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11-24-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
Thanks for the help, masaegu. Please check if my translations are correct.


「あの俳優(はいゆう)は昨年アカデミー賞を受賞した 。」
That actor won an academy award last year.

「ノーベル賞を受賞した日本人はこれまで何名いますか 。」
How many Japanese have won the nobel prize thus far?

「小林シェフはフランスでの料理コンテストで銀賞を受 賞しました。」
Chef Kobayashi came second (won silver) in the cuisine contest held in France.
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Give me two verbs that children not old enough to know the verb 受賞する would use instead of it in forming these sentences? I ask because Japanese-learners can do the same if they cannot remember 受賞する when they want to use it.


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