Welcome to Lesson 2 stands for "Kore, Sore, and Are" Japanese language has a number of pronouns, these words are commonly used demonstrative pronouns in Japanese.
For further understanding let's take a look for a simple and concrete example of these words.
KORE:...
suggest closeness to the speaker. KORE is equivalent to the word 'This' which means pointing to the things near at you.
For ex. KORE WA OMOI (this is heavy)
SORE:
Distance to the speaker and its closeness to the listener. SORE is equivalent to the word 'that/those' which means pointing to something far from you.
For ex. SORE O KAIMASU KA? ( Are you going to buy that?)
ARE:
Distance from the speaker as well as the listener. ARE is equivalent to the word 'that over there/those over there'
For ex. ARE WA JON SAN NO KABAN DESU [that (over there) is John's bag]
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