12.II.1 決定: Nにします [decide (on) (noun)]

いい喫茶店ですね。何をたのみましょうか。

It’s a nice coffee shop, isn’t it? What would you like to order?

這是一家不錯的咖啡館呢。我們要點什麼呢？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
いい	ii	modifiers	good
喫茶店	kissaten	subject	cafe
です	desu	predicate	is
ね	ne	particles	sentence-ending particle
何	nani	subject	what
を	wo	particles	object marker
たのみましょう	tanomi-masho-u	predicate	shall we order
か	ka	particles	question marker

Because my throat is dry, I will have cola.

因爲很渴，所以選擇可樂。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
のど	nodo	subject	throat
が	ga	particles	subject marker
かわいた	kawai-ta	predicate	became dry
から	kara	particles	because
コーラ	ko-ra	modifiers	cola
にします	ni-shi-masu	verb conjugations	will choose

This bag has a new design.

這個包的設計很新穎。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
こちら	kochira	modifiers	this
の	no	particles	possessive marker
バッグ	baggu	subject	bag
は	wa	particles	topic marker
デザイン	dezain	modifiers	design
が	ga	particles	subject marker
新しい	atarashii	modifiers	new
ん	n	verb conjugations	contraction of “の”
です	desu	predicate	is
よ	yo	particles	sentence-ending particle

It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Well, I’ll go with this.

真漂亮呢。那就選這個吧。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
きれいですね。	kirei desu ne.	-	It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
じゃ、	ja,	-	Well then,
これにします。	kore ni shimasu.	predicate	I’ll choose this one.

It’s about time, so…

快到時間了，

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
そろそろ	sorosoro	-	soon
時間なので、	jikan na node,	-	because it’s time,

Let’s finish today’s discussion here.

讓我們把今天的討論到此爲止吧。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今日の話し合いは	kyo—no-hanashiai-wa	subject	today’s discussion
ここまでに	koko-made-ni	modifiers	until this point
しましょう	shi-masho-u	predicate	let’s finish