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09-07-2011, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Magnus View Post
Hi! this time what keeps bugging me is that I'm unsure of how to say 'you need comfort' or 'looks like you need comfort' in a natural way. When I try to bend my grammar I get something like 慰めるのはいるらしい or 癒やされることがいりそう but i've never heard it said so can't tell if either of them sound natural.

any input would be highly appreciated
Neither of those is grammatical nor natural. One cannot say either 「のはいる」 or 「ことがいる」.

I would phrase it as:
「癒しを必要としているようです。」
「癒しを求めているようだ。」
, etc


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