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Learn Japanese: toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu. - The library is near the school.

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/toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

Word

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.

Meaning

The library is near the school.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

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Vocabulary expansion 45

Breakdown of toshokan wa gakkou no soba ni arimasu.

possessive case particle

to exist; to have; (used for non-living entities)

at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

学がっ校こうgakkou

図と書しょ館かんtoshokan

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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