Re: (e)WA
Martin Beutler wrote:
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> Have you been to the Middleberry University??
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> If you translate the above english sentence into japanese,
> wouldn't that be:
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> Midoruberi daigaku e wa itta kotoga arimasuka?
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> If you translate this like
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> Midoruberi daigaku wa itta kotoga arimasuka?
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> it would be wrong grammatically??
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> --
> martin-beutler@tokyo.ac
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I think I would rather say : "Midoruberi daigaku ni kayotta koto ga
arimasuka ?"
"...itta koto ga arimasu ka" would mean "have you ever been to...",
while the verb kayou (->kayotta) means to go to or to frequent a place
on a regular basis.
'hope this helps ^-^
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