東方

kochira - most respectable way of showing person or object.

kono - 'This' use infront of nouns "Kono notebook wa watashi no desu"

no - expressing that you have/own with anything

koko - describe a place

'ko'/こ - use for something near

a/あ

-chira

-no

-koko

so/そ - if the person is familiar with the place/object/person.

Chikaku/ちかく - area

Aru/ある = exists (for things/objects)
Iru/いる = exists (for people)

Inai/いない = does not exist(people)
nai/あい = does no exist(objects)

Arimasu/あります = respectful way of "aru"

ni/に　- place behind the object which action will be applied to.
ga/が - use to specify when there could be something else to relate it to. related to 'wa'.

Someone asks a group who is from goldsmiths, then 'ga' would be used when the person calls out.
When someone is just saying that they are from goldsmiths then 'wa' would be used.


この大きいモンスター/kono ookii na monsuta- - Incomplete sentence as 'na' does not carry on.
この大きくないモンスター/ kono ookikunai monsuta - incomplete sentence literal "this not big monster"

このモンスターは大きい/kono monsuta- wa ookii - Complete setence "This monster is big"

忙しい　－　Busy

ですが - "but" 'ga' ending setence to allow follow up
'but'
dakeredo だけれど
dakedo　だけど
shikashi　しかし
demo でも

dewa arimasen でわありません - form way "...it is not"

ja nai じゃない - informal way "...it is not"

small 'chisai' negative is 'chisakunai' - it is not small
big 'ookii' negative is 'ookikunai' - it is not big
thin - usui/うすい negative is 'usukunai' - it is not thin

like - 'suki'/すき negative is 'suki ja nai' - do not like