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Quick Grammar Question. - 08-22-2007, 08:28 PM

How do you say your going to do something somewhere at a specific time? If the sentence was "I will read books in the library at 5:00." would it be translated as "Goji toshokan de hon wo yomimasu." or does the particle ni need to be added and should watashi wa be placed at the beginning?

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08-23-2007, 02:30 AM

You would need to place 'ni' after '5-ji'. Forget about starting the sentence with ''watashi wa". The more often you use 'watashi' or 'anata', the more foreign you will sound to the Japanese ear. Ganbatte kudasai.
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08-23-2007, 02:40 AM

Arigatoo gozaimasu.
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You only need to use watashi and anata if it isn't clear without it.
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