"Three dogs are barking at the store."

Translation: おみせで三びきのいぬがないています。

[Tc3KDQp5]

Er, shouldn't it be 吠えています instead of ないています? I'm not saying that the given sentence is wrong, because it's not, but I think 吠えています would be a better choice.

[arcferrari248]

お店で3匹の犬が鳴いています。

お店で3匹の犬が鳴いている。

REMEMBERING SOME KANJI:

1. 店 - SIDE VIEW OF A STORE (THE TYPE THAT LOOKS LIKE A KIOSK) WITH A PERSON TENDING TO IT

2. 匹 - THE KANJI OF FOUR MINUS THE VERTICAL STROKE ON THE RIGHT (OR: "C THOSE LEGS? LET'S COUNT THEM!" - THE OUTSIDE PORTIONS OF THE KANJI THAT LOOK LIKE A "C" + HUMAN LEGS RADICAL)

3. 犬 - THE KANJI FOR "BIG" PLUS A SMALL DIAGONAL MARK ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER

4. 鳥 - COULD BE A PICTOGRAPH OF A BIRD PERCHING INSIDE A CAGE

5. 鳴 - "BIRDS USE THEIR MOUTHS TO CHIRP, YOU DON'T SAY?!"

[WesF.S.]

What about "お店で犬が三匹ないています。"? Is it okay to write it like this?

[HatchedSylveon]

Yep, it's perfectly fine. I believe that putting the counter first kinda emphasizes the number.

[Ever2662]

Surely this should accept 1) は instead of が and 2) 店に instead of 店で? Wouldn't 店で imply the dogs are barking IN the store?

[adezero]

isnt san biki inu fine? rather than san biki no inu.

[Ever2662]

Afraid not. If you have the counter first, you need to link it (adjectivally) with the noun it's modifying - hence the の.

[jamesjiao]

How would you say "three dogs are barking in the store"?

[vcfvct]

お店で犬が3匹ないでいます。