Japanese grammar shite imasu (しています) has various functions and you have already learned some of them in the basic lessons.
For example, you have learned about Progress Action, Habitual Action and Occupation in basic lesson 22. You also learned about State Continuation in basic lesson 29.
In this lesson, you will learn another function of the shite imasu (しています). In this case, shite imasu has a totally different meaning and it's mostly used to emphasize the description of appearance or shape.
Let's first look at the sentence pattern...
Topic | は | Adjective | Noun | をしています |
Normally when we want to describe body parts or somebody's ability, we'll use the sentence pattern:
For example, you can say...
However, you can also describe the same thing by using the Japanese grammar shite imasu.
In the above example, the shite imasu (しています) means "has got" or "possess".
Using this sentence pattern you can describe appearance of other people, the shapes, colors, etc of their body parts.
1. |
象は長い鼻をしています。 |
2. |
猿は赤いお尻をしています。 |
3. |
山田さんは短い足をしています。 |
4. |
鈴木さんは長い足をしています。 |
5. |
田中さんは長い髪をしています。 |
6. |
田中さんは黒い髪をしています。 |
7. |
田中さんの髪は黒い色をしています。 |
8. |
田中さんは大きい目をしています。 |
9. |
田中さんは大きい口をしています。 |
10. |
田中さんは赤い頬をしています。 |
Beside describing the appearance of people, this shite imasu (しています) can also be used to describe appearance of animals.
Basic Lesson 22: Japanese Verbs on Progress Action, Habitual Action & Occupation.
Basic Lesson 29: Japanese Verbs on State Continuation.
Go to Lesson 21: Japanese Expressions for Comparison
Go to Lesson 23: Japanese Expression you desu
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