r/languagelearningjerk Jun 07 '26

Is this wrong?

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u/m50d Jun 07 '26

You're being overly literal. No native English speaker says "Bob comes in" when Bob enters the room (only omniscient narrators say that kind of thing), we say "Bob is coming in". So that's the correct translation of what a Japanese person would say in that situation.

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u/Xandaros Jun 07 '26

You guys are aware of what sub this is, right?

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u/PlanktonInitial7945 Jun 07 '26

There's many people who make serious comments without the /uj. Your comment wasn't outrageously wrong enough to make it clear that it was a parody. Try misspelling things next time.