သဒ္ဒါ JLPT အဆင့် N5 – သင်ခန်းစာ 1

Just like これ, それ is considered to be a နာမ်စား in Japanese (more accurately it is a အစားထိုးနာမ်). それ translates roughly to 'that' and highlights something that is closer to the listener (physically or emotionally) than the speaker.

• それだ！
  ဒါဆိုတာ ကိုး။ (ဒါပဲ!)
• それは大変(たいへん)だ。
  ဒါက ခက်ပြီးမိုက်တယ်။

In these sentences, we can see それ highlighting things that the speaker is identifying as being closer to the listener, or about the listener.
それ is also used to point back to things that have been mentioned previously in the conversation. This can be something that was said earlier within the same sentence, or something that someone else said.

• それも高(たか)い？
  ဒါကလည်း အကြွေးဆယ်ထက် ပြီးပါသလား? (အရင်ပြောခဲ့တာအကြောင်း)
• それは。。。
  ဒါက ဟmmm.... (အရင်ပြောခဲ့တာအကြောင်း)