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English Sentence:

Yesterday I went to the computer shop to buy a new scanner.

Japanese Translation:

昨日、新しいスキャナーを買うためにパソコン屋に行きました。

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Words used:

|昨日|
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|きのう|

|キノウ|

kinō

yesterday

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新|しい
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あたら|しい

アタラ|シイ

atarashii

new, fresh

Here: new

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すきゃなー

スキャナー
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sukyanā

scanner

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を
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ヲ

o

(accusative-case particle)

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買|う
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か|う

カ|ウ

kau

to buy

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ために
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タメニ

tameni

for, for the purpose of, in order to

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ぱそこん

パソコン
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pasokon

personal computer

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屋
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や

ヤ

ya

shop, store (following a name of commodities/services)

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に
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ニ

ni

(particle for dative, time, location, direction)

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行|きました
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い|きました

イ|キマシタ

ikimashita

to have gone (polite)

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