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09-01-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyAzerty View Post
@ Sashimister : I love your examples. Trying to translate them ^^
And here is what I answered :

1/ I started judo at the age of 10.
2/ The movie started 5 minutes ago.
3/ Well then, class starts.
4/ I think that German started in University. (What does いと mean ?)
5/ Hmmm ... I have some trouble translating it correctly. "Love started when I met you"
6/ ??? Lol, I kind of understand but I can't translate it at all. "I kind of started Japanese" ...
My own translations will be literal. Notice I used を every time I used the transitive form 始める.

1. trans. I started judo when I was 10.
2. intrans. The movie started 5 minutes ago.
3. trans. Now (I am) starting the class.
4. trans. I'm thinking of starting (studying) German in college.
5. intrans. The moment I met you, love started.
6. trans. I have just started (studying) Japanese.
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