この
(Kono)
this / that / that ___ over there / which ___ (attributive demonstratives).
Connection rules
- ＋この/その/あの/どの + Noun (directly, no particle)
- ＋No particle between the attributive form and the noun: この本 ('this book'), not この の本.
- ＋Same ko-so-a-do distance distinction as these pronouns.
Examples
1.
この本は高いです。
Kono hon wa takai desu.
This book is expensive.
「this / that / that ___ over there / which ___ (attributive demonstratives)」
2.
あの人は誰ですか。
Ano hito wa dare desu ka.
Who is that person (over there)?
「this / that / that ___ over there / which ___ (attributive demonstratives)」
Practice
Who is that person (near you)?
___だれですか。
Romaji also accepted