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先せん生せいsensei
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sensei
From Lesson 166:Linking adjectives together·Japanese
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Usages of sensei

彼かの女じょ　は　お父とうさん　が　先せん生せい　です。kanozyo ha otousan ga sensei desu.
Her father is a teacher.
日に本ほん人じんで、　日に本ほん語ご　の　先せん生せい　です。nihonzinde, nihongo no sensei desu.
(He) is Japanese, and is a Japanese language teacher.
彼かの女じょ　は　先せん生せい　です。kanozyo ha sensei desu.
She is a teacher.
彼かの女じょ　が　先せん生せい　です。kanozyo ga sensei desu.
She is the teacher.
山やま田だ　先せん生せい　は　短みじかい　スカート　が　好すき　だ。yamada sensei ha mizikai sukaato ga suki da.
(Teacher) Yamada likes short skirts.
先せん生せい　は　来らい週しゅう　彼かの女じょ　を　見み　に　行いく　つもり。sensei ha raisyuu kanozyo wo mi ni iku tumori.
The teacher is planning to visit her next week.
ちょっと　待まって　ください。　先せん生せい　は　まだ　来きて　いません。tyotto matte kudasai. sensei ha mada kite imasen.
Please wait a minute. The teacher hasn’t come yet.
あの　先せん生せい　の　授じゅ業ぎょう　は　難むずかしい　です。　宿しゅく題だい　は　日に本ほん語ご　で　書かかない　と　いけない。ano sensei no zyugyou ha muzukasii desu. syukudai ha nihongo de kakanai to ikenai.
That teacher’s class is hard. The homework has to be written in Japanese.
彼かの女じょ　は　大だい学がく　の　先せん生せい　です。kanozyo ha daigaku no sensei desu.
She is a university teacher.
先せん生せい　に　質しつ問もんする　つもり　です。sensei ni situmonsuru tumori desu.
I intend to ask the teacher a question.
あなた　は　先せん生せい　でしょう　か？anata ha sensei desyou ka?
Might you be a teacher?
彼かれ　の　母はは親おや　は　先せん生せい　です。kare no hahaoya ha sensei desu.
His mother is a teacher.
先せん生せい　は　生せい徒と　の　質しつ問もん　に　答こたえました。sensei ha seito no situmon ni kotaemasita.
The teacher answered the student's question.
先せん生せい　に　宿しゅく題だい　を　渡わたします。sensei ni syukudai wo watasimasu.
I will hand over my homework to the teacher.
先せん生せい　は　とても　温あたたかい　人ひと　です。sensei ha totemo atatakai hito desu.
The teacher is a very warm person.
先せん生せい　なら、　教おしえて　ください。sensei nara, osiete kudasai.
If you are a teacher, please teach (me).
先せん生せい　が　学がく生せい　を　褒ほめた。sensei ga gakusei wo hometa.
The teacher praised the student.
学がく生せい　は　先せん生せい　に　褒ほめられた。gakusei ha sensei ni homerareta.
The student was praised by the teacher.
この　仕し事ごと　は　先せん生せい　に　されました。kono sigoto ha sensei ni saremasita.
This work was done by the teacher.
先せん生せい　に　プレゼント　を　差さし上あげました。sensei ni purezento wo sasiagemasita.
I gave a present to the teacher.
先せん生せい　に　ご意い見けん　を　伺うかがいたい　です。sensei ni goiken wo ukagaitai desu.
I would like to ask for your opinion, teacher.

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