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Usages of shinbun
お母さん は 新聞 を 読んで いる。okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.
(Your) mother is reading the newspaper.
そちら の 新聞、 読み 終えました か？sochira no shinbun, yomi oemashita ka?
Have you finished reading that newspaper?
父親 は 毎日 新聞 を 読みます。chichioya wa mainichi shinbun o yomimasu.
My father reads the newspaper every day.
今朝、 新聞 を 読んだ か。kesa, shinbun o yonda ka.
Did you read the newspaper this morning?
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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