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=== This chapter introduces the grammar that finally lets you point at things, identify things, compare things, and buy things — in other words, your first real-world Japanese. ===

===== These are standalone nouns — not adjectives. =====
* これはいくらですか。
* それはさんぜんえんです。

💡 Think of them as “this thing,” “that thing.”

===== These must attach to a noun: =====
* この時計はいくらですか。
* あのかばんをください。

💡 “This (specific) NOUN.”

===== Your first negative form: =====
* それは魚じゃないです。 (That is not fish.)

Genki teaches the polite negative as じゃないです, which is perfect for conversation.

===== Not yet used heavily in the Lesson 2 dialogue, but introduced in vocab context: =====
* あります = non-living things
* います = people/animals

===== You’ll use: =====
* えん
* いくら
* 数字の読み方 (special readings like はっぴゃく, さんぜん)

===== The most useful shopping expression in the world: =====
* そのとけいをください。

===== Used in the restaurant segment: =====
* トイレはどこですか。

===== e.g., だれのさいふですか。 =====