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50 . 11. Anata no nina ni yamagara ga si wa orimasu. 12. Konchō watakusi wa suzume wo zu niwa mimasita.

1. In your garden there are three sparrows. 2. In your pond there is a fish. 3. Have you seen my dog? 4. We have seen your cat. 5. Have you three brothers? 6. I have three daughters. 7. We have three horses. 8. Have you many (takusan) houses? 9. We have three houses. 10. My brother has a wild duck. 11. In your garden there are many birds. 12. We have seen three bullfinches this morning. 13. You have seen my garden. 14. In your pond there are three fishes.

De means ‘in’ when it is placed before aimasu or mimasu, meet, or see. Watakusi wa kono okata ni matti de aimasita, I met with this person in the street.

When ‘to see,’ or ‘meet,’ is used, de must be put after doko; thus, Doko de anata wa kono hito ni aimasita ka? Where have you met with him?

When ‘to live,’ or ‘to be,’ is used, ni must be put after doko; thus, anata wa doko ni orimasu ka, Where do you live?