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Usages of asobu
外 で 遊んで ください。soto de asonde kudasai.
Please play outside.
チンパンジー は 木 の 上 で 遊ぶの が 好き です。tinpanzii ha ki no ue de asobuno ga suki desu.
Chimpanzees like to play on trees.
外 で 遊んじゃ いけない。soto de asonzya ikenai.
You're not allowed to play outside.
伯父 は 子供たち と 公園 で 遊びます。ozi ha kodomotati to kouen de asobimasu.
My uncle plays with the kids in the park.
私たち は 森 で 弓 を 使って 遊びました。watasitati ha mori de yumi wo tukatte asobimasita.
We played with bows in the forest.
子供達 は 公園 で 遊んで います。kodomotati ha kouen de asonde imasu.
The children are playing in the park.
寒く なければ、 外 で 遊びます。samuku nakereba, soto de asobimasu.
If it's not cold, I'll play outside.
子供 の 頃 は、 毎日 公園 で 遊んで いました。kodomo no koro ha, mainiti kouen de asonde imasita.
When I was a child, I used to play in the park every day.
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