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? asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 3 years ago

Basic Japanese help?

If I want to say ''Adam's dog'' would it just be Adam no inu? Do you not need to add the desu to the end?

Sorry about the romaji I don't have a Japanese keyboard :p

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  • 3 years ago

    "adam no inu" isn't a complete sentence in Japanese, so you'd have to add a verb to it, such as "desu."

    "adam no inu desu" could mean 'this/that is Adam's dog" (depends on the context.)

    Or you can use it as a subject:

    "adam no inu ha ookii desu." "Adam's dog is big."

    This is for formal/polite Japanese.

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