Suzuki suggests meeting in front of the police box by the station. Chan agrees. Later, the document discusses how pronouns like "kore" and "ano" are replaced with "so" when referring to new information. However, "soko" could cause confusion if referring to a place like a police box, so "sono mae" is better to indicate "in front of." Precise pronouns are important in dialogue to avoid misunderstandings.

1. The usage of pronouns in dialogues Suzuki s Chan s
mind territory mind territory
チャンさん：どこで あいましょうか。
chan-san dok ode ai mas ho uk a.
すずきさん：えきのまえに こうばんがありますから、
suzuki-san eki no mae ni kouban ga arimasukara,
こうばんのまえで あいませんか。
kouban no mae de aimasenka There s a police box
チャンさん：ええ、そうしましょう。 in front of the station.
chan-san ee, soushimashou.
In conversations, we tend to prevent using same words and
Where?
phrases repeatedly. Instead, we use pronouns such as これ ,
kore
あの , そこ , and so on. For this reason, we can replace the
ano soko The Suzuki s idea as
second こうばん(の) to そ(の) , or こうばんのまえ(で) to そこ new information has
kouban no sono kouban no mae de soko
(で) in Suzuki s part of the above dialogue. In other words, already reached to
de
Chan s mind territory.
when referring to something appearing in speaker s talk, そ
so
is used when the reference is new information for the listener.
そのまえ = こうばんのまえ
sono mae kouban no mae
すずきさん：えきのまえに こうばんがありますから、
suzuki-san eki no mae ni kouban ga arimasukara,
そのまえで あいませんか。
sono mae de aimasenka Let s do
that!

2. The usage of pronouns in dialogues (continued)
However, you sometimes have to be careful when you replace
to そこ(で) from what s being referred, for instance; そこ = that place = こうばん
soko kouban
すずきさん：えきのまえに こうばんがありますから、
suzuki-san eki no mae ni kouban ga arimasukara,
そこで あいませんか。
soko de aimasenka
そこ = こうばんのなか？
チャンさん as the listener may get confused whether she
should meet inside or in front of the こうばん if she s just
? ?
referred as そこ(= that place) . In this case, すずきさん as the
speaker may want to refer as そのまえ as in front of the
police box in order to eliminate any alternatives.
すずきさん：えきのまえに タクシーのりばがありますから、
suzuki-san eki no mae ni takushii noriba ga arimasukara, そこ = こうばんのまえ？
そこで あいませんか。
soko de aimasenka
In the meantime, if すずきさん offers to meet up at the taxi
stand as above, there would be no alternatives for anyone,
then he can refer as そこ(= that place = タクシーのりば)
Let s do
that!