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les aspects de « desu »

English translation: "desu" use cases

05:23 Jun 19, 2018
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French term or phrase: les aspects de « desu »
Présentation de module pour apprendre le japonais:

initier les élèves aux règles de la grammaire japonaise - les particules, les adverbes interrogatifs, l'impératif poli, les aspects du verbe, la conjugaison des verbes, verbe forme-te, l'aspect duratif, la forme suspensive des verbes, les aspects de « desu ».
Andrea McGibney
France
Local time: 15:40
English translation:"desu" use cases
Explanation:
En japonais, desu signifie (entre autre) "être" et est utilisé dans de nombreuses expressions.
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Alex Grimaldi
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3 +2"desu" use cases
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"desu" use cases


Explanation:
En japonais, desu signifie (entre autre) "être" et est utilisé dans de nombreuses expressions.

Alex Grimaldi
France
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ItalianItalian
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agree  Odette Grille (X): Mais desu (prononcer dèss') est un mot un peu particulier ; il est souvent traduit à tort par le verbe être, ce qui pousse les débutants à la faute https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japonais/Grammaire/です
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agree  philgoddard: Hai. So desu.
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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The usages of "desu"


Explanation:
Voici une autre suggestion. Je trouve le mot 'usage' plus idiomatique.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Proper Usage of “Desu”

    https://aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/desu-usage-and-meaning/pLtQ_uRZEXVgGxK8dZWgYqBjKDx4vj
    Reference: http://yabai.com/p/2512
Raquel Holzmann (X)
Australia
Local time: 23:40
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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