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09-05-2009, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by snbzk View Post
Because you said he already gave up, this should be "One of my American friends started studying Japanese" (without 'has'). "has started studying" means that he started studying and is still continuing to study.
Thank you, snbzk!
Japanese language doesn’t have perfect tenses, so knowing when to use a perfect tense is too difficult for me!
The perfect tense means he is still continuing to study. OK. Thank you very much!


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