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22 Nov 2014
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English (US)
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I am old-sighted. And so my wife is. does this sound natural?
I am old-sighted. And so my wife is. does this sound natural?
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22 Nov 2014
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- English (US)
A little unnatural
"And so is my wife." is better.
- English (US)
- Japanese
Oops, thanks!
- English (US)
- Japanese
That's what I wanted to make sure. How would you say it instead?
- English (US)
- English (US)
Unnatural
I'm aware of "near-sighted" and "far-sighted"
- English (US)
Unnatural
For when you can see close but not far, or far but not close, respectively.
- Japanese
Oh, you're not sure what I mean. That's too bad...
- English (US)
Unnatural
Do you just mean when someone's vision gets worse with time?
- Japanese
When you get older, your eyes usually tend to be far-sighted. We call it "old-sighted" in Japanese. Do you have any English equivalent to this?
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- English (US)
- Japanese
I'm afraid they are not diminishing, but getting far-sighted.
- English (US)
Unnatural
People don't say they get far-sighted as they age.
- Japanese
In Japan, they DO!
- English (US)
Unnatural
I understand that in Japan it is how you relay it; however, it wouldn't make sense in English. Just trying to help out! Sorry if I have offended you.
- Japanese
No, no, I didn't mean that. Maybe it's just a matter of culture difference. Thanks anyway!
- English (US)
Unnatural
No worries! I notice that sometimes phrases don't exist in foreign languages when I'm learning a new language too. I find it very interesting; don't you?
- English (US)
Unnatural
That's one of the reasons I want to learn an Asian language like Korean. With Spanish, many, many words and phrases and even some idioms translate more or less directly to English, and even more words do. I'd love to learn a language separate from my own, but alas, DuoLingo doesn't have an English->Korean course yet. :(
- Japanese
I speak Korean. It's very easy for the Japanese to learn it.
- English (US)
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