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Saying “that” like “It’s nice that…” or “It makes me sad that…”
Saying something is like/not like something elseHow to ask the 'looks like' or appearance of something?Complex subjects like “The [noun] that I can't [verb] is [verb]”Changing が to の outside of relative clausesHow to parse the following sentence containing phrases that look like direct quoted relative clauses?How to say that an inanimate agent makes something happenTrouble describing a situation and the use of relative clausesUse of と in 亡くなった人と亡くなっていたことがわかった人ではない in Relative ClausesRelative clauses: 多い人 vs 多くの人
I understand using relative clauses like 私が食べた食べものはおいしかったです but how do you translate “that” for expressing emotions?
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I understand using relative clauses like 私が食べた食べものはおいしかったです but how do you translate “that” for expressing emotions?
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I understand using relative clauses like 私が食べた食べものはおいしかったです but how do you translate “that” for expressing emotions?
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I understand using relative clauses like 私が食べた食べものはおいしかったです but how do you translate “that” for expressing emotions?
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While the construction that corresponds to this kind of phrase exists in Japanese, the word "that" is not directly translatable, I'm afraid. Translating between Japanese and English is not compatible with "word-for-word" translations a good amount of the time.
This being said, this is a grammar point that might be expressed in this fashion:
X のは/ことは Y-adjective です。
...where X is an event, an action, or a thing, and Y is an adjective that expresses how you feel about it.
Expanding on your example phrases:
学校で友達を作ったのはいいです。
It's nice that you have made friends at school.
もう会えないことは悲しいです。
It makes me sad that we won't meet again.
Here, I used いい (good, nice) to describe the event that is 学校で友達を作った (having made friends at school).
Similarly, I used 悲しい (sad) to describe the event that is もう会えない (never meeting again).
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なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
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While the construction that corresponds to this kind of phrase exists in Japanese, the word "that" is not directly translatable, I'm afraid. Translating between Japanese and English is not compatible with "word-for-word" translations a good amount of the time.
This being said, this is a grammar point that might be expressed in this fashion:
X のは/ことは Y-adjective です。
...where X is an event, an action, or a thing, and Y is an adjective that expresses how you feel about it.
Expanding on your example phrases:
学校で友達を作ったのはいいです。
It's nice that you have made friends at school.
もう会えないことは悲しいです。
It makes me sad that we won't meet again.
Here, I used いい (good, nice) to describe the event that is 学校で友達を作った (having made friends at school).
Similarly, I used 悲しい (sad) to describe the event that is もう会えない (never meeting again).
answered 3 hours ago
psosunapsosuna
3,493416
なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
– jacoballens
3 mins ago
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While the construction that corresponds to this kind of phrase exists in Japanese, the word "that" is not directly translatable, I'm afraid. Translating between Japanese and English is not compatible with "word-for-word" translations a good amount of the time.
This being said, this is a grammar point that might be expressed in this fashion:
X のは/ことは Y-adjective です。
...where X is an event, an action, or a thing, and Y is an adjective that expresses how you feel about it.
Expanding on your example phrases:
学校で友達を作ったのはいいです。
It's nice that you have made friends at school.
もう会えないことは悲しいです。
It makes me sad that we won't meet again.
Here, I used いい (good, nice) to describe the event that is 学校で友達を作った (having made friends at school).
Similarly, I used 悲しい (sad) to describe the event that is もう会えない (never meeting again).
answered 3 hours ago
psosunapsosuna
3,493416
なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
– jacoballens
3 mins ago
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While the construction that corresponds to this kind of phrase exists in Japanese, the word "that" is not directly translatable, I'm afraid. Translating between Japanese and English is not compatible with "word-for-word" translations a good amount of the time.
This being said, this is a grammar point that might be expressed in this fashion:
X のは/ことは Y-adjective です。
...where X is an event, an action, or a thing, and Y is an adjective that expresses how you feel about it.
Expanding on your example phrases:
学校で友達を作ったのはいいです。
It's nice that you have made friends at school.
もう会えないことは悲しいです。
It makes me sad that we won't meet again.
Here, I used いい (good, nice) to describe the event that is 学校で友達を作った (having made friends at school).
Similarly, I used 悲しい (sad) to describe the event that is もう会えない (never meeting again).
answered 3 hours ago
psosunapsosuna
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While the construction that corresponds to this kind of phrase exists in Japanese, the word "that" is not directly translatable, I'm afraid. Translating between Japanese and English is not compatible with "word-for-word" translations a good amount of the time.
This being said, this is a grammar point that might be expressed in this fashion:
X のは/ことは Y-adjective です。
...where X is an event, an action, or a thing, and Y is an adjective that expresses how you feel about it.
Expanding on your example phrases:
学校で友達を作ったのはいいです。
It's nice that you have made friends at school.
もう会えないことは悲しいです。
It makes me sad that we won't meet again.
Here, I used いい (good, nice) to describe the event that is 学校で友達を作った (having made friends at school).
Similarly, I used 悲しい (sad) to describe the event that is もう会えない (never meeting again).
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なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
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なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
– jacoballens
3 mins ago
なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
– jacoballens
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なるほど、どうも！！！you’re right, these kinds of things can’t easily be translated!!!
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