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(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/378 |
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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III |
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| Grammar I - 07.02 |
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| かみ が ながい です kami ga nagai desu |
Hair is long |
| To describe someone who has long hair one could say: | |
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トム さん の かみ は ながい です。 |
Tom's hair is long. |
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tomu san no kami wa nagai desu. |
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| However, it is more natural in Japanese to say: | |
| トム さん は かみ が ながい です。 | Tom has long hair (or As for Tom, he has long hair.) |
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tomu san wa, kami ga nagai desu. |
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| This not only applies to hair length, but to most descriptions of a person's physical attributes. | |
| A さん は [physical attribute] が [description of attribute] | Person A has a body part which is... |
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Some idiomatic definitions: |
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| 背が高い | is tall |
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se ga takai |
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| 背が低い | is short |
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se ga hikui |
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| 頭がいい | is bright (smart, "head good") |
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atama ga ii |