Is there anything wrong with this sentence?

TokubetsuHero · 12 Mar 2014

And also any pointers on how I should fix it?
What i'm trying to say is "for the sake of phys ed. and police training, kendo was brought back"
学校体育のためで警察官の練習のために剣道をもどりました。

Thanks!
ありがとう！

Toritoribe · 12 Mar 2014

と, not で, is used to connent two reasons.
You don't need to repeat のため twice just like you usually don't say "for the sake of phys ed. and for the sake of police training" in English.
戻る is intransitive whereas 戻す is transitive. I would use 復活する for "to bring back" and 訓練 for "training".

TokubetsuHero · 12 Mar 2014

Ahh okay I see
And I understand what you mean with のため
学校体育のためと警察官の訓練.... is better right?
I really like the use of "復活する" I didn't think of that!
Thank you so very much! I was getting very worried about how to write sentence properly

Toritoribe · 12 Mar 2014

Not really. As you know, a particle or the similar is put after the noun as opposed to English. Thus, のため deosn't include 警察官の訓練 in the order 学校体育のためと警察官の訓練.

hint:
for the sake of "phys ed. and(= と) police training"

Also, 学校体育 is not common. Just 体育, 保健体育 or 体育の授業 is better.

Note that "was brought back" is passive, whereas 復活する is active.

TokubetsuHero · 12 Mar 2014

I think I understand what you're saying, is the following correct?
警察官の訓練と体育のため
I tried to list the nouns first and then end off withのため

Toritoribe · 12 Mar 2014

Yeah, that's correct. The order 警察官の訓練と体育のため can be misinterpreted "phys ed. for police and police training", so I recommend 体育と警察官の訓練のため, though.

TokubetsuHero · 12 Mar 2014

Alright, thanks so much once again!

Kraise · 12 Mar 2014

regarding the transitivity, should the OP should drop the "wo" and add "ga" before "復活する" if he means that something was brought back?

Toritoribe · 13 Mar 2014

Yeah, 剣道が復活しました means "Kendo was brought back". 剣道を復活しました or 剣道を復活させました also can work, but these expressions strongly suggest the existence of the doer (the one who brought back Kendo).

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