それ(それ)— that / that one near you
それ は 本 ですか。
Is that a book?
それそれ
that / that one near you
それ
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Words
それsorethat (near you)
はwa(topic marker)
本honbook
ですdesu(polite sentence ending)
かka(question marker)
Use それ for something near the person you are speaking to. It stands on its own; use その before a noun. English “that” does not make this distance distinction by itself.
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