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やすみです / やすみます - 01-07-2017, 12:42 PM

Hello there!

I was wondering about the difference between やすみです and やすみます.

The following sentence is from the book みんなの日本語:

"しゅうまつは テレサちゃんの 学校と サントスさんの かいしゃは やすみです."

^why is it not .....やすみます?

I understand that やすみ can be either a noun or a verb, but I'm not sure about the difference of their use. Here are my attempts (Can you please tell me if they're correct or not?)

- ちちは にちようび やすみます.
- きょう だいがっくは やすみます. (this one should be やすみです maybe?)

I had left Japanese for too long and I'm sooo sorry for myself. So I'm still a beginner and, よろしく おにがいします again!

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01-08-2017, 01:32 AM

"やすみです:YASUMI-DESU" indicates the status of the subject.
"会社はやすみです:KAISYA WA YASUMI-DESU"; The company is "OFF".

"やすみます:YASUMI-MASU" indicates the action of the subject.
"(私は)明日やすみます:(WATASHI WA)ASHITA YASUMI-MASU"; I will be absent from work tomorrow.

When you say "KAISYA WA YASUMI-MASU", it sounds strange like "the company will be absent from work".

>ちちは にちようび やすみます.

Good, meaning "My father takes off-day on Sunday".

>きょう だいがっくは やすみます.

きょう、だいがく は やすみます。

Strange. it should be "KYOU, DAIGAKU WA YASUMI-DESU.;The Univ. has no class today."

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01-08-2017, 08:10 AM

Thanks for putting also the romanji so I can learn too


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01-08-2017, 03:50 PM

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"やすみです:YASUMI-DESU" indicates the status of the subject.
"会社はやすみです:KAISYA WA YASUMI-DESU"; The company is "OFF".

"やすみます:YASUMI-MASU" indicates the action of the subject.
"(私は)明日やすみます:(WATASHI WA)ASHITA YASUMI-MASU"; I will be absent from work tomorrow.

When you say "KAISYA WA YASUMI-MASU", it sounds strange like "the company will be absent from work".

>ちちは にちようび やすみます.

Good, meaning "My father takes off-day on Sunday".

>きょう だいがっくは やすみます.

きょう、だいがく は やすみます。

Strange. it should be "KYOU, DAIGAKU WA YASUMI-DESU.;The Univ. has no class today."

Do these help?
This really helped! Thank you so much RadioKid.
I think I understand it now. So, the two やすみ are different parts of speech right? One is a verb, and the other is an adjective, something like that.


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01-09-2017, 01:38 AM

Yes, your understanding is correct.

In "やすみです:YASUMI-DESU", YASUMI is noun because "-DESU" is like "verve:be".

In "やすみます:YASUMI-MASU", YASUMI is (a part of) verve because "-(SHI)MASU" is like "verve:do".


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Yes, your understanding is correct.

In "やすみです:YASUMI-DESU", YASUMI is noun because "-DESU" is like "verve:be".

In "やすみます:YASUMI-MASU", YASUMI is (a part of) verve because "-(SHI)MASU" is like "verve:do".
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