The most important thing to remember with these location sentences is that the sentence construction is somewhat opposite to what we are used to. In English, we say that, for example, the book is on top of the desk, saying the location (‘on top of’) first and the qualifier (‘the desk’) after. As we learned in Chapter 1, phrases using the particle ‘の’ place the most important information after ‘の.’ Thus, we end up with Japanese phrases like ‘つくえのうえ.’ Perhaps a helpful way to remember this construction is to think of it in English as ‘the desk’s top,’ ‘the desk’s underside,’ ‘the book and the hat’s middle’ and so forth.
The question is asking us where the Japanese language book is. Looking at the image, we see that the Japanese book is underneath the newspaper. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the book is in relation to other objects like so:
日本語の本は新聞の下です。
にほんごのほんはしんぶんのしたです。

The question is asking us where the Japanese language book is. Looking at the image, we see that the Japanese book is underneath the newspaper. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the book is in relation to other objects like so:
日本語の本は新聞の下です。
にほんごのほんはしんぶんのしたです。

The most important thing to remember with these location sentences is that the sentence construction is somewhat opposite to what we are used to. In English, we say that, for example, the book is on top of the desk, saying the location (‘on top of’) first and the qualifier (‘the desk’) after. As we learned in Chapter 1, phrases using the particle ‘の’ place the most important information after ‘の.’ Thus, we end up with Japanese phrases like ‘つくえのうえ.’ Perhaps a helpful way to remember this construction is to think of it in English as ‘the desk’s top,’ ‘the desk’s underside,’ ‘the book and the hat’s middle’ and so forth.
The question is asking us where Mary’s umbrella is. Looking at the image, we see that Mary’s umbrella is on top of the desk. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the umbrella is in relation to other objects like so:
メアリーさんの傘は机の上です。
メアリーさんのかさはつくえのうえです。

The question is asking us where Mary’s umbrella is. Looking at the image, we see that Mary’s umbrella is on top of the desk. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the umbrella is in relation to other objects like so:
メアリーさんの傘は机の上です。
メアリーさんのかさはつくえのうえです。

The most important thing to remember with these location sentences is that the sentence construction is somewhat opposite to what we are used to. In English, we say that, for example, the book is on top of the desk, saying the location (‘on top of’) first and the qualifier (‘the desk’) after. As we learned in Chapter 1, phrases using the particle ‘の’ place the most important information after ‘の.’ Thus, we end up with Japanese phrases like ‘つくえのうえ.’ Perhaps a helpful way to remember this construction is to think of it in English as ‘the desk’s top,’ ‘the desk’s underside,’ ‘the book and the hat’s middle’ and so forth.
The question is asking us where Sue’s dictionary. Looking at the image, we see that Sue’s dictionary is in a bag. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the dictionary is in relation to other objects like so:
スーさんの辞書は鞄の中です。
スーさんのじしょはかばんのなかです。

The question is asking us where Sue’s dictionary. Looking at the image, we see that Sue’s dictionary is in a bag. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the dictionary is in relation to other objects like so:
スーさんの辞書は鞄の中です。
スーさんのじしょはかばんのなかです。

The most important thing to remember with these location sentences is that the sentence construction is somewhat opposite to what we are used to. In English, we say that, for example, the book is on top of the desk, saying the location (‘on top of’) first and the qualifier (‘the desk’) after. As we learned in Chapter 1, phrases using the particle ‘の’ place the most important information after ‘の.’ Thus, we end up with Japanese phrases like ‘つくえのうえ.’ Perhaps a helpful way to remember this construction is to think of it in English as ‘the desk’s top,’ ‘the desk’s underside,’ ‘the book and the hat’s middle’ and so forth.
The question is asking us where the bank is. Looking at the image, we see that it is to the left of the post office. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the bank is in relation to other buildings like so:
銀行は郵便局の左です。
ぎんこうはゆうびんきょくのひだりです。

The question is asking us where the bank is. Looking at the image, we see that it is to the left of the post office. We do not need to reiterate the subject in our response, but we will do so here to specify which object we are talking about. Using the location words that we learned in this chapter, we can state where the bank is in relation to other buildings like so:
銀行は郵便局の左です。
ぎんこうはゆうびんきょくのひだりです。