sensei

Usages of sensei

かのじょ は おとうさん が せんせい です。kanojo wa otousan ga sensei desu.
Her father is a teacher.
ほんじんで、 ほん の せんせい です。nihonjinde, nihongo no sensei desu.
(He) is Japanese, and is a Japanese language teacher.
かのじょ は せんせい です。kanojo wa sensei desu.
She is a teacher.
かのじょ が せんせい です。kanojo ga sensei desu.
She is the teacher.
やま せんせい は みじかい スカート が き だ。yamada sensei wa mijikai sukaato ga suki da.
(Teacher) Yamada likes short skirts.
せんせい は らいしゅう かのじょ を  に く つもり。sensei wa raishuu kanojo o mi ni iku tsumori.
The teacher is planning to visit her next week.
ちょっと って ください。 せんせい は まだ て いません。chotto matte kudasai. sensei wa mada kite imasen.
Please wait a minute. The teacher hasn’t come yet.
あの せんせい の じゅぎょう は むずかしい です。 宿しゅくだい は ほん で かない と いけない。ano sensei no jugyou wa muzukashii desu. shukudai wa nihongo de kakanai to ikenai.
That teacher’s class is hard. The homework has to be written in Japanese.
かのじょ は だいがく の せんせい です。kanojo wa daigaku no sensei desu.
She is a university teacher.
せんせい に しつもんする つもり です。sensei ni shitsumonsuru tsumori desu.
I intend to ask the teacher a question.
あなた は せんせい でしょう か?anata wa sensei deshou ka?
Might you be a teacher?
かれ の ははおや は せんせい です。kare no hahaoya wa sensei desu.
His mother is a teacher.
せんせい は せい の しつもん に こたえました。sensei wa seito no shitsumon ni kotaemashita.
The teacher answered the student's question.
せんせい に 宿しゅくだい を わたします。sensei ni shukudai o watashimasu.
I will hand over my homework to the teacher.
せんせい は とても あたたかい ひと です。sensei wa totemo atatakai hito desu.
The teacher is a very warm person.
せんせい なら、 おしえて ください。sensei nara, oshiete kudasai.
If you are a teacher, please teach (me).
せんせい が がくせい を めた。sensei ga gakusei o hometa.
The teacher praised the student.
がくせい は せんせい に められた。gakusei wa sensei ni homerareta.
The student was praised by the teacher.
この ごと は せんせい に されました。kono shigoto wa sensei ni saremashita.
This work was done by the teacher.
せんせい に プレゼント を げました。sensei ni purezento o sashiagemashita.
I gave a present to the teacher.
せんせい に ごけん を うかがいたい です。sensei ni goiken o ukagaitai desu.
I would like to ask for your opinion, teacher.

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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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