can anyone translate it?

TheAce said:

I need the sentence: I left my cat in the car
And the "I" needs to be in the sentence too
I need the sentence for a school project, but I can't figure it out myself
I still have troubles with the verbs en particles
all I have now is: "Watashi wa watashi no neko ni kuruma ...."
can someone tell me the translation of the sentence?

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Elizabeth said:

Does this mean you came and forgot about the cat or intended to leave it (as is) ?

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TheAce said:

I need the sentence: I left my cat in the car
And the "I" needs to be in the sentence too
I need the sentence for a school project, but I can't figure it out myself
I still have troubles with the verbs en particles
all I have now is: "Watashi wa watashi no neko ni kuruma ...."
can someone tell me the translation of the sentence?

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Elizabeth said:

I think 私は車の中に猫を置き忘れた is easiest. But can 置き忘れた be used for an animate object ?

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Chidoriashi said:

That was the first thing I thought of too but my coworker (Japanese) said 置き忘れる sounds strange since the cat is a living being.

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Elizabeth said:

@TheAce ,

If this wasn't an assigned question I would come up with a different English translation. 降ろし忘れた means "forgot to take out" (of the car) or "forgot to unload" -- but from someone still at the particle stage of Japanese after the teacher is duly impressed it may be obvious as hell you are cheating.

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Chidoriashi said:

That was the first thing I thought of too but my coworker (Japanese) said 置き忘れる sounds strange since the cat is a living being.

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TheAce said:

the thing about the particles that is hard for me is to remember how it is used, I always seem to forget when I need to use some of the particles.

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