience store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s learn Japanese today! 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