<Key phrase1>
ここ・そこ・あそこ・どこ
1)ここ・・・Koko is a pronoun for the location near the speaker. <here>
2)そこ・・・Soko is a pronoun for the location closer to the spoken to than the speaker. <there>
3)あそこ・・・Asoko is a pronoun for the location distant from both the speaker and the person to. <over there>
<Key phrase2>
ここ・そこ・あそこ は N です。
EX: ここ は 図書館 です。( This place is the library. )
This sentence pattern is used to describe what the being pointed to is.
Place nouns which are used in this pattern include such word as 図書館、郵便局、スーパー、コンビニ、、、
<Key phrase3>
N は どこ ですか。
どこ・・・Doko is an interrogative asking where N is located, <where>
EX:図書館 は どこ ですか。( Where is the library? )
A:図書館はどこですか。( Where is the library? )
B:✔️図書館はあそこです。( The library is over there. )
✔️あそこです。