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Kodomo wa mō nete imasu.
The children are already asleep.
Chichi wa shutchō de ima Sendai ni itte imasu.
My father has gone to Sendai for a business trip.
Hayashi-san wa Ōsaka ni sunde imasu.
Mr. Hayashi lives in Osaka.
Maiku-san wa mada kite imasen yo.
Mike has not come yet.
Remember that with the construction GERUND + iru, the
subject can be either a living being or an inanimate object.
With iru all by itself, the subject is ordinarily limited to a
living being. Here are more examples.
Go-han wa mō dekite imasu.
The meal is already ready.
Sora ga harete imasu ne.
The sky is clear, isn’t it?
