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Usages of okaasan
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.
彼女 は 自分 の お母さん が 門 を 開けた と 言いました。kanojo wa jibun no okaasan ga mon o aketa to iimashita.
She said her mother opened the gate.
お母さん が 来ないの が 分かりました。okaasan ga konaino ga wakarimashita.
I understood that your mother wouldn't come.
お母さん の 名前 を 覚えるの は 難しい。okaasan no namae o oboeruno wa muzukashii.
It is difficult to remember (your) mother's name.
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