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Learn Japanese: sensei - teacher

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/Linking adjectives together
/sensei

sensei

Word

先せん生せいsensei

Meaning

teacher

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Linking adjectives together

Breakdown of sensei

Your life depends on one cow, who gives you milk every day. Better take good care of it!

You see a cow on human legs. It looks like your previous girlfriend.

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.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

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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