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Formal to Informal One of the hardest things for me is to go from formal Japanese to informal For example いいですね じゃあ、私も行きます Would I just remove ですand changed the 行きますto いく What about something harder? 私はキッサテンに本を読みに行きます Would I change the読みto読む? うどんをつくるのが下手だと思います Would I change思いto思う?
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