What is the different between these and those?

As a Hebrew speaker, sometimes I can't distinguish between the use of "those" and "these". Can you help me find a way to distinguish them easily?

[MikeNewYork]

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As a Hebrew speaker, sometimes I can't distinguish between the use of "those" and "these". Can you help me find a way to distinguish them easily?

"These" is the plural of "this"; "those" is the plural of "that".

When comparing the two, this/these refers to the thing or person that is closer to you; that/these refers to the thing that is more distant.

These shoes are better than those shoes.

Look up "this" and "that" in a good dictionary and compare the senses and examples.