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Dec. 14th, 2010 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogThere's a section in my Japanese work book about visiting someone's house. There are some blanks to fill in with compliments about Takahashi-san's house. One of them, I don't quite understand.
The house is close to the subway station. The answer in the back of the book to express this is:
えき から ちかい です ね。
(Eki) (kara) (chikai) (desu ne)
(station) (?) (close) (isn't it)?
I'm confused about から (kara) in this context. As a particle, I understand two uses. 'From', as in , I worked from 8 to 5, or 'because' as in I go there because the food is tasty. I don't quite see how either of those uses fits here.
I found kara in use in the same way here with a little Google search: http://www.japanese-online.com/lessons/Mem_JLL13_romaji.htm
ちかてつ の えき から ちかい です か。
Chikatetsu no eki kara chikai desu ka.
Is it near the train station?
I'll ask Nakamura Sensei about it on Thursday, but I thought I'd write about it here too.
The house is close to the subway station. The answer in the back of the book to express this is:
えき から ちかい です ね。
(Eki) (kara) (chikai) (desu ne)
(station) (?) (close) (isn't it)?
I'm confused about から (kara) in this context. As a particle, I understand two uses. 'From', as in , I worked from 8 to 5, or 'because' as in I go there because the food is tasty. I don't quite see how either of those uses fits here.
I found kara in use in the same way here with a little Google search: http://www.japanese-online.com/lessons/Mem_JLL13_romaji.htm
ちかてつ の えき から ちかい です か。
Chikatetsu no eki kara chikai desu ka.
Is it near the train station?
I'll ask Nakamura Sensei about it on Thursday, but I thought I'd write about it here too.
