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Because I took many days off due to sickness

last year, I could not take vacation.

去年は病気でたくさん休んだから，休暇をとることが
できませんでした。

Kyonen wa byōki de takusan yasunda kara, kyūka o toru

koto ga dekimasen deshita.
I took many days off due to sickness last year,
so I could not take vacation.

As in the case of n(o) desu discussed in this lesson, the

plain imperfect copula appears in the form na when followed

by no de. Here are some additional examples:

私はパートなので週に３日しか働きません。

Watashi wa pāto na no de, shū ni mikka shika
hatarakimasen.
Because I’m a part-time employee, I work only

three days per week.

あの人はきれいなのでモデルにもなれるでしょう。

Ano hito wa kirei na no de moderu ni mo nareru deshō.
That person is pretty, so she can also be a
model.

来月から働くのでスーツを買わなくてはいけません。
Raigetsu kara hataraku no de sūtsu o kawanakute wa

ikemasen.
Because I’ll start working beginning next month,
I need to buy a suit.

ここは禁煙なのでおタバコはご遠慮願います。
Koko wa kin’en na no de otabako wa goenryo negaimasu.