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123kalei.dosc.ope123_503662
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How would you say this?

Postby 123kalei.dosc.ope123_503662 » January 11th, 2015 6:40 am

Hello! I have a question, how would you say this in Japanese?

"I didn't know how to say or read anything in Japanese."





Thanks in advance! ^^

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Re: How would you say this?

Postby community.japanese » January 12th, 2015 4:50 am

123kalei.dosc.ope123 san,
Konnichiwa. :D
"I didn't know how to say anything in Japanese" means 日本語でどう言うか知りませんでした.

"I didn't know how to read anything in Japanese" means 日本語でどう読むか知りませんでした。

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123kalei.dosc.ope123_503662
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Re: How would you say this?

Postby 123kalei.dosc.ope123_503662 » January 12th, 2015 5:36 am

どうもありがとうございます!

Can it be combined into one sentence? Or can you put you put また after the 1st sentence so that it would be like " I also ..."
For example:

日本語でどう言うか知りませんでした. 私はまた、日本語でどう読むか知りませんでした。

Is that correct?


Thank you ^^

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Re: How would you say this?

Postby community.japanese » January 12th, 2015 6:14 am

123kalei.dosc.ope123 san,
Konnichiwa.
You can say 日本語でどう言うか知りませんでしたし、日本語でどう読むか知りませんでした。
“日本語でどう言うか知りませんでした. また、日本語でどう読むか知りませんでした” is good, too.

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