To Dwell

su-mu, su-mau, jū

Both verbs sumu and sumau mean to dwell or to live somewhere. Home address is jūsho, which means a place to live. Jūtaku, jūkyo and sumai mean a residence. Taku and kyo mean a house. A residential area is jūtakuchi.

If we want to ask somebody where they live, we say, “osumai wa dochiradesuka?” If you want to ask it more casually, say, “dokoni sunde runo?”

You can see some of the above words in Japanese >>> here.

Here is the conjugation of the verb sumu.

Suppose “we” is the subject of each sentence.

• sumanai … We do not live (somewhere.)
• sumimasu … We live (somewhere.)
• sundeiru … We live somewhere. I am living (somewhere.)
• sumu (tokoro) … a place to live
• sumeba … If we live (somewhere), …
• sumō … Let’s live (somewhere).

1. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
2. Draw the vertical stroke touching the previous stroke.
3. Draw the dot on the top.
4. Draw the horizontal stroke.
5. Draw the vertical stroke touching the previous stroke.
6. Draw the horizontal stroke crossing the previous stroke.
7. Draw the horizontal stroke at the bottom.