I Need Help with Newbie 22

[scooterfu]

I have a question about Newbie #22 “What’s in your room?” I’m aware from other lessons that ‘Sore’ translates to ‘That’. And I know about Sono, Ano and Are as ‘that’. “Sore dake, ” was said to be “That only” which makes sense to me. But… “Sore ni,” was translated as “And in?” Or, “In Addition?” I don’t understand? Does “Sore” have multiple meanings or did the “That” translation get altered somehow? And why wouldn’t I use “to” as ‘and’ instead of “Sore ni?” Help me!!! What’s the deal with “Sore” here. I appriciate Any help for a one month old dedicated newbie.

[sashimidimsum7250]

I have a question about Newbie #22 “What’s in your room?” I’m aware from other lessons that ‘Sore’ translates to ‘That’. And I know about Sono, Ano and Are as ‘that’. “Sore dake, ” was said to be “That only” which makes sense to me. But… “Sore ni,” was translated as “And in?” Or, “In Addition?” I don’t understand? Does “Sore” have multiple meanings or did the “That” translation get altered somehow? And why wouldn’t I use “to” as ‘and’ instead of “Sore ni?” Help me!!! What’s the deal with “Sore” here. I appriciate Any help for a one month old dedicated newbie.

You are probably best served just thinking of "sore ni" as another word having nothing to do with "sore" (that). "Sore ni" means "also, too, as well, in addition, additionally". Just learn it as its own word, and you'll be fine.

[Javizy]

Yeah, think of those sort of combinations as set terms. There a bunch of them that you will encounter:

Sore kara - and then, after that
Sore tomo - or
Sore demo - despite that
Sore sura - even that

Just a few examples. There are longer ones as well that make even less sense if you don't take them as a whole They are used frequently as connectives, so you'll get used to them.

[scooterfu]

Thanks a bunch for the response. After looking in the dictionary I see that "sore..." can mean many different things that have nothing to do with 'That'. I need to get used to accepting and moving on. As Peter San would say... "beyond the scope of this lesson."