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あなたルーシー
にほんご
日本語
はな
ことができるかどうか
っています

Do you know whether or not Lucy can speak Japanese?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
ルーシー   Lucie/Lucy/Rusie   (unclassified name)  
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Words
2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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0
1. Japanese (language)  (see also: 国語)
noun
2. Japanese as a second language  (esp. as a school or university subject; this meaning is restricted to reading にほんご)
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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expression
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
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0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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Kanji
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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