[coldsymphony13]

Hi. I've recently started learning Japanese and I just had a few questions to clarify a couple of things:

kono, sono, and ano vs sore, kore, and are.

the ono's are specific so for example you would say

"Kono wa pen desu." but you wouldn't ever say "Kore wa pen desu." due to pen being speficially in the sentence already. Is this correct? Because on one of the learning videos before we got into "kono, sono, and ano" they do use kore and a noun in the sentence at the same time... So I am just slightly confused on the difference.


My second question is just about spelling and writing. For example "kasa" would be the hirogana symbols for ka and sa. Is it as simple as that? Thanks alot.