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Aug 2, 2015 19:15:24 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 2, 2015 19:15:24 GMT 5.5
Table 1This is ... That is ...
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Aug 2, 2015 19:49:53 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 2, 2015 19:49:53 GMT 5.5
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Aug 2, 2015 20:03:37 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 2, 2015 20:03:37 GMT 5.5
Discussion:
This "This" usually means "masi" in Manipuri. Usually this word refers to a thing or person closer to you than another one or others. You use "this" to point out the thing. It may be in your hand or right there before you.
That "That" usually means "madu" in Manipuri. Usually this word refers to a thing or person farther from you than another one or others. You also use "that" to point out the thing, but that thing may be near another person you are talking to or in their hand.
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Aug 2, 2015 20:13:21 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 2, 2015 20:13:21 GMT 5.5
You always say This is ... [This am ..., This are...] That is ... [That am ..., That are ...] After "This is" or "That is" you can put the names of people, as in row 1 in the table above. This is Chaoba. This is Raju. This is Rita. This is Tombi. That is Chaobi. That is Arun. Thus add any personal name after "This is" and "That is" and your sentence is correct. Write ten sentences each for the "This is" and "That is" patterns by using twenty different names. This is ... That is ...
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Aug 3, 2015 0:15:03 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 3, 2015 0:15:03 GMT 5.5
Table 1, Row 2 - 3This is + (thing/creature). That is + (thing/creature). You can add any noun (animate or inanimate thing) after This is ... That is ... in the blank space. Look around you and you can add the names of the things you see in the field, one at a time--table, chair, plate, pen, shirt, door, window, cup, wall, book, and so on. Note that here you do not add proper names; i.e., names given to people, places and things, names by which you know them, such as Tomcha, Japan, Mars, etc. Such proper names filled the space in Row 1 as we have seen above. Thus you can have: This is ... (ball). This is ... (sewing machine). This is ... (chair). This is ... (plate).
That is ... (shirt). That is ... (window). That is ... (cup). That is ... (wall). Important points to bear in mind: 1. The things we are mentioning here are all countable. There can be two or more balls, sewing machines, chairs, plates, shirts, windows, cups, and walls. We are here, however, talking about only one specimen of each of these things of all that we have of them in the whole world. As we are talking about one thing, not more than one specimen of the thing, we add a or an before that thing.
Thus, 2. If the word for the one countable thing (i.e., singular countable noun) you add after This is or That is begins with a vowel sound (not the letter, a, e, i, o, or u), then you say This/that is an + noun. The words egg, elephant, airplane, ant, umbrella, orange, ice cube and island begin with vowel sounds when we articulate (speak) them. Therefore, when we talk about one egg, elephant, airplane, ant, umbrella, orange, ice cube and island (not about more than one of these things), we say an + any of these things. (not a + any of these things). A is not used in this case. A is used before a singular countable noun beginning with a consonant sound. See the above table for clarity.
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Aug 7, 2015 0:39:00 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 7, 2015 0:39:00 GMT 5.5
Some words you can use in slot 3: my, your, his, her, its, our, their These words are called determiners (we will study this category at another thread later). They are used before nouns (please refer to slot 4 annotation above) as shown below: my + house your + office his + brother her + hand its + tail our + country their + customer Please note that we are talking about singular things and persons for now--house ( houses), office ( offices), brother ( brothers), etc. We will take up the structure for plural in the next table (Table 2).
ExercisesAdd an appropriate thing or animal in each blank. The first has been done for you. 1. This is my DESK. 2. That is her... 3. This is his ... 4. That is your ... 5. This is our ... 6. That is their ... Add a relation name in the blank. 1. This is my FRIEND. 2. That is her ... 3. This is his ... 4. That is your ... 5. This is our ... 6. That is their ...
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Aug 7, 2015 1:28:32 GMT 5.5
Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Aug 7, 2015 1:28:32 GMT 5.5
I think you have learnt the sentence structure of Table 1. Now you may want to see if you can understand the following sentences structured like this. 1. That is a (good) idea. 2. A: What is that in your hand? B: This is my driving license. It's new. 3. A: What is that thing? That creature? B: This is a mite. Recently discovered. This mite, recently discovered in a coca plantation in Brazil, was named “Excelsotarsonemus tupi” in honor of the Tupi people of Brazil, an indigenous tribe that once inhabited most of Brazil’s coastline. Feather-like setae on its body allow it to ride breezes from tree to tree in the forest canopy. It grows brown fungi on its body for food. (Photo courtesy Chris Pooley / Electron & Confocal Microscopy Unit USDA-ARS)
4. That is a difficult situation. 5. A: What is this? B: This is a human-readable summary of the license. 6. This is a sample request, Tom. 7. Son: What is Everest, dad? Father: That is a peak, son. Very high. The highest on the earth, indeed. 8. This is a great fight. Two great boxers. 9. This is a more workable idea (than that). 10. That is a trick question. 11. That is a pretty damn big deal. 12. This is a cataract. (Over time, the cataract may grow larger and cloud more of the lens, making it harder to see.) Photo credit: EyeHealthWeb
13. This is a really vital part of the project. 14. This is Eshita, a Manipuri actress.
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