✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in formal reports or speeches to describe conditions that haven’t changed (e.g., ‘The situation remains as it was’).
Extremely common in daily conversation for things like ‘leaving the light on’ or ‘staying as friends.’
Used in literature to describe unchanging feelings or scenes.
Often used with ‘sono mama’ or ‘kono mama’ to mean ‘like this/that.’
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
For verbs, always use the Ta-form or Nai-form. For Nouns, use ‘no’. For na-adjectives, use ‘na’. For i-adjectives, just add ‘mama’.
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Pronounced with two short, even syllables. Do not elongate the ‘a’ sounds.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘Mama’ as ‘Maintaining’ a state. If you do something ‘Mama’, you are maintaining the previous condition while doing something else.
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