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1 July

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What does I perused unit two of the book you recommended I take a look at. mean?

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I don't understand the structure of this sentence.

Is the object of each verb like this?
I perused →unit two
I take a look at→the book

The book you recommended I take a look at.
I'm not familiar with this structure....
Is this the same meaning as the sentence below?
I take a look at the book you recommended.

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Yuunarichu

1 July

English (US)

Peruse is a verb, a little fancy way of saying you looked through something. "I perused the herbs." -> meaning you looked through the verbs.

And yes, it means the same thing as the sentence you wrote. But I would write "I took a look at the book you recommended me."

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NerdChieftain

1 July

English (US)

“I” “carefully read” “unit two of the book”.
Unit two of the book is a section of the book, it is one thing.

This may help you understand the sentence. “I perused unit two of the book THAT you recommended I look at.”
The sentence is borderline a run on sentence. Certainly it has extra words.

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minmin119

1 July

Japanese

@Yuunarichu
Thank you for the detailed explanation!
So do you use both way of saying that?
1.I took a look at the book you recommended me.
2.The book you recommended I take a look at.
Do you use present form for No.2?

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minmin119

1 July

Japanese

@NerdChieftain
Thank you for your detailed explanation!
Do you mean that "I look at" is the extra words?
I totally understand if there is no "I look at"
but what is the meaning of adding "I look at"?

Is the meaning of this sentence like this?
I took a quick look at the book you introduced me to, but I read Unit 2 really carefully.

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Yuunarichu

1 July

English (US)

@minmin119 No, the second sentence isn't grammatically correct and the structure would apply in Japanese because of the SOV structure in Japanese.

But you can make it work in a way, you're going to want to change your tone and add filler when speaking it because it sounds weird neutrally.
I would say, "The book you recommended me, I took a look at it, by the way."

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minmin119

1 July

Japanese

@Yuunarichu
Oh I see! I found this sentence online, but I had never seen it before, so I thought it is a grammar I don't know😅
It was a sentence for correcting pronunciation, so it might have been combined just to practice the sound.
Thank you very much for letting me know!

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What does I perused unit two of the book you recommended I take a look at. mean?

What does I perused unit two of the book you recommended I take a look at. mean? See a translation

Peruse is a verb, a little fancy way of saying you looked through something. "I perused the herbs." -> meaning you looked through the verbs. And yes, it means the same thing as the sentence you wrote. But I would write "I took a look at the book you recommended me."

What does I perused unit two of the book you recommended I take a look at. mean?

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Peruse is a verb, a little fancy way of saying you looked through something. "I perused the herbs." -> meaning you looked through the verbs.

And yes, it means the same thing as the sentence you wrote. But I would write "I took a look at the book you recommended me."