In Japanese, there are ways to say, ‘this, that and that over there’<\/p>\n
This – kore (\u3053\u308c<\/strong>). Refers to things that are close to\u00a0the speaker.<\/p>\n That – sore (\u305d\u308c<\/strong>). Refers to things that are close to the person you are talking to.<\/p>\n That over there – are (\u3042\u308c<\/strong>). Refers to things that are far away from both you and the speaker.<\/p>\n Sample sentences:<\/p>\n Kore wa hon des (\u3053\u308c\u306f\u3000\u307b\u3093\u3000\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) This is a\u00a0book (when the\u00a0book is close to you,\u00a0the speaker)<\/p>\n Sore wa hon des (\u305d\u308c\u306f\u3000\u307b\u3093\u3000\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) That is a book (when the book is close to the person you are talking to)<\/p>\n Are wa hon des (\u3042\u308c\u306f\u3000\u307b\u3093\u3000\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) That over there is a book (when the book is far away from you and the other person)<\/p>\n Let’s say you want to be more specific. Imagine you are at a book store and there are many books. How do you refer to a specific book? Perhaps you are pointing to a specific book or holding a specific book. Then in this case you’d use:<\/p>\n kono hon (\u3053\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093<\/strong>) This book (in particular)<\/p>\n sono hon (\u305d\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093<\/strong>) That book (in particular)<\/p>\n ano hon (\u3042\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093<\/strong>) That book over there (in particular)<\/p>\n Sample Sentences:<\/p>\n kono hon wa\u00a0takai des\u00a0(\u3053\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093\u306f\u3000\u305f\u304b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) This book is expensive (when the book is close to you)<\/p>\n sono hon wa takai des (\u305d\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093\u306f\u3000\u305f\u304b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) That book is expensive (when the book is close to the other person)<\/p>\n ano hon wa takai des (\u3042\u306e\u3000\u307b\u3093\u306f\u3000\u305f\u304b\u3044\u3067\u3059<\/strong>) That book over there is expensive (when the book is far away from the speaker and the other person)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Japanese, there are ways to say, ‘this, that and that over there’ This – kore (\u3053\u308c). Refers to things that are close to\u00a0the speaker. That – sore (\u305d\u308c). Refers to things that are close to the person you are talking to. That over there – are (\u3042\u308c). Refers to things that are far away…<\/p>\n