Japanese 10 - This one and that one

We can use これ, それ and あれ to talk about things without naming them.

EnglishJapanese
this (one) pronoun
これkore
that (one) pronoun
それsore
that (one) over there pronoun
あれare

これ is used to refer to things close to the speaker. それ is used to refer to things close to the listener. あれ is used to refer to things that are neither close to the speaker nor to the listener.

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