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inai / imasu
 

Question

dare ga imasu ka  //  imasta ka? who is/was there
dare ga iruno  //  itano [desuka] who is/was there
dareka iruno? dare ka itano? is/was someone there?
dochirasama desuka? Who ("is it") are you?

inai

dareka iru // ita someone is/was there.

inai

not here // no one here

 inakatta

wasn't there

hotondo inai hardly anyone there
kare shika inai no one there but him
 hitori shika inakatta no one but one person
hoka ni hitori shika inakatta only 1 additional person there
futari shika inakatta only (just) 2 people
2, 3 nin shika inakatta no one there but 2, 3 people
roku nin shika inakatta "only 5"  i.e. no one but 5.
daremo inakatta was not anyone there
kare ga inakatta she wasn't there.
JiTsu ... kare ga inakatta. Truth is, he wasn't there.
inai toittekure tell them - I/he is not here.
   
   
iru yo Here I am.  (a reply).
imashita There you are.
   
   
HAPPEN TO BE THERE  
居合わせる  // iawaseru  "happen to be there"
iawasete yokatta desu. "its good" I "was" there  
iawasenaide yakatta desu. "its good" I "wasn't" there  

 

iru

hitori de imasu there alone
futari dake imasu there were 2 people only.
atarashi seto ga futari imasu. there are two new students.
   
   
anata ga inakattara... If you were not here,.....
oya ga inakattara, .........  If my parents were not here....
   
inakatta node shiranai. Because I wasn't there, don't know.
   
kono natsu wa dokomo inakatta.  . This summer, I have not been anywhere
   
kanojyo ga inaito, ikite ikenai. "if she is not here, living is bad"
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

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