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1. Watakusi domo no segare ga sono shomotu wo motteimasita. 2. Anatagata no tomodati wa kiodai wo motteimasita. 3. Watakusi wa segare wo motteimasu. 4. Anatagata no musume wa kono shomotu wo motteimasita ka. 5. Watakusi domo no kiodai ga sono ōkina shomotu wo motteimasita. 6. Anatagata no niwa wa ōkiwu gozarimasu ka. 7. Watakusi domo no niwa wa ōkiwu gozarimasu. 8. Anata no niwa wa tiesō gozarimasu.

1. Your garden is large. 2. Your garden is small. 3. Our garden is small. 4. Have your brothers a garden? 5. My brothers have a garden. 6. Have our sons a large book? 7. Our daughter has a small book.

Either of these words is used instead of are or kare.

De is put after nouns which are placed immediately before Gozarimasu.

1. Kono hito ga sono shomotu wo motteimasu. 2. Sono okata wa tiesai shomotu wo motteimasu. 3. Sono hito wa