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  2. /The Plain Form I: Present Tense Affirmative
  3. /okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.

okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.

お母かあさん は 新しん聞ぶん を 読よんで いる。okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.
(Your) mother is reading the newspaper.
okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.
From Lesson 186:The Plain Form I: Present Tense Affirmative·Japanese

Breakdown of okaasan wa shinbun o yonde iru.

はwa
topic particle
いるiru
to exist; to stay; to have (used for living beings)
をo
direct object particle
読よむyomu
to read
お母かあさんokaasan
mother polite
新しん聞ぶんshinbun
newspaper

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