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Needing Help with Grammar

Member Since
10 Sep, 2013
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I'm trying to write out full sentences in Japanese and I want to make sure they're correct. Thank you ^^

 

This is my small bedroom. - Kore wa watashi no chiisai shinshitsu desu (これは私の小さい寝室です。)

It has a high ceiling. - Sore wa, takai tenjou wo motsu (それは、高い天井を持つ。)

 Suteki Garden 

#1 Posted by SutekiGarden over 11 years ago
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The first is pretty right on. But to describe its ceiling I would follow the first sentence with 天井が高いです。If you say 持つ, it sounds more like the verb to carry. And you can leave out それは because the listener already knows you are talking about the room. smiley

So, これは、私の小さい部屋です。天井が高いです。

Above all things, love. heart

#2 Posted by lovegarden over 11 years ago
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lovegarden wrote on Sunday at 3:06 AM

The first is pretty right on. But to describe its ceiling I would follow the first sentence with 天井が高いです。If you say 持つ, it sounds more like the verb to carry. And you can leave out それは because the listener already knows you are talking about the room. smiley

So, これは、私の小さい部屋です。天井が高いです。

Thank you for the help, much appreciated ^^

 Suteki Garden 

#3 Posted by SutekiGarden over 11 years ago
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...Also, there is a much better way of saying これは、私の小さい部屋です。 ...Since you are talking about a place or a certain location, use ここは (koko wa) instead so it will be: ここは、私の小さい部屋です。...and, the "koko" in this sentence would probably be written like this since its kanji is rarely used these days. ^^  Even in using "koko," the English translation "This is my small / little room." will remain the same since "watashi no" is included.

 
#4 Posted by oscar7777 over 11 years ago

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