How do I translate this?

[ayrizsh]

How do I translate this?

"I love reading manga and watching anime and drama."

Onegaishimasu!

[jemstone]

the really novice translation would be,

わたしわ　まんがと　あにめと　ドラマが　だいすきです。

[ayrizsh]

ありがとう!

That's what I thought too. I was wondering .. how do you include the verbs 'reading' and 'watching' in the sentence?

[jemstone]

you know that's a very valid question.. as i was translating your phrase, i was wondering the same thing to myself too... most of the verbs can be inferred in the sense, you can't "read" an anime or a drama, nor can you "watch" a manga... so if you say that to a japanese (i have), they will understand what you're trying to say... but i know there are definitely verbs to fill in to make it more complete...

for example, mite みて is the verb for "see" or "look", which might be used with anime or drama, but i don't know how to put them together.

and i don't know the verb for "read".. ごめん...

[Shaydwyrm]

It would be something along the lines of:

私は漫画を読むのとアニメとドラマを観るのが大好きです。
わたしはまんがをよむのとあにめとどらまをみるのがだいすきです。

の can be replaced with こと　in that sentence.

You're usually better off using the jemstone's sentence though, practically speaking.

[Javizy]

I more often see も used for this sort of sentence:

漫画を読む事も、アニメやドラマを見る事も、大好きなんですよ！
まんがをよむことも、アニメやドラマをみることも、だいすきなんですよ！

Look up something called 'nominalisation' for using verbs like this. It allows you to treat verbs as nouns.

[Shaydwyrm]

Yeah, I thought for a while about whether to use と　or も. I felt like using も　would have a sense of "do you like reading manga, or watching anime/dramas? well, actually, I like both!", whereas the と sentence has a feel of just listing things that you like to do ("what do you like to do? I like reading manga, and watching anime/dramas").

[ayrizsh]

Sumimasen~! I've been busy and didn't have a chance to visit this forum.

Uhmm. Just wanna ask .. what is the purpose of "no" after "yomu" and "miru"?

Thanks for the replies guys~!