This is my bag

これ/それ/あれ

In Japanese, you use different word to describe the bag when the bag placed differently. You use これ when the bag is closer to you, use それ when the bag is closer to the person you talking to, and use あれ when the bag is not close to both of you.

For example, when A says about her bag with B, she says 'これはわたしのかばんです." which means ' This is my bag." If A wants to say about B's bag, she would say 'それはかのじょのかばんです.' that means 'that is her bag.' And the last one あれ, bag C is not close to both A and B. So A may say 'あれはだれのかばんですか.' it means 'whose bag is that?" Remember, you don't need to use a question mark for a question here in Japanese, in this A is B sentence, just simply add a 'か' after 'です'. More over, if you want to say 'this is not my bag.' you need to change the 'です' to 'じゃありません.'

 

English	Japanese	Pronunciation
A-A: This is my bag.	これはわたしのかばんです.	Kore wa watashi no kaban desu.
A-B: That is her bag.	それはかのじょのかばんです.	Sore wa kanojo no kaban desu.
A-C: Whose bag is that?	あれはだれのかばんですか.	Are wa dare no kaban desuga.
Vocabulary
これ	Kore	This
それ	Sore	That
あれ	Are	That
かばん	Kaban	Bag
かのじょ	kanojo	Her