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みずうみ
湖
は
はくちょう
白鳥
が
なんわ
何羽
か
およ
泳
いでいて
うつく
美
しかった。
The lake was beautiful with some swans swimming on it.
Grammar and points of interest
particle か particle か
 
embedded / indirect questions
湖は白鳥が何羽か泳いでいて美しかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  泳いでいて is the te form of the progressive form of 'gu' godan verb 泳ぐ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  美しかった is the past form of 'i' adjective 美しい   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
み ず う み 3
noun
lake
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は く ち ょ う 0
noun
1. swan (Cygnus spp.)
2. white-feathered bird
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お よ ぐ 2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
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Kanji
湖
コ   みずうみ lake   
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胡
コ   ゴ   ウ   foreign   あぐ    
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
氵
スイ   みず water   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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丂
reach
灬
fire
何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
羽
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
泳
エイ   およぐ swim   
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永
エイ   long time   ながい long (time)   
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冫
ice   
水
スイ   みず water   
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
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