Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [でした]

'can' is an auxiliary verb, so in question sentences it is brought to the start of the phrase.

The present password is "eosdigital".

By the way, today is the 8th of June — my wife's birthday.

When I inquired "what is that?" I was told, "go and find out for yourself."

This is off-topic. Sorry.

Me, I'll make it to the class reunion no matter what I have to leave undone.

You should get there in five minutes walking.

So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.

This sentence is in the present perfect. 'have' is not a verb, but an auxiliary verb.

Yes, truthfully, until it was right in front of me like this, I half-doubted it ...

The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.

It's a troll trying for click-throughs. It's being multiposted in English-related communities all over the place.

This e-zine is for those who, unswayed by the cajolery of the modern language industry, firmly trust that the traditional learning method of grammatical analysis is the way to go.

'The child is father to the man' is certainly well said.

Christmas in Japan is, if anything, a day for couples.

There's someone I'm in (unrequited) love with, but that person is busy now and I don't get replies to my emails.

You've both been very impressive today. I'm proud of you.

Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.

I'm not good at posting stuff online.

I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.