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Fantt
May 11, 2005, 05:23
For the following two sentences:

Michiko at hamburgers on Friday. She ate hamburgers on Saturday, too.

Is this how I would write it?

みちこさんは金曜日にハンバーガーを食べました。
土曜日にもハンバーガーを食べました。

I'm pretty sure I can leave off the ハーンバーガを part, but I want to make sure I understand where も goes in the second sentence.

Am I close?

EDIT: Added in the に before the も

epigene
May 11, 2005, 05:33
Fantt-san,

Yes, you're very, very close! :cool:

土曜日もハンバーガーを食べました。

Delete "ni," correct your typo "t" to た and change ハーンバーガ to ハンバーガー

These foreign language borrowings converted into katakana will become easier to write for you as you get accustomed to how the Japanese speak. :bluush:

Fantt
May 11, 2005, 05:39
Epigene-san,

ありがとう!

I edited the changes above. Are they correct now?

It would be ok for the second sentence to just be:

土曜日にも食べました。

Right?

Could you just say,

土曜日にも

and be understood, or is that too short?

epigene
May 11, 2005, 06:02
It would be ok for the second sentence to just be:

土曜日にも食べました。

Right?

Could you just say,

土曜日にも

and be understood, or is that too short?
Yes, 土曜日にも食べました。is OK. (Since the sentence is not strictly formal, "ni" is not always necessary. If you're a stickler with grammar, use "ni" by all means. :relief: )

土曜日にも will certainly be understood, but it's not natural Japanese. I'd say:
土曜日(に)もね。
土曜もね。(日 can be omitted when referring to the days of the week, such as 月曜、火曜)
But in formal speech, use 土曜日にも食べました。

HTH!

Fantt
May 11, 2005, 06:49
:D

Thank you very much, Epigene-san!

Damicci
May 13, 2005, 03:01
Ah I wanted to say you could also use も in place of を。 :p
Another example is using it too state agreement.

Aさん: 私はハンバーガを食べたいよ。
Bさん: あぁ、私も食べたい。
A: I want to eat a hamburger.
B: Ooh, I do too. (I also want to eat one.)