"them, it, him, her"

[derick78b]

Hello,

I was seeing a documentary about Japan and, the brazilian host was talking with some japanese. One of the japanese gave to the host some combs and the host said:

"I'll send them to Brazil."

Please, my question is: how can I say them? Only remember that "THEM" may be used by objects and person as well.


Thank you very much!

 

[Elizabeth]

You can use the direct object "Sore" or "Sorera" for them. It is left out quite frequently but I would use it in the example sentence.

 

[elannonces]

thank you Elizabeth for answring

 

[derick78b]

So, could you please, write this sentence in japanese?


Thank yyou.

 

[Toritoribe]

ブラジルに送ります。
ブラジルに送ろうかな。

I would say without using "them".

 

[derick78b]

ブラジルに送ります。
ブラジルに送ろうかな。
I would say without using "them".

Because you already what I'll send to Brazil?


Thank you.

 

[Toritoribe]

Because it's obvious what I'm going to sent to Brazil from the context.

 

[Elizabeth]

It usually isn't expressed naturally when it can be understand in a given context, but I was just saying it also isn't wrong for a beginner to be extra clear when the situation was possibly not (as in this Brazil example).

 

[Toritoribe]

When you use "them", it should be これ since the combs were already handed to the host and are in his hand.

これ、ブラジルに送ります。

 

[derick78b]

Thank you all!

 

[Elizabeth]

When you use "them", it should be これ since the combs were already handed to the host and are in his hand.

これ、ブラジルに送ります。

And next time I'll remember to read the question in English ! Ha!


But @derick even if it is obvious from the context, maybe これ is still OK. [これ]を言っても自然です。

意味は文の前後の関係から明らかであっても....

 

[derick78b]

Thank you.

That really helped.