小鳥たちが森の中でさえずっていた。 - Japanese example sentence

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Johannes_S January 2, 2022 January 2, 2022 at 9:43:45 PM UTC

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"Little birds were singing in the forest."
I think english sentence should be unlinked.

KK_kaku_ January 3, 2022 January 3, 2022 at 3:36:24 AM UTC

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"囀る(さえずる)" means to chirp frequently/repeatedly.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/wo...B%80%E3%82%8B/
"sing" means to make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds.
(from Oxford Languages)

CK January 3, 2022 January 3, 2022 at 3:41:59 AM UTC

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I think he thinks 小鳥たち doesn't match "birds."

I sort of think it's OK as a match. If I were translating a story into English with this Japanese sentence, that's probably how I'd translate it.