How to ask someone "what made you choose English language as a major at university" in Japanese?
I am having difficulty with the "What made you..." part, can't figure out how to translate it. Also, how would I say "What >inspired you< to choose English language as a major at university"?
Is there some general way to make statement like "What made you eat...", "What made you think...", "What made you laugh" e.t.c?
Besides this I have these 2 other sentences: "From the profile I find that you are interested in japanese" And "I am sure you know about this face already"
How do I translate the "I find that you are" in the first sentence and "I am sure" in the sencond sentece. I am just being held down by such simple phrases.
Iryoku
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"What made you choose English language as a major at university"
どうして英語を専攻しようと思ったんですか？
"What inspired you to choose English language as a major at university"?
英語を専攻するきっかけとなったのは何ですか？
"What made you eat...", "What made you think...", "What made you laugh", etc...
The pattern どうして～しようと思った？ or どうして～したんですか？ or very close to what you are searching for.
"From the profile I find that you are interested in japanese"
プロファイルからすると日本語に興味があるようですね。
"I am sure you know about this face already" ... sorry, can't understand the meaning in English. Face? What?
Literally -> この顔のこと絶対知ってるだろうと思います。
There's no literal way to say "I find that you are", I think.
For "I am sure" you can use many patterns, such as Verb+はず, which I think is the easiest one.
Of course, there are many ways to say the same sentences.
Last edited by Iryoku (2012 March 16, 4:22 pm)
