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話す
はなす - hanasu



talk
talk


Definitions

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話す
     1. v. to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse
           話していい? - Can I talk to you about something?
     2. v. to speak (a language)
           アイスランドではアイスランド語を話します。 - They speak Icelandic in Iceland.

Example Sentences

「教授は何について話していました?」と学生はたずねた。
    "What did the professor talk about?" the student asked.
あなたが私に代わってそのことについて話してくれるとはご親切に。
    It is kind of you to talk about it for me.
あなたとじかに会ってじっくり話したいことがあるのです。
    I have something to talk over with you, face to face.
あなたはそんな大声で話す必要はない。
    You don't have to talk so loud.
あなたはなぜ彼のことをまるで老人であるかのように話すのか。
    Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man.



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