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Originally Posted by sansa
sore means it.
kore means this.
are means that.
sono, kono, and ano use with noun.
sono+noun means it noun.
kono+noun means this noun.
ano+ noun means that noun.
for example.
watashi ha are ga hoshii desu.
I want that.
watashi ha ano kamera ga hoshii desu.
I want that camera.
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I believe you're somewhat mistaken. (although the correction that follows is probably close enough to what you said, and I'm just being a little picky on the semantics)
Kono - this.
Sono - that.
Ano - 'that over there'.
Also the particle in 'watashi ha ano kamera ga hoshii desu' is incorrect. It should be 'wa' and not 'ha'. . . I can't say I study usin romaji often, but I have never seen the particle translated as 'ha' before.
Edit: To Lenigod, Sansa is right that 'kore, sore, are' are used as kind of abstracts, when talking about 'this, that, that one' without there being a noun in the sentence. 'kono, sono, ano' are used as specifics, when dealing with a noun. So when you say 'B: Say you’ll take “this”. Ja, sono wa kudasai.' I think you mean 'Ja, kore wa kudasai'.
I'm not exactly fluent, so I'd wait for someone with better skills to reply before you take my word, or Sansa's.