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Usages of osieru
明日 先生 が 私たち に 新しい 漢字 を 教えます。asita sensei ga watasitati ni atarasii kanzi wo osiemasu.
Tomorrow the teacher will teach us new kanji.
先生 は 学生 に 日本語 を 教えます。sensei ha gakusei ni nihongo wo osiemasu.
The teacher teaches Japanese to students.
その 教室 で 日本語 を 教える つもり です。sono kyousitu de nihongo wo osieru tumori desu.
I plan to teach Japanese in that classroom.
私 は 先生 として 学生 に 日本語 を 教えます。watasi ha sensei tosite gakusei ni nihongo wo osiemasu.
As a teacher, I teach Japanese to students.
先週 は 初めて 妹 に 料理 を 教えた。 妹 は すぐ 上手 に なった。sensyuu ha hazimete imouto ni ryouri wo osieta. imouto ha sugu zyouzu ni natta.
Last week I taught my younger sister to cook for the first time. She got good quickly.
その 画家 は 才能 が ある だけ で なく、 子供たち に 絵 を 教える 訓練 も 受けて いる そう です。sono gaka ha sainou ga aru dake de naku, kodomotati ni e wo osieru kunren mo ukete iru sou desu.
I hear that that painter not only has talent, but has also received training in teaching art to children.
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