Moje ime je Ivan. Imam 17 godina i živim u Dubrovniku, na
jugu Hrvatske.Htio bi se
dopisivati s onom osobom koja nađe ovu poruku i naučiti
stranijezik. Moja adresa je:
Ulica R. Boškovića 2/3
Dubrovnik
Hrvatska
Pišite mi.
Ivan
My name is
Ivan. Whoever finds this letter, please write back to me. I want to be your friend. My address is:
Zdravo! Kako si? Moje ime je Mariko.
Ja sam Japanka. Imam 18 godina. Ti živiš u Hrvatskoj!?
Odlično! Ja živim u Hokkaidu u Japanu i govorim japanski.
Ali razumijem engleski. A ti? Da li govoriš engleski?
Let me switch to English for now! I really don't
understand Croatian so much, but I started to learn it as
soon as I found your letter in the bottle. I'd love to
know more about you. I enjoy learning your language, and
it would be wonderful if you could help me with it.
Moja adresa je: 26 Umibe, Otogi-cho
Nagareboshi-gun
Hokkaido
JAPAN
Tvoja prijateljica, Mariko
P.S. My friend Kamegoro says
zdravo to you. (He is my turtle...a funny guy!) We can
hardly wait to hear from you. Please write back soon!
Ti živiš
u Hrvatskoj!?
と Ja živim
u Hokkaidu...のところで主語が省略されないのは、二人のことを比べているからなんだって。主語が大事なときには省略されないんだ。日本語でもそうだよね。
ali は 「でも・しかし」(英語では but)の意味の接続詞。
接続詞 i と a の違いは Day9 を参照してね