polite and clear
... する の です = ... SURU NO DESU
= "As a matter of fact, ... (somebody) is doing"
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shortened
... する ん です = ... SURU N DESU
... する ん だ = ... SURU N DA
... す ん だ = ... SU N DA
... す ん じゃ = ... SU N DJA
The shorter, the less polite!
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polite and clear
なん です か= NAN DESU KA
= "What is this?"
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shortened
なん す か= NAN SU KA
= "What´s this?"
なん か= NAN KA
= "Huh ... What´s that?"
なん じゃ = NAN DJA
= "Whazthat? Wazzup?"
The shorter, the less polite!
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polite and clear
Oft wird しまう SHIMAU = "to finish, do to the end"
connected to a て TE or で DE gerund form:
読 んでしまう
YO-NDE-SHIMAU = "(I) read to the end, (I) read through"
The past tense of this is
読 んでしまった
YO-NDE-SHIMATTA = "(I) read to the end"
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shortened
てしまう TE-SHIMAU = "to finish" itself is often shortened:
to じゃう DJAU:
読 んじゃう
YO-N-DJAU = "to read to the end"
The past tense of this is
読 んじゃった
YO-N-DJATTA = "I finished (the book)"
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