Japanese words you will need for this lesson:
カメラ
かめら
camera
去年
きょねん
last year
買う
かう
to buy
車
くるま
car
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this : これ
In the examples below, this means "this thing". It implies that it is a thing among many things.
これは私のカメラです。
これ は わたし の かめら です。
This is my camera.
(This thing among all the things here is my camera.)
これを去年買った。
これ を きょねん かった。
I bought this last year.
(I bought this thing, not that thing, last year.)
Note: in this situation you are showing the listener what you are talking about and your are talking about a new object that hasn't been talked about yet.
これはあなたの車ですか?
これ は あなた の くるま です か?
Is this your car?
(Is this thing your car?)
これは何ですか?
これ は なん です か?
What is this?
(What is this thing?)
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