is a **demonstrative pronoun of place** meaning "over there." It refers to a location that is **far from both the speaker and the listener**. It is part of the こそあど (ko-so-a-do) system of demonstratives:
- – here (near the speaker)
- – there (near the listener)
- – over there (far from both)
- – where (question)
is used when the speaker points to or refers to a place that both the speaker and listener can identify, but that is removed from both of them.
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There is a park over there.
It can be used with various particles depending on its role in the sentence:
- あそこに – at/to over there (location or destination)
- あそこで – at over there (location of an action)
- あそこから – from over there
- あそこまで – up to over there
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I can hear a voice from over there.
あそこ as a topic or subject
Like other nouns, can serve as the topic or subject of a sentence.
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Over there is the station.
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