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)?

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In English, the functions of both those words have been fused into "this, that, etc..." except that one set is used as a pronoun and the other as determinant.

:Kore: wa akaku ni natte iru. = :This: is becoming red.
:Sono hon: wa omoshiroi desu. = :That book: is interesting.

If your question is about which of the ko-so-a-(do) series to use instead of the difference between kore/kono, I'll let anonymous answer for you.