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been studying japanese for years and never knew the difference between kore and kono. some people will say the difference is that kono has to come before a noun and kore doesnt (ie kore wa is ok but kono wa isnt) while this is true …i finally found it explained in a way that actually makes sense.
kono is just kore no. ie watashi no pen = my pen. kono pen = this pen.
not sure if anyone else cares or already knew this but it helped me so i thought i would share
how can you have “studied for years” and not figure this out? 0.o
AnonymousI asked my Japanese friend and he said that there is indeed a distinct difference between これ, この, and これの.
He said この is NOT the same as これの.
Example sentences:
これは本です。 This is a book.
この本は赤いです。 This book is red.
これの組み合わせは面白いです。 The combination of this is interesting. (not ‘this combination’, but the combination of whatever he’s talking about in particular, like a lock)Don’t mean to be rude, but I’m with Mark on this one – huh? :S It’s exactly the same as English, so if you know English, you know this.
Kore = this | e.g. this is good
Kono [blank] = this [blank] | e.g. this apple is goodIt isn’t any more difficult than that.
“Don’t YOU worry about Planet Express, let ME worry about [blank]!” – Fry
To add;
You use ‘kono’ when a noun is placed directly behind it, like others have exampled.
Kono hon (this book)
kore wa hon desu (this is a book)
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