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AnimePrincess
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Translation Help! >.<*

Postby AnimePrincess » March 31st, 2008 3:19 pm

hey guys, o genki desu ka?

i just have a few things i don't know how to put into context.

things like: sara loves shopping; sara dislikes basketball

sara has brown eyes; sara has a small nose; things such as that, im not sure on how to write that let alone say it! if anyone could help me i'd really appreciate it!

arigatou gozaimasu!

Joey
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Postby Joey » March 31st, 2008 5:48 pm

Sara loves shopping
Sara wa kaimono ga daisuki desu.
サラは かいものが だいすき です。

Sara dislikes basketball.
Sara wa basukettobooru ga suki ja arimasen.
サラは バスケットボールが すきじゃ ありません。

Sara has brown eyes.
Sara wa me ga chairo desu.
サラは めが ちゃいろ です。

Sara has a small nose.
Sara wa hana ga chiisai desu.
サラは はなが ちいさい です。

Not sure if thats the correct way to say "Sara" though. Thats what this site told me
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi- ... dic.cgi?1C
but i thought it would be something more like セーラ Seera or セラ Sera
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Javizy
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Postby Javizy » March 31st, 2008 7:11 pm

The sentence pattern for describing a part of something was covered in today's newbie lesson, and likes/dislikes were covered quite recently too, so be sure to check them out.

A little note about the sentence pattern: as an English speaker, for a sentence like 'Naomi has a lovely voice' it seems natural to construct sentences like:

Naomi-san wa kirei na koe ga aru.
Naomi-san no koe ga kirei da.

But like with Joey's examples, the natural way to express this is with an 'A wa B ga C' sentence. A is the topic (Naomi), marked with wa, B is the part of the topic you wish to describe (her voice), marked with ga, and C is the description (is lovely), which expresses something about B.

Naomi-san wa koe ga kirei da.

It took me a while to realise how important and frequenty used this pattern is, so if my explanation isn't clear, be sure to check out the lessons I mentioned 8)

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