The dreaded V-te-Iru

[squarezebra]

Hi, i'm finding these really difficult. Can someone check them for me ... i find the distinction between punctual/durative/transative ... etc really tricky. I'm given some passages to translate into English. (in brackets is my guess)

コピーはもう出来ていますか。　(Is my copy ready yet?)
すいません。　まだです。 (i'm sorry, not yet)
何時ごろまでに出来ますか。 (At roughly what time will it be ready?)
もうすぐ出来ます。 (It will be finished/ready soon)

今日はいいお魚がありありますか。　(Do you have any nice fish today?)
はい、　お客さん。　いいのが入ってますよ。 (yes good customer, we have some in today today)
新しいのはどれですか。 (whic are your new ones?)
こちらのはどうですか。　おいしいですよ。 (how about these ones, they are delicious!)
あら、　まだ生きているのね。 (Wow!They're still alive)

How do these look?

Thanks.

[becki_kanou]

Hi, i'm finding these really difficult. Can someone check them for me ... i find the distinction between punctual/durative/transative ... etc really tricky. I'm given some passages to translate into English. (in brackets is my guess)

コピーはもう出来ていますか。　(Is my copy ready yet?)
すいません。　まだです。 (i'm sorry, not yet)
何時ごろまでに出来ますか。 (At roughly what time will it be ready?)
もうすぐ出来ます。 (It will be finished/ready soon)

今日はいいお魚がありありますか。　(Do you have any nice fish today?)
はい、　お客さん。　いいのが入ってますよ。 (yes good customer, we have some in today today)
新しいのはどれですか。 (whic are your new ones?)
こちらのはどうですか。　おいしいですよ。 (how about these ones, they are delicious!)
あら、　まだ生きているのね。 (Wow!They're still alive)

How do these look?

Thanks.

They look good. Just a tiny adjustment; but for naturalness I'd change "good customer" to "Sir/Ma'am" . Also I assume the second "today" is just a typo, correct?

[squarezebra]

Haha, of course ... Sir/ma'am (how did I not think of that?). And yes, it was a typo.


Thanks Becki