That coffee with それ
Vocabulary Explanation: That with それ
Cocoa tries to show off her ability to recognize the three types of coffee Chino made for her.
- ココア:
- 「この酸味…キリマンジャロだね」
- “This acidity… it's definitely Kilimanjaro.”
- チノ:
- 「それがブルーマウンテンです」
- “That is Blue Mountain.”
Key Points
1それ points to the coffee near Cocoa
- Chino uses それ because the coffee is on Cocoa’s side of the conversation, close to the listener rather than to Chino.
- The English “that” matches Chino’s viewpoint. She is pointing out the coffee Cocoa is sampling, not something beside herself.
2この modifies 酸味, not the whole coffee
- この酸味 means “this acidity”; この attaches directly to the noun 酸味.
- Cocoa is reacting to one quality of the coffee, while Chino’s それ refers back to the coffee itself.
3それが marks the corrected identification
- In それがブルーマウンテンです, が singles out that coffee as the item being identified.
4だね versus です in the correction
- Cocoa’s キリマンジャロだね sounds casual and confident, like she is confirming her guess.
- Chino’s ブルーマウンテンです is a simple, polite correction.
Vocabulary
この (This)
この means “this” or “these” and comes directly before a noun. It points to something near the speaker or something the speaker is referring to in the conversation.
酸味 (Sourness)
酸味 means a sour taste or the degree of sourness in food and drink.
See Also
- Vocabulary: That with それ
- Kanji: Sourness and acids with 酸
- Kanji: Taste and meaning with 味
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