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hirashin (Offline)
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Smile 08-11-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by lucagalbu View Post
Wow.. It's harder than I thought
So, let me change the question this way: if someone told you "well, how do you say "if you want to be a hero, hold your dreams" in Japanese?", what would be your answer?
Is it something like: "英雄になりたければ、夢を持って"?
夢を持って sounds very soft. I feel it would not fit in this case. I think 英雄になりたければ夢を持て, 夢を持とう, 夢を持つんだ etc. would be better.

夢を持つんだ and 逃げるんだ are commands.

ごはん、逃げるんだ! is almost the same as ごはん、逃げろ!

Hope it helps.

ひらしん (a native Japanese speaker)
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