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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 14 MIN

142 [✐2] imasu, sumimasu, sundeimasu

from Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing · host Japanese Swotter

"Nihon wa mou nagain desuka?" ---How would you reply? [✐2. Andante] います、すみます、すんでいます“Have you been in Japan long?”[00:08]Hello, everyone. How are you doing?Where are you living now? If you are in Japan, then you say;“Nihon ni sunde imasu.”, not “Nihon ni sumimsu.” All right?Note: “sundeimasu“ indicates an action that is ongoing.Repeat after me[00:26]1. Where do you live?2. I live in Kobe.3. Where do you live now?4. I live in Sydney now.5. Where did you live before?6. I lived in Hiroshima   before.7. Where do you want to live?8. Well, I want to live in Kyoto.[01:55]Now, please answer as follows.Where do you live?Japan→ I live in Japan.Ready?[02:07]1. Where do you live?Osaka→ I live in Osaka2. Where do you live?New   York→ I live in New York3. Where do you live now?Saitama→ I live in Ssaitama now.4. Where do you live ?Hongkong→ I live in Hongkong5. Where do you live?Kobe→ It’s Kobe.or→ I live in Kobe.[03:43]Now, you got a call from a friend.“Where are you?”Let’s answer as follows.Where are you now?In front of the station→ I’m in front of the station.OK?=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=「にほんは もう ながいんですか」[00:08]みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。みなさんは、いま、どこにすんでいますか。にほんですか。それなら、「にほんに すんでいます。」といいます。「にほんに すみます。」では ありませんよ。OKですね。Note: “すんでいます“ indicates an action that is ongoing.Repeat after me[00:26]1. どこに すんでいますか。2. こうべに すんでいます。3. いま、どこに すんでいますか。4. いま、シドニーに すんでいます。5. まえは、どこに すんでいましたか。6. まえは、ひろしまにすんでいました。7. どこに すみたいですか。8. そうですね、きょうとに すみたいです。[01:55]では つぎのように こたえてください。どこに すんでいますか。にほん→ にほんにすんでいます。いいですか。[02:07]1. どこに すんで いますか。おおさか→ おおさかに すんでいます。2. どこに すんでいますか。ニューヨーク→ ニューヨークに すんでいます。3. いま、どこに すんで いますか。さいたま→ いま さいたまに すんでいます。4. どこに すんでいるんですか。ほんこん→ ほんこんに すんでいます。5. おすまいは?こうべ→ こうべ です。または→ こうべに すんでいます。[03:43]さて、ともだちからでんわがきました。「いま、どこに いますか。」つぎのようにこたえましょう。いま、どこにいますか。えき(の)まえ→ えき(の)まえにいます。いいですか。[04:00]Support the show=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=Need more translation & transcript? Become a patron: More episodes with full translation and Japanese transcripts. Members-only podcast feed for your smartphone app. Japanese Swotter on PatreonNote: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese. 

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"Nihon wa mou nagain desuka?" ---How would you reply? [✐2. Andante] います、すみます、すんでいます “Have you been in Japan long?” [00:08] Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Where are you living now? If you are in Japan, then you say; “Nihon ni sunde imasu.”, not “Nihon ni sumimsu.” All right? Note: “sundeimasu“ indicates an action that is ongoing. Repeat after me [00:26] 1. Where do you live? 2. I live in Kobe. 3. Where do you live now? 4. I live in Sydney now. 5. Where did you live before? 6. I live...

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