Hello, a Japanese question from me :)
I've just started learning Nihongo and it's going quite smoothly actually, but while doing exercises on 'possessive particles', I mean the "-no" thing, I've encountered something that's not clear for me.
I've caught the basic concept, but my book gives two examples that I'm not quite sure about (I'll be writing in Romaji as I haven't mastered the Japanese keyboard yet ;p):
1) Sore-wa Tanaka-san-no kimono desu-ka? - ok, so we can have situation one: I'm talking with some girl and she's got a kimono that I'm sure I've seen on Tanaka-san (let's say Tanaka's a woman), so I'm asking her if it belongs, by any chance, to Tanaka-san. Or situation two: I'm talking with Tanaka-san and she's wearing an expensive kimono, so I ask her if it belongs to her. That's what the book says.
Everything's clear up to the 2nd example:
2) Are-wa Takashi-san-no daigaku desu-ka? - here the book says that it can only be used when I'm talking with Takashi-san and ask him (let's say that Takashi's a guy) if that uni far away is where he studies. But I guess that we could also imagine such a situation: I'm walking with some Yamada-san and we both know Takashi-san; I see a uni far away and ask Yamada-san if that is the uni Takashi-san said he's at.
Is it me who's mistaken, or is it the book that gives unclear information in this place?
I've caught the basic concept, but my book gives two examples that I'm not quite sure about (I'll be writing in Romaji as I haven't mastered the Japanese keyboard yet ;p):
1) Sore-wa Tanaka-san-no kimono desu-ka? - ok, so we can have situation one: I'm talking with some girl and she's got a kimono that I'm sure I've seen on Tanaka-san (let's say Tanaka's a woman), so I'm asking her if it belongs, by any chance, to Tanaka-san. Or situation two: I'm talking with Tanaka-san and she's wearing an expensive kimono, so I ask her if it belongs to her. That's what the book says.
Everything's clear up to the 2nd example:
2) Are-wa Takashi-san-no daigaku desu-ka? - here the book says that it can only be used when I'm talking with Takashi-san and ask him (let's say that Takashi's a guy) if that uni far away is where he studies. But I guess that we could also imagine such a situation: I'm walking with some Yamada-san and we both know Takashi-san; I see a uni far away and ask Yamada-san if that is the uni Takashi-san said he's at.
Is it me who's mistaken, or is it the book that gives unclear information in this place?