買う為だった is fine I think, but 家に出た should be 家を出た。And compared to yesterday doesn't seem implied to me -- maybe someone else can comment on that part.Bucko said:今日は静かな日だった。一回だけ私は家に出た。そして、それは昼ご飯を買う為にだった。
Basically I want to say, "Today was a quiet day (compared to yesterday). I left the house only once, and that was to buy lunch."
My main concern is with the use of 為.
Oh I see. In that case you can leave out the watashi wa and I'm thinking too that 一回家を出ただけ is more natural than ikkai dake. Plus, that's how a direct English translation would work....Bucko said:Great, thanks again Elizabeth. Actually, I am sort of comparing it to yesterday because the previous paragraph (which I didn't include) talked about what I did yesterday. I'm keeping a sort of journal all written in Japanese which my Japanese teacher corrects each week.
Bucko said:Great, thanks again Elizabeth. Actually, I am sort of comparing it to yesterday because the previous paragraph (which I didn't include) talked about what I did yesterday. I'm keeping a sort of journal all written in Japanese which my Japanese teacher corrects each week.
Elizabeth said:一回も会っていない人(誰か)と一緒に住みたいと決まるのが出来ると思いません。
Oh, yes, thank you, definitely the transitive for sure. I didn't even notice that's what damicci had.kumo said:Shouldn't you use 決める instead of 決まる in this case?
Elizabeth said:Oh, yes, thank you, definitely the transitive for sure. I didn't even notice that's what damicci had.
Yes, I think so too. I always forget about the は there because it lacks a good English translation. 決めるべきではない (must not, should not decide) is another strong alternative to 出来る。 Of course something like 一度も会ったことがない人kumo said:Now that I think about it, maybe it would be even better with a は before 思いません:
一回も会っていない人(誰か)と一緒に住みたいと決めるのが出来るとは思いません。
Sounds more natural to me this way...
I thought そして was curious as well since it is closer to the sense of "and then" or "thus" or "in addition" but wasn't sure if it was an outright mistake or not. Whatever translates as "once" over "one time" I would use in English and maybe that is what she meant as more formal.Incidentally, the only thing she corrected was the に that Elizabeth had already pointed out, and that I don't need そして in the second sentence. Therefore 「今日は静かな日だった。一回だけ私は家を出た。それは昼ご飯を買う為にだった。」 is fine.
Bucko said:Incidently, the only thing she corrected was the に that Elizabeth had already pointed out, and that I don't need そして in the second sentence. Therefore 「今日は静かな日だった。一回だけ私は家を出た。それは昼ご飯を買う為にだった。」 is fine.
Glenn said:Really? She thought the 為にだった was fine? I would have thought that the に should be dropped from that, leaving just 為だった. It feels weird to me to have に directly before だ.
I would interpret this, though, as the speaker having the desire to go out more and feeling that only one time was insufficient.nice gaijin said:I would probably express that as 一回しか家を出なかった。 since you're putting emphasis on the fact that you went out no more than once that day.
I thought it was just the opposite. That omoimasen showed a stronger sense of absolute negation or refusal.damicci; I notice that you have a tendency to directly express "I don't think..." using the positive verb with a negative omou, such as 出来ると思いません; I think you might get your point across more clearly if you were to use the negative verb with an affirmative 思います, eg 出来ないと思います。