Help with sentence structure about where things are

[Jesse Kunze]

So my sensei said she'd do an example, but she didn't and I've been gone, and there is an oral tomorrow, so I was wondering if ya'll could help me with some sentence structure for this stuff.
I need to say
-Where your dream house is located (city-wise)
-What's around it (left-right)
-What's in front of it (Mae?)
-If there's a garden (Niwa wa arimasen?)
- What can be found in your house (Neko to inu imasu?)
-Adjectives about it

I tried looking in my book (ima 2) but it's very unhelpful for this assignment.

Thank you in advanced!

 

[Toritoribe]

Give it a try yourself first, then we can HELP you.

 

[Rei Yahya]

If I were to say, "My dream house is in Tokyo," is this correct?
私は、「僕の理想のうちは東京にある」と言ったら、正答でしょうか？

ごめんなさい、私も練習しているんです。

 

[Toritoribe]

Perfect!
You can also use 理想の家[いえ]. There is crossover in the meaning of いえ and うち, but いえ is more close to house, and うち is home.

 

[Rei Yahya]

Perfect!
You can also use 理想の家[いえ]. There is crossover in the meaning of いえ and うち, but いえ is more close to house, and うち is home.

Thank you very much! I needed some clearing up as to the nuance difference of ie and uchi.

 

[Mike Cash]

Thank you very much! I needed some clearing up as to the nuance difference of ie and uchi.

I forget who said it originally: "Home is the place that when you go there, they have to let you in".

 

[staren]

Perfect!
You can also use 理想の家[いえ]. There is crossover in the meaning of いえ and うち, but いえ is more close to house, and うち is home.

Interesting. I remember reading somewhere, don't know where so I'm not sure it should be trusted, that uchi just means "home" where as ie is used for "my home".

 

[Mike Cash]

That's because ie is also used in a sense rather than just referring to the physical building itself. It can also mean household/family/"clan".

Consider the use in terms such as 本家 and 分家 and as a collective indicator after family names, and indeed as a component of the word 家族 in order to get a better idea of the concept of 家. Although we usually translate it as "house" or "home" in English, that really doesn't give a complete or exact sense of how it is used in Japanese,

 

[Elizabeth]

Even in an office setting 'Uchi no dare desuka?' can be used for "Who do you want to see?" referring to we (to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.)

 

[staren]

That's because ie is also used in a sense rather than just referring to the physical building itself. It can also mean household/family/"clan".

Consider the use in terms such as 本家 and 分家 and as a collective indicator after family names, and indeed as a component of the word 家族 in order to get a better idea of the concept of 家. Although we usually translate it as "house" or "home" in English, that really doesn't give a complete or exact sense of how it is used in Japanese,

Yea, I've seen that as well. Quite funny actually, I just read a sentence that read うちの猫......