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せいふ
政府
が
われわれ
我々
のものであって、
われわれ
我々
が
せいふ
政府
のものではない。
Our governments belong to us, not us to them.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
政府が我々のものであって、我々が政府のものではない。
Conjugations and inflections
  であって is the te form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
せ い ふ 1
noun
government; administration
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わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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Kanji
政
セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
攵
ぼく strike   
府
フ    borough   
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付
フ   つける to put in place, affix   つく to adhere to   
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寸
スン   inch
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
广
stony cliff
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
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