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Old 07-15-2006, 01:13 AM   #8
Peter Goldsbury
 
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Re: translation please?

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Jon Harris wrote:
Could you give us a little pronunciation help with this one, too, Peter?

Domo arigato!
Hello Jon,

Actually, the use of kimi and the coloquial da indicates that you are speaking to a close friend. If you wanted to tell your teacher the same thing, you would say: Watashi ga seikou shita no wa Sensei no okage desu, with a short pause after wa.
What pronunciation problems are you thinking of particularly?

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