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  3. /jon wa nihon de karate o naratte imashita.

jon wa nihon de karate o naratte imashita.

ジョン は 日に本ほん で 空から手て を 習ならって いました。jon wa nihon de karate o naratte imashita.
Jon was learning Karate in Japan
jon wa nihon de karate o naratte imashita.
From Lesson 165:The present continuous and past continuous·Japanese

Breakdown of jon wa nihon de karate o naratte imashita.

はwa
topic particle
日に本ほんnihon
Japan
をo
direct object particle
でde
location particle (for events and actions)
ジョンjon
John
習ならうnarau
learn

Learning through practice and repetition, often with a teacher or in a formal setting.

空から手てkarate
karate
〜て いる〜te iru
grammar for indicating an ongoing state or action

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