Dec. 31, 2020
December 31
My father was invited to his friends who are related to his job to have dinner including my family. Today is New Year's Eve, and I wasn’t interested in it, but he made an appointment with them. Why did they invite us, even though on New Year's Eve?
お父さんの仕事関係の人に食事を一緒にしようと誘われた。大晦日だし興味は一切無かったが、お父さんが食事の約束をしてしまった。なんで大晦日に誘うんだよ。
My father was invited to his friends who are related to his job to have dinner including my family.We were invited to dinner by people from dad's work
As a journal entry, I think "dad" is more common than "father".
It's worth noting that in the present day, it's weird for someone to refer to their father as just "father", but common to refer to them as just "dad". Similarly, you can say "my dad's job", "dad's job", or "my father's job", but "father's job" sounds a bit weird.
I think work is just a little bit more casual than job. "仕事" is more like "work", while "職業" is more like "job".
Today is New Year's Eve, andso I wasn’t interested in it, but he made an appointment with'd already promised them.
Since「だし」has a bit of an implication in it/implies that the thing before it is a reason for something, "so" is better to use than "and". Here, you can omit "in it" (it's implied).
I inserted an "already" to try to get the feeling of 「しまった」.
In this kind of situation, where someone has made you an invitation that you've agreed to, "promise" is better than "appointment".
Why did they invite us, even though onit's New Year's Eve???
「んだよ」-> "???"
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Grammatically I agree with Oceandrive's corrections, but I feel like the original tone was a bit more casual, and since this seems to be a daily journal entry, I thought I'd be a bit more liberal with my corrections/rewrite it in a more casual style.
そして、私にとって、英語で説明を書くほうが簡単なんだけど、分かりにくい部分とかあったら、日本語で書き直すのは絶対に難しくない。特に、私は私の英語をコントロールしていない。
Jan. 1, 2021
Thank you for correcting!
Your Japanese helped me a lot haha.
Jan. 1, 2021
Today is New Year's Eve, andso I wasn’t interested in it, but he made an appointment with'd already promised them.
Why I can omit "in it" ?
I don't understand when I can omit it and can't omit.
Jan. 2, 2021
Why I can omit "in it" ? I don't understand when I can omit it and can't omit.
I don't know all the details, but I think in this case it's specifically because of the word "interested" (or similar adjectives); if the thing you're interested in is clear from context, you don't need to add the "in it". (「興味がある」って似たようなものだと思う。)
Jan. 2, 2021
I don't know all the details, but I think in this case it's specifically because of the word "interested" (or similar adjectives); if the thing you're interested in is clear from context, you don't need to add the "in it". (「興味がある」って似たようなものだと思う。)
OK! Thank you.
December 31
My father wasand my family were invited to his friends who are related to his job to have dinner including my family’s/colleague’s house to have dinner.
Today is New Year's Eve, and so I wasn’t interested in it, but he malready hade an appointment with them.
Why did they invite us, even though onit’s New Year's Eve?
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Great Job! Just a few corrections!
Dec. 31, 2020
Thank you for correcting!
Dec. 31, 2020
Today is New Year's Eve, and so I wasn’t interested in it, but he malready hade an appointment with them.
he made an had appointment with them?
Why not "he had made an appointment with them."?
Dec. 31, 2020
Sorry, I forgot to change something in the corrections. I meant to make it, "Today is New Year's Eve, and so I wasn't interested in it, but he already had an appointment with them". I'll go fix it.
Dec. 31, 2020
Sorry, I forgot to change something in the corrections. I meant to make it, "Today is New Year's Eve, and so I wasn't interested in it, but he already had an appointment with them". I'll go fix it.
OK! I got it. Thank you.
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My father was invited to his friends who are related to his job to have dinner including my family. My father
As a journal entry, I think "dad" is more common than "father". It's worth noting that in the present day, it's weird for someone to refer to their father as just "father", but common to refer to them as just "dad". Similarly, you can say "my dad's job", "dad's job", or "my father's job", but "father's job" sounds a bit weird. I think work is just a little bit more casual than job. "仕事" is more like "work", while "職業" is more like "job". |
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Today is New Year's Eve, and I wasn’t interested in it, but he made an appointment with them. Today is New Year's Eve, and so I wasn’t interested in it, but he Today is New Year's Eve, Since「だし」has a bit of an implication in it/implies that the thing before it is a reason for something, "so" is better to use than "and". Here, you can omit "in it" (it's implied). I inserted an "already" to try to get the feeling of 「しまった」. In this kind of situation, where someone has made you an invitation that you've agreed to, "promise" is better than "appointment". |
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Why did they invite us, even though on New Year's Eve? Why did they invite us, even though Why did they invite us, even though 「んだよ」-> "???" |
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