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Subject: Need some help
Hey. I'm studying Japanese from a book that a teacher let me barrow called "foundations of Japanese Language" by Matsuo Soga and Noriko Matsumoto and the copyright is 1978. I have a question regarding turning normal sentences into pronominal questions and a few others regarding translations.
So for the first part. They want me to turn "Are wa yuubinkyoku desu." into "Are wa nan desu ka."
Simple ones like that I understand but I found a few hard ones like this which I could use an explanation for:
1. "Omoshiroi hon wa kore desu."
2. "Yuubinkyoku wa are desu"
The other part that I don't quite understand is to translate English sentences into Japanese.
1 How should this be translated: "Mr. Tanaka is an interesting student." Should it be "Tanaka san wa omoshiroi
gakusei desu" or should it be "Tanaka san wa sensei omoshiroi desu"?
Thanks to any who help. Also I'll post any other problems that I have in here.
So for the first part. They want me to turn "Are wa yuubinkyoku desu." into "Are wa nan desu ka."
Simple ones like that I understand but I found a few hard ones like this which I could use an explanation for:
1. "Omoshiroi hon wa kore desu."
2. "Yuubinkyoku wa are desu"
The other part that I don't quite understand is to translate English sentences into Japanese.
1 How should this be translated: "Mr. Tanaka is an interesting student." Should it be "Tanaka san wa omoshiroi
gakusei desu" or should it be "Tanaka san wa sensei omoshiroi desu"?
Thanks to any who help. Also I'll post any other problems that I have in here.