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Adventures in Japanese 2
Japanese | English |
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むかしむかし | Long, long ago... |
ある(ところに) | (at) a certain (place) |
とうとう | finally, at last [after much effort] |
おしまい | The end |
おもいます | to think |
(noun/な adj.)だ | plain form of です |
(noun/な adj.)だった | plain form of でした |
Sentence + とさ。 | and so it is. [used at the end of folk tales] |
年[とし]とった人 | elderly person |
売 | [う(る)] sell |
読 | [よ(む)] read |
ある日[ひ] | one day |
Indirect quote (Plain form) +と おもいます/ 言いました/ こたえました/ 聞きました。 | think that~/said that~/ answered that~/ heard that~; asked that~ [If the subject is the person performing the action, then the subject is followed by は. If the subject of the quote is different from the subject of the sentence, it is followed by が.] |