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10-18-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by owakulukem View Post
Kono onna wa kirei desu = This woman is pretty
Kore onna wa kirei desu would be incorrect.
You are using Kono because a noun comes right after it.
If you are using kore you could say "kore wa kirei desu" = This is pretty, because I am not stating a noun. You can even say "kore wa kirei na hana desu" = This is a pretty flower. I am not using kono in this case because the noun hana does not directly follow "this".
So just remember that any time you use Kore, Sore or Are, the noun needs to come directly after.

"Kono onna wa desu" doesn't make sense at all. You are missing your adjective. It's like saying "This woman is" but you are completing the sentence with desu.
You mean KONO, SONO, and ANO

And "woman" is "おんなのひと" not "おんな".
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