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| (Place で) 生[う]まれました [うまれる/うまれて] |
was born (in~) |
| (Place に) すんで います [すむ/すみます] |
live (in), reside (in) [すみます is future tense only] |
| (Place に) すとめて います [すとめる/すとめます] |
is employed (at~) |
| (Place で) はたらいて います [はたらく/はたらきます] |
is working (at~) |
| (Place で) (アル)バイト(を)しています[(アル)バイト(を)する/します] |
is working part-time [for students] |
| (Person と) けっこん(を) して います |
is married (to~) |
| もって います [もつ/もちます] |
have, possess, hold, carry [Both あります and もっています may mean "possess." もって います is used when the posseser is animate and the possessed thing is inanimate.] |
| しって います, しりません [しる/しります] |
know, do not know [しります means "to get to know." しって います is never used for "do not know."] |
| ならって います[ならう/ならいます] |
is learning |
| ホームステイを します [する/して] |
will do a homestay |
| べっきょして います |
is separated |
| りこんしています |
is divorced |
| どくしんです |
is single |
| 口 |
[くち, ぐち] mouth |
| 目 |
[め] eye |
| Verb て form + います。 |
Verbs appearing in this pattern may mean an action is/is not/was was not occurring or continuing, or as a result of an action, a state exists [often verbs that do not express continuity cannot take on this meaning] |
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