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jl51x
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About a translation in grammar bank

Postby jl51x » June 5th, 2007 4:02 am

こんいちは皆さん、

It is from -にする of the grammar bank, in that one's sample sentences:
この知らせは彼を幸せにすると思う。
it's translated as
'I think this news will make him happy'
or
'I think this news makes him happy' .
because there's no translation.

ありがとうございます

mariyo
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Re: About a translation in grammar bank

Postby mariyo » June 5th, 2007 5:56 am

jl51x wrote:???????????????????????????

It is from -????????????of the grammar bank, in that one's sample sentences:
???????????????????????????????????????????????????
it's translated as
'I think this news will make him happy'
or
'I think this news makes him happy' .
because there's no translation.

??????????????????????????????


??????????????????

????????????????????????????????????????????? I think the first sentence is correct.

You also had a small typo in 'konnichi ha' : It's "???????????????" iso "???????????????".

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Bucko
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Re: About a translation in grammar bank

Postby Bucko » June 5th, 2007 7:13 am

jl51x wrote:この知らせは彼を幸せにすると思う。
it's translated as
'I think this news will make him happy'
or
'I think this news makes him happy' .


Both are ok. Japanese doesn't have a future tense like English remember. Whether or not it's about now or the future depends on the context. Just remember that "makes him happy" is a habitual action, as in, when he hears this news (or other news like it) he's inclined to become happy, this is when you'd use 幸せにする. However if you're talking specifically about his actions right now, after hearing some good news, you'd say 幸せにしている.

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Postby jl51x » June 5th, 2007 7:42 pm

どうも有難う御座います :D

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