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#1Japanese by Eggplantsauce
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オーストラリア大陸には、多数の有袋類の仲間がすんでいて、世界でここだけにしかいない動物が多い。

Oosutoraria tairiku=ni=wa, tasuu=no yuutairui=no nakama=ga sundeite, sekai=de koko=dake=ni=shika inai doubutsu=ga ooi.

On the Australian continent, there are lots of members of the marsupial family, and there are numerous animals that aren't found anywhere else in the world.

Vocabulary

  • オーストラリア Oosutoraria - n. Australia
  • に ni - prt. locative
  • は wa - prt. topic
  • 大陸 tairiku - n. continent
  • 多数 tasuu - n. adj. great number, majority
  • の no - prt. genitive
  • 有袋類 yuutairui - n. marsupial
  • 仲間 nakama - n. member of the same category
  • が ga - prt. nominative
  • すむ sumu - v. to live
  • いる iru - 1. v. to be, to exist (animate objects) 2. v. (when attached to 〜て ~te form) continuous aspect
  • 世界 sekai - n. world
  • で de - prt. locative
  • ここ koko - prn. here
  • だけ dake - prt. only
  • しか shika - prt. (when combined with a negative) only
  • 動物 doubutsu - n. animal
  • 多い ooi - [adjectival verb] (to be) many, numerous

Grammar

Head-final.
SOV word order.
Modifiers go before nouns.
Dependent clauses act as direct
noun modifiers and thus also go before nouns.
Verbs that end in 〜む ~mu is conjugated 〜んで ~nde for the 〜て ~te form.
The verb いる iru is conjugated いて ite for the 〜て ~te form.
The verb いる iru is conjugated いない inai for the negative form.
〜て ~te form can be used to link two sentences together like "and”