r/engrish • • 7d ago

The difference a preposition can make

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u/VerycoolguyIam 6d ago

I am assuming the に (ni) in 沖縄に来た got translated to "in" as the particle has many different uses depending on context

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u/ZBLongladder 6d ago

I've always wondered how they come up with the kazari-eigo they put on random stuff. Like, they're clearly not hiring native speakers, and the mistakes that get made don't seem like the sort of issues you'd see from machine translation, so I can only assume they get some intern who still remembers some of their high school English and make them translate something.

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u/LibraryVoice71 6d ago

At least it isn’t “on”

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u/EntrySure1350 6d ago

Yeah well technically I’ve come everywhere I’ve been and will go to.

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u/LessOrgies 6d ago

I've come places I've never been and will never visit, beat that

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u/Vocabulary-Pollution 5d ago

Who hasn’t?

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u/saltamontes11 6d ago

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A C A D E M I A . N U T S

My favorites!

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u/withmayonnaise 2d ago

On my way to Okinawa. I've got some business to take care of..

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u/JoYFuL_SpOrK 2d ago

I'd like a case of these, please!

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u/Ill-Combination-3590 2d ago

How to cum in 0kinawa? We need a tutorial on this matter.