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Learn Japanese: sumu - to live in, to reside

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sumu

to live in, to reside

sumu

Breakdown & Usages Conjugations

Breakdown of sumu

A person's master determines where he resides.

Usages of sumu

ドイツ　の　北きた　に　ある　小ちいさい　町まち　に　住すんで　いる。doitu no kita ni aru tiisai mati ni sunde iru.

(I) live in a small town in the north of Germany.

ロシア　の　東ひがし　に　ある　村むら　に　住すんで　いる。rosia no higasi ni aru mura ni sunde iru.

(He) lives in a village in the east of Russia.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

彼かの女じょ　は　一ひと人り　で　アパート　に　住すんで　いる。kanozyo ha hitori de apaato ni sunde iru.

She lives alone in an apartment.

Sentence from tatoeba

アジア　に　は　住すんで　いません。　ヨーロッパ　に　は　住すんで　います　よ。azia ni ha sunde imasen. yooroppa ni ha sunde imasu yo.

I don't live in Asia. I live in Europe.

あの　グレー　の　建たて物もの　に　住すんで　いる。ano guree no tatemono ni sunde iru.

(I) live in that gray building.

人じん口こう　が　少すくない　都と市し　に　住すみたい　です。zinkou ga sukunai tosi ni sumitai desu.

I want to live in a city with a small population.

妻つま　と　子こ供どもたち　と　一いっ緒しょ　に　住すんで　います。tuma to kodomotati to issyo ni sunde imasu.

(I) live together with my wife and children.

多おおく　の　動どう物ぶつ　が　この　森もり　に　住すんで　います。ooku no doubutu ga kono mori ni sunde imasu.

Many animals live in this forest.

彼かれ　の　祖そ父ふ　は　東とう京きょう　に　住すんで　いました。kare no sohu ha toukyou ni sunde imasita.

His grandfather lived in Tokyo.

この　鳥とり　は　日に本ほん　に　しか　住すんで　いません。kono tori ha nihon ni sika sunde imasen.

This bird only lives in Japan.

私わたしたち　は　美うつくしい　庭にわ　の　ある　家いえ　に　住すんで　います。watasitati ha utukusii niwa no aru ie ni sunde imasu.

We live in a house with a beautiful garden.

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.

彼かの女じょ　が　どこ　に　住すんで　いる　か　知しって　います　か？kanozyo ga doko ni sunde iru ka sitte imasu ka?

Do you know where she lives?

駅えき　が　近ちかくて　便べん利り　で、　ここ　に　住すむこと　に　しました。eki ga tikakute benri de, koko ni sumukoto ni simasita.

The station is close and convenient, so I decided to live here.

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