Have you written your Japanese Sentence today?

@Andulien

Watch your endings, your politeness should match. :stuck_out_tongue:

I realize that the grammar I’m learning might be a little too hard to correct for beginners, so I’m going to be giving my sentences to my Japanese coworker to correct and post my humilia-ahem- corrections here for anyone else to learn from.

日本語の新しい文法を使った文は作り甲斐があるけど、そんな文は書きかねます

It’s NEW grammar not NEW Japanese, you idiot!* Change grammar learned to grammar used. けど is pretty formal so you’re ending should match, use ます! And here you’re telling newbies to keep the correct politeness throughout! Hypocrite!*

毎日自分に「今日こそ日本語勉強せねばならない」と言うというものの、ずっとゲームをしてしまう

You’re using a really formal/literature grammar like ~ねばならない and you just decide to drop the を like you’re just having a casual conversation? No! No!* And now you have 2 を’s better change the first to の so it looks better. Also you’re obviously feeling regret all the time so change する into してしまう. You should know better by now, stop being lazy* with just using the dictionary forms of verbs!

*May not be actual comments from my coworker but conveys the feeling all the same.

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むすめたまねぎをがしたからわたしいていた。

英語

I cried because my daughter peeled off onions.

I just want to put my new word into a sentence : peel = 剥がす

References:
https://jisho.org/word/剥がす
https://jisho.org/search/剥がす%20%23sentences

Correct me if I’m wrong.

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空手は一級だけど、黒帯になるはもっと練習しなくちゃいけない。方と組手は楽しいです、でも基本が好きじゃない。

Odd not mothertonguish english translation

As for karate I am a first kyu, but to become a black belt I need to practise a lot. Katas and kumite are fun, however I don’t like kihon.

(yeah it’s not really true about kihon, I do enjoy them but the sentence is better this way)

Maybe I made too long of a (two) sentence(s) and as a result there might (かもしれない) be a lot of mistakes

I will repeat myself but it is a really cool topic + all the sentences you make are good reading/translating exercises so thanks to eveyone !

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Thanks again for noting. That is definitely something I’ll try to keep an eye on as the sentences get slowly longer and more complex. :+1:

Also thank you for sharing the feedback you received on your translations. I especially love how uhm direct your coworkers are “…you idiot!..You should know better by now, stop being lazy!” --> Tho if they knew how much you are here helping all us 下手, he/she would understand that you are not lazy :wink:

So working on quoting today, here is my sentence of the day :slight_smile:
「I did all my reviews!」は日本語にほんごなんいますか。

Translation

How do you say “I did all my reviews” in Japanese?

Great to hear :slight_smile: That’s exactly what I intended it for. To uhm help all others with example sentences and practice. No selfish thoughts here :wink:

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Just realised I didn’t reply to this from the beginning of the thread… I was basically just using な as a casual sentence ender. Kinda like the uses 1 and 2 here: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/33969/when-is-na-used-at-the-end-of-a-sentence

As for today’s sentence:

日本のカレーよりインドカレーのほうがすき

Summary

I prefer Indian curry to Japanese curry.

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Thanks! Japanese have so many ways to add a different tone/feeling with just a particle/kana at the end. :open_mouth:

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図書館としょかんさけばないでください。しずかにしてください。

Summary

Please don’t shout in the library. Please be quiet.

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Today’s sentence:

今日きょうはこうえんでひるごはんをべる。

英語

I will eat lunch at the park today.
(The new lesson was を.)

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今日きょう友達ともだちとアクアリウムにさかなった。面白おもしろいけど、水槽すいそうせまいだから、魚はかなしいかもしれない。うみに魚を見に行ったい!

Überrrsetzung

Today, I saw fishes at the aquarium with some friends. It was interesting, but since the tanks were small, the fishes might be unhappy. I want to go see fishes in the ocean !

(I had to look for the word fish tank in the dictionnary)

I might not do the furigana thing everytime though, it is too tedious (doesn’t everyone have yomichan on their browser by now ? :monkey:)

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日本から小包こづつみたから、今日私はとてもうれしかった~!

Summary

Because a package came from Japan, I was so happy today!

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Yesterday was the first day I missed!

今日も眠いので「毎日日本語の文」書きたくない

Summary

I’m also tired today, so I don’t want to write my “daily Japanese sentence”.

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Yep same here. But you are here today and that is great :smiley: On a positive note, I was able to read your sentence now and understood it too !!!

今日きょうはビスケットをいた。おいしいです。

Translation

I baked cookies today. They are delicious.

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My ideas for sentence today is… not here. So…

サッカーをしません。

Translation

I don’t play soccer/football.

する was today’s lesson.

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漢字かんじ勉強べんきょうしているのがきですが、今日きょう単語たんご面倒めんどうくさかったです。いっぱいおな意味いみがありました。

Summary

I love studying Kanji, but today’s vocabulary was troublesome. There were many same meanings.

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あのつくえうえのレプリカは食べ物たべものみたいですね。

Summary

The replica on that table looks like food, doesn’t it?

Note that all three replica in English and Japanese and replika in my language are new words for me. I haven’t got this vocab from WaniKani. I got it from googling and searching jisho. So feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.


I heard this second sentence on WakuWaku Japan TV about one or two weeks ago. I could be right. I could be wrong. Just feel free to correct me whenever I’m wrong.

このかきごおりべてみたい?

Summary

Wanna try this shaved ice?

Reference about てみる

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Since learning some new grammar, I need to make sure to practice them. So here it goes :slight_smile:

チョコレートのビスケット大好だいすきだけど、ビスケットのなか一番いちばんすきなはレモンがあるビスケット。

Translation

I like chocolate cookies, but out of all cookies I like cookies with lemon the most.

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明後日早く起きなくちゃ

Summary

I have to get up early the day after tomorrow.

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明日あすろくに、コンビでみずってくれる?

英語

I want you to buy me water at Konbi at 6:00 tomorrow morning.

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今日きょういそがしかったから、「げんき」の勉強べんきょうだしていない。:scream: しかし、ワニカニと文プロで勉強べんきょうしていた。目標もくひょう毎日まいにち勉強べんきょうすること

Summary

Because I was busy today, I still haven’t done my Genki study. However, I studied at WaniKani and Bunpro. The goal is to study every day.

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べたくなかったらほねになる。

英語

I’ll become bones if I don’t want to eat.

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