治ります vs. 直ります

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by Maxful

Hi masaegu san, what do you meant by "The original is in the past tense"? Could you kindly retranslate it for me?

Do you not see the past tense in:

「努力したら悪い癖が直った。」?????

And this was your translation:
"Bad habit can be corrected if one's make an effort."

How many meanings can my sentence "The original is in the past tense." have anyway?

[Maxful]

Gee , I am so sorry. So I guess I should use "Could be" instead of "Can be"?

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Maxful

Gee , I am so sorry. So I guess I should use "Could be" instead of "Can be"?

Honest question: Do you know what "past tense" means?

"When I made the effort, I cured my bad habits." Or, more literally, "When I made the effort, my bad habits were cured."

[Maxful]

Hi KyleGoetz san, I do understand what past tense means. But my English is still very poor, so there bound to be some miscommunication.

Thanks for translating it to me, by the way.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Maxful

Hi KyleGoetz san, I do understand what past tense means. But my English is still very poor, so there bound to be some miscommunication.

Thanks for translating it to me, by the way.

No problem. I didn't know your native language isn't English; I should have been a bit nicer. I'm sorry.

[Maxful]

Oh no, don't say that, is all good really.