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hanasu

話はなすhanasu
to speak
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Usages of hanasu

学がく生せい　は　日に本ほん語ご　を　話はなします。gakusei wa nihongo o hanashimasu.
The students speak Japanese.
私わたし　は　英えい語ご　を　話はなします。watashi wa eigo o hanashimasu.
I speak English.
日本語にほんご　で　話はなして　ください。nihongo de hanashite kudasai.
Please speak in Japanese.
外国人がいこくじん　は　英語えいご　を　話はなします。gaikokujin wa eigo o hanashimasu.
Foreigners speak English.
その　医者いしゃ　は　英語えいご　と　日本語にほんご　の　二ふたつ　の　言語げんご　を　話はなします。sono isha wa eigo to nihongo no futatsu no gengo o hanashimasu.
That doctor speaks two languages, English and Japanese.
ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
Please speak slowly.
先生せんせい　は　学生がくせい　に　毎日まいにち　日本語にほんご　を　話はなさせる。sensei wa gakusei ni mainichi nihongo o hanasaseru.
The teacher makes the students speak Japanese every day.
私わたし　は　日本語にほんご　を　上手じょうず　に　話はなします。watashi wa nihongo o jouzu ni hanashimasu.
I speak Japanese well.
私わたし　は　次つぎ　の　会議かいぎ　で　短みじかく　話はなします。watashi wa tsugi no kaigi de mijikaku hanashimasu.
I will speak briefly at the next meeting.
もう　一度いちど　ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。mou ichido yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
Please speak slowly once more.
上司じょうし　は　部下ぶか　に、　まず　ゆっくり　話はなす　よう　に　言いって　くれました。joushi wa buka ni, mazu yukkuri hanasu you ni itte kuremashita.
My boss kindly told his subordinate to speak slowly at first.
もう少すこし　ゆっくり　話はなして　ください。mousukoshi yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
Please speak a little more slowly.
日本語にほんご　の　文法ぶんぽう　が　分わかって　くる　と、　日本語にほんご　で　話はなすの　が　ますます　楽たのしく　なります。nihongo no bunpou ga wakatte kuru to, nihongo de hanasuno ga masumasu tanoshiku narimasu.
As you come to understand Japanese grammar, speaking in Japanese becomes more and more fun.
図書館としょかん　で　静しずか　に　話はなして　ください。toshokan de shizuka ni hanashite kudasai.
Please speak quietly in the library.
大勢おおぜい　の　前まえ　で　話はなす　とき、　私わたし　は　いつも　少すこし　緊張きんちょうします。oozei no mae de hanasu toki, watashi wa itsumo sukoshi kinchoushimasu.
When I speak in front of many people, I always get a bit nervous.
友達ともだち　と　日本語にほんご　で　話はなす　と、　相手あいて　の　考かんがえ方かた　を　少すこし　理解りかいするの　は　面白おもしろい　です。tomodachi to nihongo de hanasu to, aite no kangaekata o sukoshi rikaisuruno wa omoshiroi desu.
When I talk in Japanese with a friend, it is interesting to understand a bit of the other person’s way of thinking.
練習れんしゅう相手あいて　が　いれば、　ニュース　の　記事きじ　とか　ドラマ　の　台詞せりふ　とか　を　真似まねして　話はなす　練習れんしゅう　が　できて、　発音はつおん　も　上達じょうたつします。renshuuaite ga ireba, nyuusu no kiji toka dorama no serifu toka o maneshite hanasu renshuu ga dekite, hatsuon mo joutatsushimasu.
If you have a practice partner, you can practice speaking by imitating news articles, drama lines, and so on, and your pronunciation also improves.
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