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Portrait of Tatui Baba Tatui Baba An Elementary Grammar of the Japanese Language… (1888)

Do you like to go to the school every day? 24. Yes, I like to do so.
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These forms of the verb are employed to address the second person when respect is expressed. For instance, Dokoye anata wa oide nasaru ka instead of Doko ye anata wa ikimasu ka. Where do you go? The latter way of expression is quite intelligible, but the former is preferable as a mere polite expression.
1. Anata wa koncho doko ye oide nasaru ka. 2. Watakusi wa Yokohama ye ikimasu. 3. Anata wa konniti Asakusa ye oide nasaru ka. 4. Īye, konniti watakusi wa ikimasen. 5. Anata wa sakuzitu Sinagawa ye oide nasareta ka.
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Portrait of Tatui Baba Tatui Baba An Elementary Grammar of the Japanese Language… (1888)

Anata no kiodai wa hana wo sukimasu ka. 10. Watakusi no kiodai wa hana wo sukimasen. 11. Anata no musume wa konniti Kanagawa ye ikimasu ka. 12. Watakusi no musume wa konniti Kanagawa ye ikimasen.
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1. Do you like flowers? 2. I do not like flowers. 3. Where do you go? 4. I go to Tedo. 5. When do you go to Asakusa? 6. I go to Asakusa to-day. 7. Does your brother like saké? 8. My brother does not like saké. 9. Does your son like meat (niku) ? 10. My son likes meat. 11. Where does your friend go? 12. My friend goes to his room (heya) .
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Portrait of Tatui Baba Tatui Baba An Elementary Grammar of the Japanese Language… (1888)

For instance, Sore wa watakusi ga mita shomotu de gozarimasu, That is the book (which) I have seen. Here the verb miru “to see,” is changed into mita. The following is the declension of the verb ending in ku.
1. Kore wa Kanaoka ga kaita ye de gozarimasu ka. 2. Īye, sore wa Hokusai to yuwu yekaki ga kaita ye de gazarimasu. 3. Watakusi wa kono tegami wo kaite okurimasu. 4. Watakusi wa sore wo ite mimasho. 5. Sore wa watakusi ga kīta hanasi de gozarimasu. 6. Watakusi wa sono koto wo kīte kanasimimasita (lamented) . 7. Watakusi wa mainiti hataraite hi wo okurimasu. 8.
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