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Google Translate is a joke.

Nulambda

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I was translating a sentence and decided to see if google had any insight. What I got was absolutely hilarious.

The sentence was: 「う」が無くなるのに注意

What google thought it meant: Note the " jar " that no

I swear, I started crying from laughing so hard.

I believe what the sentence truly means is: Caution, it's infrequently also called う.
 

That's not what it means. You're no closer to being correct than google was; you just have better syntax.
 
I'm pretty sure the う is the subject of the sentence. Let me put down the entire thing so you can see the context. (Bold part is the sentence)
 
Do you understand where the う was dropped and why they mentioned it? If not, review the native counting numbers.
 
I understand that for general counting ten is とお which is where I believe these numbers are derived from. I'm not sure where う comes into play then.
 
I understand that for general counting ten is とお which is where I believe these numbers are derived from. I'm not sure where う comes into play then.

It comes from the person who made the post where you got this making an error.

It should have been お.
 
I'm pretty sure the う is the subject of the sentence.
う is not the subject of the sentence(注意(する/しなさい)). It's the subject of the clause(無くなる).
 
I see. That certainly clarify things.


It doesn't clarify how you arrived at your initial conclusion of it meaning something about infrequently being called う, though. I'm curious how you got that.
 
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