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Learn Hardcore Japanese: inu - dog

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 1
/inu

inu

Word

犬いぬinu

Meaning

dog

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of inu

これ　は　犬いぬ　です。kore wa inu desu.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

犬いぬ　は　大おおきい　です。inu wa ookii desu.

The dog is big.

犬いぬ　は　水みず　を　飲のみます。inu wa mizu o nomimasu.

Dogs drink water.

私わたし　は　犬いぬ　が　好すき　です。watashi wa inu ga suki desu.

猫ねこ　より　犬いぬ　の　ほう　が　好すき　です。neko yori inu no hou ga suki desu.

I like dogs more than cats.

犬いぬ　は　とても　大おおきい　です。inu wa totemo ookii desu.

The dog is very big.

犬いぬ　の　耳みみ　は　大おおきい　です。inu no mimi wa ookii desu.

Dogs have big ears.

猫ねこ　は　犬いぬ　で　は　ない。neko wa inu de wa nai.

A cat is not a dog.

公園こうえん　に　犬いぬ　が　いる。kouen ni inu ga iru.

There is a dog in the park.

犬いぬ　の　頭あたま　は　小ちいさい　です。inu no atama wa chiisai desu.

The dog’s head is small.

犬いぬ　は　階段かいだん　を　上あがれる。inu wa kaidan o agareru.

Dogs can climb stairs.

私わたし　は　毎日まいにち　歩道ほどう　で　犬いぬ　と　一緒いっしょ　に　散歩さんぽします。watashi wa mainichi hodou de inu to issho ni sanposhimasu.

I walk with my dog on the sidewalk every day.

休日きゅうじつ　に　公園こうえん　で　犬いぬ　と　散歩さんぽします。kyuujitsu ni kouen de inu to sanposhimasu.

I walk my dog in the park on my day off.

犬いぬ　と　散歩さんぽする　と、　幸しあわせ　を　感かんじます。inu to sanposuru to, shiawase o kanjimasu.

I feel happy when I walk with my dog.

私わたし　は　大おおきな　公園こうえん　で　犬いぬ　と　一緒いっしょ　に　散歩さんぽします。watashi wa ookina kouen de inu to issho ni sanposhimasu.

I take a walk with my dog in a big park.

私わたし　の　家いえ　で　は　小ちいさい　犬いぬ　を　ペット　と　して　飼かって　いて、　毎日まいにち　一緒いっしょ　に　散歩さんぽします。watashi no ie de wa chiisai inu o petto to shite katte ite, mainichi issho ni sanposhimasu.

At my house we keep a small dog as a pet and take a walk together every day.

犬いぬ　は　公園こうえん　で　元気げんき　に　走はしります。inu wa kouen de genki ni hashirimasu.

The dog runs energetically in the park.

私わたし　の　犬いぬ　は　庭にわ　で　元気げんき　に　走はしります。watashi no inu wa niwa de genki ni hashirimasu.

My dog runs energetically in the yard.

私わたし　は　庭にわ　で　犬いぬ　と　一緒いっしょ　に　遊あそびます。watashi wa niwa de inu to issho ni asobimasu.

I play with my dog in the yard.

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