A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

Questions

A. Provide the Japanese equivalents to the English words below.

Japanese form English gloss

1. "child"


2. "watch"


3. "man"


4. "mother"


5. "book"


6. "I"


7. "pencil"


8. "saw"


9. "is"


10. "loved"


11. "that"


12. "big"


13. "he"


14. "died"

B. How is the possessive formed in Japanese? (Examine sentences 3, 4, and 5.)

C. How would you translate that man's child into Japanese?