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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 10:55 pm
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Originally Posted by richarddd
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Usually the second 'a' is elongated. Context is usually a shop clerk who is saying a lot of words or as part of a subway announcement. Quite possible there are more syllables.
Well, as previously posted, masu (pronounced mahs - the trailing 'u' is almost unvoiced) is a polite suffix for many verbs. Since verbs are normally at the end of sentences, it could be any of a whole list of announcements. "Have a nice trip," "watch your step," "beware of the approaching train," "please come again," "we have bananas today," almost anything. Could have been mairimasu, arimasu, or any number of other sentence-ending verbs. Kind of like asking what "-king" at the end of a sentence in English means. Could be talking, walking, hiking, smoking, almost anything.

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