"It's fun to sing at Karaoke."
Translation:カラオケでうたうのはたのしいです。
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The の in のは is a nominalizer; it turns the verb (or verb phrase) before it into a noun (or noun phrase). うたう means the verb "sing"; うたうの turns it into "singing" or "to sing".
This is the kind of explanation I wish I didn't have to come to the comments for. Thanks.
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Is this the usual way to refer to singing "at" karaoke? It sounds a bit awkward.
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Not sure if you are talking about the English or Japanese sentence, however both look perfect to me. (Except for the incorrect use of capitalisation in the word karaoke — unless it's actually a place named "Karaoke".) ^^
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I was kind of talking about both. Thanks for clarifying. It just sounded weird to me.
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I would not say "sing at Karaoke", but "sing Karaoke" or "sing at Karaoke-night". Maybe they omit night as per the latter and think that is enough, the borrowed words tends to be used differently depending on region. Thanks for a great explanation on Japanese use of the word sing above!
I have never heard "at karaoke" in English before, and I've never heard カラオケで in Japanese either. But I'm sure both are fine. You could also say カラオケを歌う(うたう) - to sing karaoke, or カラオケをする/やる - to "do" karaoke.
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Indicating a place where you can sing karaoke. In Japan they have "karaoke boxes" - I have never been myself, but I have heard friends talking about them. My guess from what friends have said is that they're small private rooms where you can sing karaoke and record yourself and your friends.
