そこ (There)

There, That place

JLPT N5
Pattern

そこ (place word)

How it works

そこ means “there”: a place near the listener, or a place just mentioned. It belongs to the ここ・そこ・あそこ・どこ set: ここ is near the speaker, あそこ is far from both, どこ asks “where?”.

Examples

  • そこに すわって ください。Please sit there.
  • 駅の 前に 店が あります。そこで 買いました。There's a shop in front of the station. I bought it there.

Related grammar

Further reading

Bunpro N5 · Lesson 2

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