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mikaelster
Level: 162

Just in the last sentence.

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I often miss the conjugations just because of inattention. But now im wondering how a mistake like that would read in english?


Would it be "you are to go to university"?

But thats sounds like a grandparent deciding a kids future or something, so that doesnt seem right.


Is that a normal sentence? Or does it not make any sense?

I usually try to figure it out on my own but today im stuck, somehow. Am i overthinking it?

Usually im good at comprehension.. but i dont know english grammar either and i dont think thats helping.

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4 days ago
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Your sentence makes sense. It just means "You go to University". There's no nuance of "you have to go" or "that's how it should be done" etc... you're just stating that YOU go to University, nothing else.

However, if you want to add the nuance of having to do something, you'll need the grammar なくてはいけない or something similar.

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4 days ago
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むじな
Level: 831

All I'm seeing there is the non-polite (not impolite!) form being replaced by the polite form - note that all your other answers are in the polite form: けます、です、みません、かえります.

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4 days ago
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Ohhh right, as むじな mentionned if your question is about the polite/not polite conjugation of verbs then the English doesn't really change, because such nuance in english simply does not exist.

In english to sound more polite you'll just use different words and avoid abreviations, but in Japanese you can simply conjugate verbs and add that nuance. In Japanese you can say べる or べます which both literally mean the same thing (to eat) but here べます carried that polite nuance if that makes sense. In english you can't conjugate "to eat" in polite form.

You shouldn't overthink of it or try to find an english equivalent to such conjugations. Translators usually carry the nuance via word of choice and tone.

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4 days ago
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mikaelster
Level: 162
むじな (0717, 19:54)

All I'm seeing there is the non-polite (not impolite!) form being replaced by the polite form - note that all your other answers are in the polite form: けます、です、みません、かえります.

hm. i was overthinking it.


That would explain why i didnt find a difference. The bird was NOT in its nest today.


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4 days ago
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mikaelster
Level: 162
リンク・リンク (0717, 20:30)

Ohhh right, as むじな mentionned if your question is about the polite/not polite conjugation of verbs then the English doesn't really change, because such nuance in english simply does not exist.

In english to sound more polite you'll just use different words and avoid abreviations, but in Japanese you can simply conjugate verbs and add that nuance. In Japanese you can say べる or べます which both literally mean the same thing (to eat) but here べます carried that polite nuance if that makes sense. In english you can't conjugate "to eat" in polite form.

You shouldn't overthink of it or try to find an english equivalent to such conjugations. Translators usually carry the nuance via word of choice and tone.

​I thought i somehow got a tense wrong or something. Formality completely escaped me..

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4 days ago
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