4.II.1 逆接: …が […but …]

(メールで) 3月になりましたが、まだ寒いですね。

(through email) It’s March now, but it’s still cold, isn’t it?

(通過郵件) 已經到了三月了，但還是很冷呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
3月に	sangatsu ni	modifiers	in March
なりました	nari-mashi-ta	predicate	has become
が	ga	particles	subject marker
まだ	mada	modifiers	still
寒いですね	samui-desu-ne	predicate	is cold, isn’t it?

Is it 400 yen for one? The rose is beautiful, but expensive, isn’t it?

一本400円嗎？玫瑰花朵很漂亮，但是很貴呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
1本	ichi-hon	modifiers	one
400円	yon-hyaku-en	modifiers	400 yen
です	desu	verb conjugations	is
か	ka	particles	question marker
ばらの花	bara-no-hana	subject	rose flower
きれい	kirei	modifiers	beautiful
高い	takai	modifiers	expensive
ですね	desu-ne	verb conjugations	isn’t it?

I want to read a book, but I don’t have time.

我想讀書，但是沒有時間。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
本	hon	subject	book
を	wo	particles	object marker
読みたい	yomi-tai	predicate	want to read
が	ga	particles	subject marker
時間	jikan	modifiers	time
ない	nai	modifiers	not
行方不明に	yukue-fumei-ni	modifiers	gone missing
なってしまいました	na-t-te-shimai-mashi-ta	predicate	has become

I often drink tea, but I don’t drink coffee much.

我常喝紅茶，但不太喝咖啡。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
紅茶	ko-cha	modifiers	black tea
よく	yoku	modifiers	often
飲みます	nomi-masu	predicate	drink
が	ga	particles	subject marker
コーヒー	ko-hi	modifiers	coffee
あまり	amari	modifiers	not much
飲みません	nomi-mase-n	predicate	do not drink

I would like to ask a little… How do I get to the station?

我想問一下，去車站怎麼走呢？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ちょっと	chotto	modifiers	a little
うかがいたい	ukagai-tai	predicate	want to ask
んですが	n desu ga	particles	explanatory particle
駅へ	eki-e	modifiers	to the station
どう	do	modifiers	how
行く	iku	predicate	go
でしょうか	deshou ka	particles	question particle

I don’t think so, but…

我不這麼認爲，但是……。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたし	watashi	subject	I
は	wa	particles	topic marker
そう	so	modifiers	that way
は	wa	particles	topic marker
思いません	omoi-mase-n	predicate	do not think

I went to ABC department store, but it was closed.

我去了ABC百貨公司，結果它放假了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ABC	ABC	modifiers	ABC
デパート	depa-to	subject	department store
行ったんだけど	i-t-ta-n-da-kedo	predicate	went
休みだった	yasumi-da-t-ta	modifiers	was closed

Yesterday, I watched that DVD and it was interesting.

昨天，我看了那張DVD，很有趣的哦。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
きのう	kino	modifiers	yesterday
あの	ano	modifiers	that
DVD	DVD	subject	DVD
を	wo	particles	object marker
見た	mi-ta	verb conjugations	saw
けど	kedo	particles	but
おもしろかった	omoshiroka-t-ta	predicate	was interesting
よ	yo	particles	sentence-ending particle