How to say i was ill, otherwise i would have attended the meeting. in Japanese
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私私(watashi) (pn,adj-no) i/meはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh病気病気(byouki) (n,adj-no) illness/disease/sicknessでで(de) (prt) indicates location of action/at/in/indicates time of action/indicates means of action/cause of effect/by/and then/so/indicates continuing action/ indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.したした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。。(。) Japanese period "."そうでなければそno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question会合会合(kaigou) (n,vs,adj-no) meeting/assembly/association/conjunctionにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.出席出席(shusseki) (n) attendance/presence/appearance/to attend/to be present/to appearした(n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talonのです(exp) the expectation is that .../the reason is that .../the fact is that .../it is that ...がが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and。。(。) Japanese period "."
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丁寧語 (Polite form)Polite form (teineigo) convays a sense of politeness, used when speaking to strangers, people older than you, higher social status ect. Click for examples / more info
