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Breakdown of bokoku
country
国
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
mother
母
Usages of bokoku
私 の 母国 の 言葉 は スペイン語 です。watasi no bokoku no kotoba ha supeingo desu.
The language of my home country is Spanish.
彼女 は 母国 に 帰りたい。kanozyo ha bokoku ni kaeritai.
She wants to return to her homeland.
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“How do verb conjugations work in Japanese?”
Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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