School: I have been studying Japanese since Year 7.

Basic sentence
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On this page, you can learn how to express how long you have been doing something in Japanese.

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Key Sentence

First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio

I have been studying Japanese since Year 7.
wa ta shi wa chu u ga ku i chi ne n se iからni ho n go wo be n kyo u shi te i ma su
中学一年生から日本語勉強しています
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One by one

  • 私 → I
  • は → no meaning
  • 中学一年生(ちゅう・がく・いち・ねん・せい) → Year 7
  • から → since
  • 日本語(に・ほん・ご) → Japanese
  • を → no meaning
  • 勉強しています(べん・きょう・しています) → have been studying
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Vocabulary

【Japanese Vocabulary】Schools and Year Levels
You can learn Japanese words for primary school, high school, university, grade 1, year 7, year 12 and so on.
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Grammar

【Japanese grammar】verb て form + います (imasu) = has/have been + verb-ing
Let's learn how to say those sentences in Japanese: I have been playing golf since last year. My father has been talking on the phone since 5 o'clock. My older sister has been cooking since yesterday.
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Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

  • I have been learning Karate since Year 8.
  • My older brother has been studying law since Year 11.

Task 2: Change into English.

  • 私は中学三年生から英語を勉強しています。
  • 母は六時からそのテレビ番ぐみを見ています。

Kanji

Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.

Answer

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