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  3. /toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

図と書しょ館かん は 学がっ校こう の そば に あります。toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.
The library is near the school.

Breakdown of toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

はwa
topic particle
のno
possessive case particle
あるaru
to exist; to have; (used for non-living entities)
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
学がっ校こうgakkou
school
図と書しょ館かんtoshokan
library
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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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasitaHepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita
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