Japanese
Lesson 20: Here and there
We can use ここ, そこ and あそこ to talk about locations without naming them.
English | Japanese |
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here | ここ koko |
therenear the listener | そこ soko |
(over) there | あそこ asoko |
where | どこ doko |
ここ is used to refer to a location close to the speaker. そこ is used to refer to a location close to the listener. あそこ is used to refer to a location that is neither close to the speaker nor to the listener.
English | Japanese |
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Where am I? | 私 は どこ です か? watasi ha doko desu ka? |
(I) am here. | ここ です。 koko desu. |
You are there. | あなた は そこ です。 anata ha soko desu. |
The ball is (over) there. | 玉 は あそこ です。 tama ha asoko desu. |