#kosoado

How to Use こそあど (Ko-So-A-Do) Words to Refer to Things You Can’t See

こそあど言葉 (ko-so-a-do words) are a series of Japanese words that are used to refer to something. Whereas English sets of these words tend to come in pairs, like “this” and “that,” each こそあど set is made up of three words plus a question word. For example, この (this…), その (that…), あの (that … over there), and どの (which…?). When referring to something you can physically see, you’ll make a choice between…

Japanese pronoun “kore, sore, are, dore”

これ kore / close to speaker それ sore / close to listener あれ are / not close to them どれ dore / =which

more info → http://hiragananinja.tk/wp2/koresore/