help with grammar.

[junlove323]

i am relearning how to use the i and na adjectives in speech. So say i want to say (that watch is expesnive).

Do I say (kono tokei wa takai desu.)

or
(kono takai tokei wa desu) Which is the correct way to say this. Thank you

[Harold]

Originally Posted by junlove323

i am relearning how to use the i and na adjectives in speech. So say i want to say (that watch is expesnive).

Do I say (kono tokei wa takai desu.)

or
(kono takai tokei wa desu) Which is the correct way to say this. Thank you

Both are wrong because you wanted to say that watch is expensive. In the first one, which is grammatically correct, you said "this watch is expensive."

So, to answer your question, the first one is correct if you want to say "this watch is expensive." The second one makes no sense because the word order is incorrect.

So say "that watch is incorrect," you would say, "sono tokei wa takai desu."

[Befron]

Now if junlove doesn't mind my piggybacking off her question,

This sentences is semantically redundant, but for proof of concept, how would you say:

"The expensive watch is expensive"

[Harold]

Originally Posted by Befron

Now if junlove doesn't mind my piggybacking off her question,

This sentences is semantically redundant, but for proof of concept, how would you say:

"The expensive watch is expensive"

takai tokei ga takai desu.

[junlove323]

nd What is most common to say in japan for the word shoes?
hanka,
shu-zu,
hangutsu,
kutsu,dosoku

[junlove323]

could i say (kore remon wa ii desu) ?

[Harold]

Originally Posted by junlove323

nd What is most common to say in japan for the word shoes?
hanka,
shu-zu,
hangutsu,
kutsu,dosoku

I've heard kutsu the most except when people tried to talk to me in katakana-like English saying, "shuzu."

Originally Posted by junlove323

could i say (kore remon wa ii desu) ?

It's actually "Kono remon wa ii desu."

[junlove323]

Thank you you are a geat help. Are you native to japan?

[Harold]

Originally Posted by junlove323

Thank you you are a geat help. Are you native to japan?

Oh, no. I'm American, but I have lived in Japan before.

[junlove323]

Can i say (kono inu wa chiisai desu.)?
or (Kono gohan wa ii desu.)
i did say (that dog is small )and (that dinner was good?) right?