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Exercises

I. Make each of the following sentences mean ‘I hear that…” or ‘They say that…’
by changing the predicate (underlined) to the appropriate plain form and adding

sō desu. Then make each one mean ‘It seems that’ by adding rashii desu.

1.
Mayumi-san no go-shujin wa Itaria-jin desu.

2.

Kinō Tōkyō de jishin ga arimashita.

3.
Kawamura-san wa ōkii ie ni sunde imasu.

4.

Kawamura-san wa kodomo ga arimasen.