Which sentence is grammatically correct?


I'm unsure how to write the sentence "That (near you) is a pencil." in
Japanese. Is it "Sono pen wa desu." or "Sore wa pen desu." ? Or are both of
them right/wrong? I'm a beginner so I can only read and write in hiragana at
the moment (haven't started with kanji and katakana yet).

Apreciate your help!




> それはえんぴつです。

Means "That is a pencil." The other sentence is ungrammatical, but you could
make it grammatical by adding a word, such as:

> その[ペン]{ぺん}は **あかい** です。

"That pen is red."

