Repetitive

[capriccio0009921]

I read in a book a conversation, that goes lie this
Q: Kore wa B-san no hon desu ka
A: Hai, B-san no hon desu. B-san desu.

And i was thinking isnt the answer a bit repetitive?

[mmmason8967]

Yes, it's repetitive. I imagine it's from a textbook and what they're doing is labouring the point a bit. The answer makes it clear that the question is about the ownership of the book, the first phrase shows that an answer can be word-for-word the same as the question apart from the ka, and the second phrase shows an alternative shorter answer.

マイケル

[natsukoy9313]

マイケルsan is right.
Still, the latter part "B-san desu" is kind of uncessary. Even if the answer was only the latter part (without the first correct one),
that's not very correct. It should be "B-san no desu". So, just ignore the latter part.

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com