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06 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Japanese SRS sentences #9

ひさびさね? Time for more japanese srs sentences and one with an interesting grammar point. (to me anyway) 全然眠れやしない ぜんぜん ねむれ やしない = “I can’t sleep at all.” **Grammar Point** Adding やしない to the masu form of a verb makes that verb emphatically negative. The dictionary says this is a colloquial usage. 眼鏡を外す めがね を はずす = ”to take off one’s glasses.” ウサギが葉っぱを食べている [...]

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