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Kaishi 1.5k is a modern, modular Japanese Anki deck made for beginners who want to learn basic vocabulary.
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何だか Possibly fix the English grammar #38

Closed Ryu945 closed 3 weeks ago

Ryu945 commented 1 month ago

The 何だか card has the sentence.

Seeing the tea leaves floating upright, somehow I feel happy.

I think this is technically correct but it is rather strange sounding in English. I noticed the original English sentence follows Japanese grammar structure. I believe this would be a better sentence.

Somehow I feel happy when I see the tea leaves floating upright.

Another possibility

Somehow I feel happy seeing the tea leaves floating upright.

donkuri commented 4 weeks ago

I think this is minor personally, and the structure of the English sentence reflects that of the Japanese sentence, which in this case makes it easier to understand in my opinion. I'll ask Tyogin what he thinks and if he agrees I'll change it, thank you!

donkuri commented 3 weeks ago

Yeah he agrees that the translation being closer to the Japanese sentence is a good thing here so I'll close it, feel free to change it on your own version of the deck though.

Ryu945 commented 2 weeks ago

That is probably for the best. I thought I should mention it.