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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