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Romanization: | Ta | da | i | ma | . |
Structure: | interjection (I'm back) |
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Romanization: | O | ka | e | ri | . | O | ya | tu | ga | a | ru | yo | . | |
Structure: | interjection (welcome back) | noun (tea time snack) | nomi- native marker | verb (exist) | opinion marker |
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Romanization: | Na | ni | ? |
Structure: | interrogative noun (what) |
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Romanization: | Kyô | no | o | ya | tu | wa | na | ni | ? | ||||
Structure: | noun (today) | genitive marker (of) | noun (tea time snack) | topic marker | interrogative noun (what) | ||||||||
Meaning: | What is today's tea time snack? |
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Romanization: | Ni | ku | ma | n | . | Na | ni | ka | no | mu | ? | |
Structure: | noun (a Chinese bun with pork) | noun (something) | verb (drink) |
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Romanization: | Mu | gi | tya | wa | a | ru | ? | ||
Structure: | noun (barley tea) | topic marker | verb (exist) |
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Romanization: | Mu | gi | tya | wa | re | i | zô | ko | ni | |||
Structure: | noun (barley tea) | topic marker | noun (refrigerator) | dative marker (to) |
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Romanization: | a | ru | yo | . |
Structure: | verb (exist) | opinion marker |
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Romanization: | Ki | ga | ni | wa | ni | a | ru | . | ||
Structure: | noun (tree) | nomi- native marker | noun (yard) | dative marker (to) | verb (exist) |
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Romanization: | Ni | wa | ni | ki | ga | a | ru | . | ||
Structure: | noun (yard) | dative marker (to) | noun (tree) | nomi- native marker | verb (exist) |
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Romanization: | Ki | wa | ni | wa | ni | a | ru | . | ||
Structure: | noun (tree) | topic marker | noun (yard) | dative marker (to) | verb (exist) | |||||
Meaning: | The tree is in a yard. |
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Romanization: | Ni | wa | ni | wa | ki | ga | a | ru | . | ||
Structure: | noun (yard) | dative marker (to) | topic marker | noun (tree) | nomi- native marker | verb (exist) | |||||
Meaning: | The yard has a tree. |
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Romanization: | Ka | re | ni | wa | a | ne | ga | i | ru | . | ||
Structure: | noun (he) | dative marker (to) | topic marker | noun (elder sister) | nomi- native marker | verb (exist) | ||||||
Meaning: | He has an elder sister. |
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Romanization: | Wa | ka | t | ta | . | Kâ | sa | n | mo | no | mu | ? | ||
Structure: | verb (understood) | noun (mom) | addition marker (also) | verb (drink) |
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Romanization: | Wa | ta | si | mo | o | tya | o | no | mu | . | |||
Structure: | noun (I) | addition marker (also) | noun (green tea) | accu- sative marker | verb (drink) |
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Romanization: | Wa | ta | si | wa | o | tya | mo | no | mu | . | |||
Structure: | noun (I) | topic marker | noun (green tea) | addition marker (also) | verb (drink) |
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Romanization: | U | n | . |
Structure: | interjection (yeah) |
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Romanization: | I | ta | da | ki | ma | su | . |
Structure: | interjection (I begin to eat) |