Practice talking about what someone is doing
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| Do you know how to talk about what someone is doing in Japanese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to talk about what someone is doing. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| めぐみさん､ 先週､ おたんじょうびでしたよね｡ かんぱいしましょう！今､ 何をのんでいますか｡ |
| Megumi-san, senshū, o-tanjōbi deshita yo ne. Kanpai shimashō! Ima, nani o nonde imasu ka. |
| Megumi, last week was your birthday, right? Let's make a toast! What are you drinking now? |
| ワインをのんでいます｡ |
| Wain o nonde imasu. |
| I'm drinking wine. |
| In this second sentence, the character says のんでいます (nonde imasu). There are many different types of て conjugations for verbs, depending on the last syllable of the verb and the class of the verb. |
| Let’s practice with this grammar more in this lesson. |
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