--- In [email protected], Aaron Ackerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I showed your sentences to a native speaker, and she said she
doesn't
> understand 3. and 7.>
3. Zaikin tte matsurigoto ni harawareru okane desu. "A tax is money
paid to the government."
In No. 3 I use what could be an archaic word for
government; "matsurigoto". Would something like "saifuu" have been a
better match? "Harawareru" is the passive form of the verb "harau"
[to pay up].
7. Inotte kooshi katanai zo tte iu otoko, ima wa doko ita no? Where
was that man just now, the one who said that even if you pray you
will not pass the test?"
In No. 7 "Inotte" should be accompanied by "mo", but -- if the sense
of contradiction is understood -- "mo" is sometimes omitted. Is this
true?
- Arian I.
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