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.

to exist; to stay; to have (used for living beings)

direct object particle

お母かあさんokaasan

新しん聞ぶんshinbun

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