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"High school students cannot smoke."
Translation:高校生はタバコをすってはいけません。
October 12, 2017
17 Comments
Kenn339668
485
Possibly because you left out the け in いけません? The cards I was given just now included て、は、いけ、ませ and ん.
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Can anyone please explain to me why there is a "は” in between "すって" and "いけません"?
高校生はすってはいけません should be a valid answer for this. Much like in English, when you say 'smoke' as a verb, it is automatically implied that you're talking about tobaco/cigarettes. Note that the English sentence does not say "High school students cannot smoke tobaco", because no one would bother including the 'tabaco/cigarette' bit.
FrederickEason
1178
Japanese nouns do not always have to specify the plural, the plural can be implied in most cases.
FrederickEason
1178
吸う is a transitive verb. It requires an object to be grammatically correct. It cannot be used alone, unlike the English verb "to smoke".