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Learn Hardcore Japanese: sumu - to live

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 4
/sumu

sumu

Word

住すむsumu

Meaning

to live

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of sumu

先生せんせい　は　私わたし　が　どこ　に　住すんで　いる　か　知しって　います。sensei wa watashi ga doko ni sunde iru ka shitte imasu.

The teacher knows where I live.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

私わたしたち　は　駅えき　の　近ちかく　に　住すんで　います。watashitachi wa eki no chikaku ni sunde imasu.

We live near the station.

私わたし　の　部屋へや　の　隣となり　に　友達ともだち　が　住すんで　います。watashi no heya no tonari ni tomodachi ga sunde imasu.

My friend lives next to my room.

私わたし　は　寮りょう　に　住すんで　います。watashi wa ryou ni sunde imasu.

I live in a dormitory.

この　寮りょう　に　は　外国がいこく　から　来きた　留学生りゅうがくせい　が　たくさん　住すんで　います。kono ryou ni wa gaikoku kara kita ryuugakusei ga takusan sunde imasu.

Many international students from foreign countries live in this dorm.

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