Marugoto A1 L16 Demonstratives

★ Kore, sore, are are demonstoratives used to refer to an object.

これ - refer to something close to the speaker.

それ - refer to something close to the listener.

あれ - refer to something that is away from both the speaker and the listener.

★ When you use a demonstrative before a noun, use この,その, or あの, not これ, それ, or あれ.

(Pictures are taken from Irodori A1 Lesson 16)