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Eigo wo hanashimashita	(You, I, He) spoke English.
Eigo wo hanashite imasu	(You, I, He) are (am, is) speaking English.
Eigo wo hanashinasai	Speak English
Eigo wo hanashimasendeshita	(You, I, He) did not speak English.
Eigo wo hanashimasu ka	Do you (Does he) speak English?
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Nippongo de kakimasu	I write in Japanese.
Nippongo de kakimasen	I do not write in Japanese.
Nippongo de kakimashita	I wrote in Japanese.
Nippongo de kaite imasu	I am writing in Japanese.
Nippongo de kakinasai	Write in Japanese.
Nippongo de kakimasendeshita	I did not write in Japanese.
Nippongo de kakimasu ka	Do you write in Japanese?
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Kore wo tabemasu	I eat this.[1]
Kore wo tabemasen	I do not eat this.
Kore wo tabemashita	I ate this.
Kore wo tabete imasu	I am eating this.
Kore wo tabenasai	Eat this.
Kore wo tabemasendeshita	I did not eat this.
Kore wo tabemasu ka	Do (Will) you eat this?
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Kore ga wakarimasu ka	Do you understand this?
Kore wo kakimashita ka	Did you write this?
Anohito wo shitte imasu ka[2]	Do you know him?
Naze nomimasen ka	Why don’t you drink?
Are wa nan deshita ka	What was that?
Kore wo yominasai	Read this.
Eigo de kakinasai	Write in English.
Naze kakimasendeshita ka	Why didn’t you write?
Wakarimasen	I do not understand.
Nonde imasu	I am drinking.
Nani wo tabete imasu ka	What are you eating?
Tabemashita	I ate.

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1. Hereafter the translation has been done only in one person.
2. This verb is always expressed by the progressive form; shitte imasu (I know); shitte imashita (I knew), instead of shirimasu and shirimashita.