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What do the words 'anata' and 'motte' mean? For example: anata wa kiiro no hon o motte imasu. watashi wa kiiro no hon o motte imasu. I feel like the first sentence this means 'to give', and the second one indicates 'to have' but I'm not sure.
June 14, 2014
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