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This lesson covers the sentence pattern "te-imasu". With this sentence, you will be able to express the current action in progress.

Notes:

ほんをよみます。　／　[I] Read a book.
ほんをよんでいます。　／　[I] am reading a book.
ほんをよみました。　／　[I] have read a book.

ジュースをのみます。　／　[I] drink juice.
ジュースをのんでいます。　／　[I] am drinking juice.
ジュースをのみました。　／　[I] drank juice.

ケーキをたべます。　／　[I] eat cake.
ケーキをたべています。　／　[I] am eating a cake.
ケーキをたべました。　／　[I] ate a cake.

ブラウンさんはなにをしていますか？　／　What is Brown doing?
ばんごはをつくります。　／　[Brown] makes dinner.
ばんごはんをつくっています。　／　[Brown] is making dinner.
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
でんわをします。　／　[Brown] makes a telephone call.
でんわをしています。　／　[Brown] is making a telephone call.
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
えいがをみます。　／　[Brown] watches a film.
えいがをみています。　／　[Brown] is watching a film.
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
そうじをします。　／　[Brown] cleans [the room].
そうじをしています。　／　[Brown] is cleaning [the room].
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
ギターをひきます。　／　[Brown] plays the guitar.
ギターをひいてます。　／　[Brown] is playing the guitar.
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
シーディーをききます。　／　[Brown] listens to a CD.
シーディーをきいています。　／　[Brown] is listening to a CD.
なにをしていますか？　／　What [is Brown] doing?
ねます。　／　[Brown] sleeps.
ねています。　／　[Brown] is sleeping.

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1. Introduction to Japanese
2. Counting Numbers 1 - 100
3. Days of the Week and Days of the Month
4. Going to a Destination
5. 4 Verbs (Nomimasu, Tabemasu, Mimasu, Kikimasu)
6. To do (verb)
7. To Give & To Receive
8. Family Members
9. Telling Time
10. Particles
11. Interrogatives and Counters
12. Interrogatives
13. Locations
14. To like, To understand, To be good at
15. Adjectives
16. Invitations
17. Te-form conjugation
18. Te-form: Sentence Connection
19. Te-form: Te Kudasai
20. Te-form: Te mo ii desu ka
21. Te-Imasu
22. Nai-Form
23. Nai-de Kudasai
24. Nakereba Narimasen

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