Japanese - Ask questions thread

Basically if you have a question about the language, ask it and fellow 4channers might see it and answer it for you.

To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

ano kono sono is followed by the noun your are referring to, like kono neko, sono neko. are kore sore are used when you are not naming the noun. E.g. Sore wa ii ne >> That is nice. Sono kutsu wa ii ne >> Those shoes are nice.