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Having a meal is one of the most important events in our daily lives. If you have the opportunity to have a meal with a Japanese friend, will you know what to say before, during, and after the meal?

May 9, 2016 12:00 AM
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thank you for sharing! 
May 9, 2016

ありがとう[emoji]

すごく たいせつ ね。

November 5, 2017
Прекрасно:)
May 17, 2016

Thank you for Jiayin's question.

In a sense that "onaka suita" is a casual form, you could say that it is following a different grammatical rule.

"Onaka" means stomach, but "suita" is the past tense of the verb "suku", which means to go empty or to become less crowded.  

For how the formal sentence changes to the informal sentence, you are abbreviating the "ga" particle here, and you are using the basic verb form of "suku" and its past tense "suita" instead of the polite form "sukimasu" and the polite past tense "sukimashita".

How to change from basic verb form to the polite "masu" form, please see the following.

1) For ru-verbs: Remove "ru"  Ex: Miru (to see, basic) →  Mi + masu → Mimasu (to see, polite)

2) For u-verbs: Remove "u" and change to "I" Ex: Kau (to buy, basic) → Kai + masu → Kaimasu (to buy, polite) 

Exceptions: suru (to do) → shimasu, kuru (to come) → kimasu

You can see that "suku" is an example of "u" verb. Therefore, for the polite masu form is, remove "u", add "I"+masu, which results in "sukimasu" and the past becomes "sukimashita."

Hope that helps!


May 12, 2016
Arigatou
May 10, 2016
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