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Sentence structure
● “arimasu” and “imasu” Both vers means “ to exist/ bing” like “I am in Tokyo.” Watashi wa Tokyo ni imasu or “There are some books on the table.” Teeburu no ue ni hon ga arimasu. imasu is used for animate things like people and animals and so on. However arimasu is used for inanimate thigs like books, cars, and shops, etc.  --------- ---------- ---------- ------  ----------- ------------ -------
This structure is used for Ability, desire/ need, fondness, emotion. listed below are the verbs(-masu) and adjectives(-desu) which useally require this sentence structure. And "ga" is used for the object in the sentence instead of "o". 1. Ability understandable, understand;wakarimasu(verb) can do; dekimasu (verb) Sumisuーsan wa nihonngo ga dekimasu./dekimasen good at; joozu desu (Na-Adjective) Ichiro wa yakyuu ga joozudesu./ joozu dewa arimasen. poor at; heta desu (Na-Adjective) watashi wa eigo ga hetadesu./ heta dewa arimasen. 2. Desire/ Need want something; hoshii desu (I-Adjective) watashi wa i-pod ga hoshii desu./ hoshikunaidesu. want to do; shi-tai desu. (I-Adjective) watashi wa kamera ga kaitaidesu./ kaitakunaidesu. need; irimasu (verb) watashi wa okane ga irimasu./ irimasen. 3. fondness, like; sukidesu ( Na-Adjective) watashi wa sushi ga sukidesu. / sukidewa arimasen. dislike; kirai desu (Na-Adjective) kodomo wa yasai ga kirai desu./ kirai dewa arimasen. 4. emotion embarrassing; hazukashii desu (I-Adjective) nostalgic; natsukashii desu (I-Adjective) hateful; nikurashii desu (I-Adjective) fearful; kowai desu (I-Adjective) vexing; kuyashii desu (I-Adjective) dreadful; osoroshii desu (I-Adjective) enviable; urayamashii des (I-Adjective) Practicing for fluency
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