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Old Jan 8, 2003, 12:01   #1
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I have a couple of translations I need help on.

1. Who is not coming to class on Wednesday?
2. I do not like sports at all, but I do like music.
3. I did not buy this book at this bookstore. I bought it at the bookstore over there.

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Old Sep 29, 2003, 10:30   #2
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1 水曜日に授業に出ない予定の人は、誰?
  Suiyoubi ni jugyou ni denai yotei no hito ha dare?

1 水曜日に授業に出ない予定の人は誰ですか? (Polite)
Suiyoubi ni jugyou ni denai yotei no hito ha dare desuka? 

2 スポーツは全然好きじゃないけど、
  音楽は好きだよ。
Supo-tsu ha zenzen suki ja nai kedo, ongaku ha suki dayo.

2 スポーツは全然好きじゃありませんが、
   音楽は好きですよ。(Polite)

Supo-tsu ha zenzen suki ja arimasen ga, ongaku ha suki desuyo.

3 この本はこの本屋で買ったんじゃないんだ。
  あそこの本屋で買ったんだよ。

  Kono hon ha kono hon'ya de katta n ja nainda. Asoko no hon'ya de katta n dayo.

3 この本はこの本屋で買ったんじゃありません。
  あそこの本屋で買ったんです。 (Polite)

Kono hon ha kono hon'ya de katta n ja arimasen. Asoko no hon'ya de katta n desu.

 [you can say "syoten" instead of hon'ya,]


  I put the phrases into the way men would speak.
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Old Sep 29, 2003, 11:26   #3
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I would also use for #1 "--授業へ来ない人はいますか。” jyugyou he konai hito wa imasuka? Wouldn't 授業に出ない予定がある人は誰? jyugyou ni denai yotei ga aru hito ha dare? be more correct? I'm not too sure...

In all, Alvo's is fine too, and they mean more or less the same. I think Alvo's is more like "who is planning on not coming to class on Wednesday?" (ie who probably won't come to class but might) where mine is "who is not coming to class on Wednesday."(ie no chance they will come. Only a slight difference and it depends on the mood you want to give it.
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I would also use for #1 "--授業へ来ない人はいますか。” jyugyou he konai hito wa imasuka? Wouldn't 授業に出ない予定がある人は誰? jyugyou ni denai yotei ga aru hito ha dare? be more correct? I'm not too sure...

In all, Alvo's is fine too, and they mean more or less the same. I think Alvo's is more like "who is planning on not coming to class on Wednesday?" (ie who probably won't come to class but might) where mine is "who is not coming to class on Wednesday."(ie no chance they will come. Only a slight difference and it depends on the mood you want to give it.

  I know what Mandylion mean, yes it's true. But If you say 水曜日に授業に来ない人はいますか。it sounds like you wanna know who DON'T attend the class on Wednesdays: Every Wednesday the person(s) don't attend.
 
I used "yotei no hito", intending not to make it sound like above, now instead, I'd receommend that you add a word "Kondono" ,like "Kondono suiyoubi ni jugyou ni konai hito ha dare desuka?"

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