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X ใฏ Y ใงใ™

XใฏYใงใ™

The most fundamental Japanese sentence pattern. Use this to identify things, describe what something is, or introduce yourself.

X ใฏ Y ใงใ™

X is Y

Formation: [Noun X] ใฏ [Noun Y] ใงใ™

This is the basic 'A is B' sentence structure

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X ใฏ Y ใ˜ใ‚ƒใชใ„ใงใ™

X is not Y

Formation: [Noun X] ใฏ [Noun Y] ใ˜ใ‚ƒใชใ„ใงใ™

ใ˜ใ‚ƒใชใ„ใงใ™ is casual negative, ใ˜ใ‚ƒใ‚ใ‚Šใพใ›ใ‚“ is more formal

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