How do you say:
Only 10 days til christmas.
What do you want for christmas?
I want this for christmas.
Santa comes down the chimney and brings the good little children toys.
Christmas stuff in japanese?
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Re: Christmas stuff in japanese?
Have you had a go at any of those yourself?
クリスマスまでにたった１０日間です。
How about;kentaku_sama wrote:How do you say:
Only 10 days til christmas. .......
クリスマスまでにたった１０日間です。
Don't complain to me that people kick you when you're down. It's your own fault for lying there
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Re: Christmas stuff in japanese?
Ok, but can you explain this sentence? Like what does Xにたった mean in a sentence?
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Re: Christmas stuff in japanese?
It is not Xにたった but Xまでに which means "by X". Thinking more about it I should have just used まで, until, and not までに.kentaku_sama wrote:Ok, but can you explain this sentence? Like what does Xにたった mean in a sentence?
クリスマスまでたった１０日間です。
From WWWJDIC;
たった (adj-f,adv) only; merely; but; no more than;
How are you going with your attempts at translating those other sentences?
Don't complain to me that people kick you when you're down. It's your own fault for lying there