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I would use シェアする for "to share", but if you don't want to use loan words, 共有する is more appropriate.
を is correct for the object of 持つ.
I would use シェアする for "to share", but if you don't want to use loan words, 共有する is more appropriate."We have the keys to an apartment we share."
My best guess:
僕達は分け持つアパートの鍵が持っている。
Wasn't sure whether to use wakeau or wakemotsu, or to use ga or wo towards the end.
I need someone to translate this sentence for me in Minna Nihongo II:
資料は後で見ておきますから、そこに置いといてください
Thanks.
I'll read the data/materials/documents later, so please leave it there.I
I knew the second phrase is: ''leave it like that here'' but I'm confused about the first part.
Is it: ''because I'm going to see the data afterward''? (close to babelfish)
So the whole sentence should be: because I'm going to see the data afterward, leave it like that here.
I'm not sure if it makes sense.
Also. is okimasu here means: to be prepare? or something else?
How about your idea?"we should have a piggy bank in the apartment for charity."
How would I imply 'should have' as said here?
How about your idea?
Locationにはsubjectが（あります） is more likely the structure for "There is ~" i.e., "existence".My idea has a lot of missing pieces...
アパートにはチャリティーのための金庫が(should have)。
I'll read the data/materials/documents later, so please leave it there.
Which part of the sentence did you interpret as "like that"?
As for おきます, yes, it means so, as same as といて（＝ておいて） in 置いといて.
I would use シェアする for "to share", but if you don't want to use loan words, 共有する is more appropriate.
を is correct for the object of 持つ.
Thank you for your help toritoribe!
I didn't want to start a whole new thread for this: working on natural sounding japanese. I've seen long English sentences littered with small words, when translated into Japanese, become much more simple. The context and basic words seem to be enough to say very much. What is the best resource or practice for attaining this naturalness?
I've seen「分かった風な」before. It's a saying meaning something like "know-it-all".What does "分かった風な口利く" mean?
Isn't that 別に理由なんてないけど? ので sound strange in that sentence.「別に理由なんてなかったので、今日は猫について話します。」
Is that how you would you say, "For no particular reason, I'm going to talk about cats today"? Is there an expression specifically meaning something like "for trivial purposes", "for no particular reason", etc.?
I used ので because I thought it meant something like "the previous clause being the case...", i.e. "with me having no particular reason..."Isn't that 別に理由なんてないけど? ので sound strange in that sentence.
I've seen「分かった風な」before. It's a saying meaning something like "know-it-all".
「口を利く」is an expression meaning "to say", literally something like "making mouth work".
So I'm guessing「分かった風な口を利く」means "talking as if one knows everything".
I also found a thesaurus entry on「分かった風な口を利く」on Weblio.