"whose" = "who" + "'s"
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Q: “Whose bag is this?”
A: “That close to you is Sue’s bag” or “That is Sue’s bag.”
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this --> kore(これ)
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am/is/are in [vp [v am/is/are] [NOUN] in English --> desu(です)
Key 1: whose in [[determiner whose
[NOUN]] in English -- = who + 's --> dare(だれの)
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whose bag --> dareno kaban(だれの かばん)
1)
dare no kaban
-desu [+Question]
whose bag
-is
2) kore-wa
dare no kaban
-desu [+Question]
this-TOPIC
whose bag
-is
3) kore-wa
dare no kaban
-desu-ka.
this-TOPIC
whose bag
-is-[+QUESTION]
これ は
だれの かばん です
か。
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Sue’s bag --> suu-san-no kaban(スーさんの かばん)
1) sore-wa
suu-san-no kaban-desu.
that close
to you-TOPIC
Sue’s bag-is
それ は
スーさんの かばん です。