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Brad Robinson
Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 06:03 pm:   

hey everybody, i was wondering if somebody could help me out with translating this japanese sentence i saw today:

"yubinkyoku ni ikimasu. yonji goro ni kimasu."

any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you for your time
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Hendrik
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 03:43 pm:   

It depends highly on the context:
"yuubinkyoku ni ikimasu" could mean:
"I go to the post office"
"He goes to the post office"

"yonji goro ni kimasu" means
"He comes around four o clock"

I think...
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Ms. Anon
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004 - 05:01 pm:   

Hendrik's translation is correct. Only, Brad misread one thing:
"Yonji" is actually read "yoji" (four o'clock), although it is a combination of the characters "yon" and "ji."

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