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#2 (permalink) Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:08 am The store is mine, inherited from my uncle. |
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"The store is mine, I inherited (it) from my uncle" _________________ Keep it simple ... Keep it interesting. |
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Kitosdad Language Coach

Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Posts: 13417 Location: ESSEN, Germany, (but English.)
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jul 08, 2009 20:31 pm The store is mine, inherited from my uncle. |
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| Volcano1985 wrote: |
| Is it correct? Should I say "The store is mine, it was inherited from my uncle" ? |
Yes.
Alternately, 'The store is mine, I inherited it from my uncle.' _________________ Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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Skrej I'm here quite often ;-)

Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 863 Location: Not-quite exact central USA
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#4 (permalink) Thu Jul 09, 2009 20:59 pm The store is mine, inherited from my uncle. |
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Hi dear, My language is Persian; we have these sorts of problems in our language, too. When we want to translate Persian to English or the other way around, we will encounter the drastic clash. For example in my language which is head last, we say: "In maqaze male man ast, az amuyam be ers borde am"… in literal translation we have no alternative to say: "The store is mine, it was inherited from my uncle"! In fact using passive voice in my language is quite often but this sentence I mean using passive voice in this case in English is wrong. "The store is mine, I inherited (it) from my uncle" as Kitsodad said primarily is the best alternative.
Wish you all the best with a lot of fun and learning. |
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Moslemam I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Iran
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#5 (permalink) Thu Jul 09, 2009 21:05 pm The store is mine, inherited from my uncle. |
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| In Turkish it is passive too |
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Volcano1985 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Thu Jul 09, 2009 21:07 pm The store is mine, inherited from my uncle. |
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| the store is mine,which was inherited from my uncle may also correct? |
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Dileep New Member

Joined: 09 Jul 2009 Posts: 8 Location: Bangalore, India
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