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When you want to talk about things you do not know the name of,
you can use
such expressions as kore, sore, are, and dore?. |
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Kore
refers to something close to the speaker;
sore refers to something close
to the person you're talking to;
are refers to an object that is neither
close to the speaker or the listener. |
| あれ は わたし の ペン です。 |
That /thing/
is my pen over there. |
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are wa watashi no pen desu. |
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これ は 私 の ペン です。 |
This /thing/
is my pen. |
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kore wa watashi no pen desu. |
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それ は わたし の ペン です。 |
That /thing/
is my pen. |
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sore wa watashi no pen desu. |
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これ は いくら です か？ |
How much is this? |
| kore wa ikura desu ka? |
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それ は さん ぜん えん です。 |
That is 3,000 yen. |
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sore wa san-zen en desu. |
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Dore can be used to express "which?" |
| どれ です か。 |
Which one?
Which one is it (that you are talking about?? |
| dore desu ka? |
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Question words like dore
and nani cannot be followed by the particle wa.
Instead, they
must be followed by the particle ga. |
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どれ が あなた の ペン です か。 |
Which one is your pen? |
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dore ga anata no pen desu ka? |
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