Importance of からだ in this sentence
I found this sentence in Nihongo Sō-Matome:
A: また太っちゃった。。
B: あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
Based on my understanding:
A: (you're) fat again...
B: I only eat nothing but sweets.
I do not know why からだよ is there.
Should the translation be: body eats nothing but sweets? Is it ok to remove からだ?
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I found this sentence in Nihongo Sō-Matome:
A: また太っちゃった。。
B: あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
Based on my understanding:
A: (you're) fat again...
B: I only eat nothing but sweets.
I do not know why からだよ is there.
Should the translation be: body eats nothing but sweets? Is it ok to remove からだ?
syntax nouns
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
add a comment |
I found this sentence in Nihongo Sō-Matome:
A: また太っちゃった。。
B: あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
Based on my understanding:
A: (you're) fat again...
B: I only eat nothing but sweets.
I do not know why からだよ is there.
Should the translation be: body eats nothing but sweets? Is it ok to remove からだ?
syntax nouns
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
I found this sentence in Nihongo Sō-Matome:
A: また太っちゃった。。
B: あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
Based on my understanding:
A: (you're) fat again...
B: I only eat nothing but sweets.
I do not know why からだよ is there.
Should the translation be: body eats nothing but sweets? Is it ok to remove からだ?
syntax nouns
syntax nouns
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
edited 14 hours ago
Andrew T.
231214
231214
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
asked 18 hours ago
ShiniboiShiniboi
1709
1709
add a comment |
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First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.
A また太っちゃった。
I ended up getting fat again.
B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
That's because you eat nothing but sweets.
Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:
A) I ended up getting fat again.
B) You eat nothing but sweets.
B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds like a random statement of fact.
Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
answered 18 hours ago
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Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
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First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.
A また太っちゃった。
I ended up getting fat again.
B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
That's because you eat nothing but sweets.
Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:
A) I ended up getting fat again.
B) You eat nothing but sweets.
B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds like a random statement of fact.
Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
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First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.
A また太っちゃった。
I ended up getting fat again.
B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
That's because you eat nothing but sweets.
Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:
A) I ended up getting fat again.
B) You eat nothing but sweets.
B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds like a random statement of fact.
Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
add a comment |
First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.
A また太っちゃった。
I ended up getting fat again.
B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
That's because you eat nothing but sweets.
Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:
A) I ended up getting fat again.
B) You eat nothing but sweets.
B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds like a random statement of fact.
Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
First off, I think you got the actors the wrong way round.
A また太っちゃった。
I ended up getting fat again.
B あまいものばかり食べているからだよ。
That's because you eat nothing but sweets.
Can you remove からだ? Grammatically you can, but it wouldn't sound natural in the same way that this English exchange would sound slightly awkward:
A) I ended up getting fat again.
B) You eat nothing but sweets.
B's reply doesn't feel like part of the conversation does it? It just sounds like a random statement of fact.
Edit: I've just realised your problem. You thought からだ was 体 meaning body. But it isn't. It is から meaning 'because' plus the copula だ.
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
answered 18 hours ago
user3856370user3856370
14.6k52170
14.6k52170
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
Thank you very much! Yes I thought it was 'body' so I am confused.
– Shiniboi
17 hours ago
add a comment |
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