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  3. /eki no soba ni sunde imasu.

eki no soba ni sunde imasu.

駅えき の そば に 住すんで います。eki no soba ni sunde imasu.
I live near the station.
From Lesson 362:Vocabulary expansion 45·Japanese

Breakdown of eki no soba ni sunde imasu.

のno
possessive case particle
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
住すむsumu
to live in, to reside
駅えきeki
station
〜て いる〜te iru
grammar for indicating an ongoing state or action
側そばsoba
near; beside

側そば is usually written using kana alone as そば, and indicates proximity or nearness to something or someone, without specifying a particular side.

側がわ specifies a particular side or aspect of something. Often used with direction words to indicate specific sides, such as right, left, this side, that side, etc.

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