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2-1
Adventures in Japanese 2
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| (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] |