Let's take turns rowing the boat. - English example sentence

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helmfer April 4, 2011 April 4, 2011 at 6:50:33 PM UTC

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The verb 書く(kaku) means to write, the verb 漕ぐ (kogu) means to row. This sentence seems to make confusion between the two.

Swift April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 12:44:10 AM UTC

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Modified to better match the Japanese sentence on rowing a boat and unlinked the other ones. I'll leave a note on the Ukranian one.

JimBreen April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 2:02:59 AM UTC

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If the こごう is worrying, change it to 漕ごう. That will be clearer.
(I don't see where 書く came into it.)

Swift April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 2:23:21 AM UTC

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As you'll see from the logs, there were a couple of sentences linked to this one. One had 書く.

JimBreen April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 3:04:02 AM UTC

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And the other had 走る. Odd. I added translations for them (a bit twee.)

JimBreen April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 2:03:01 PM UTC

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The original is quite OK in English, although "[verb] in turn" may be less used in north America than elsewhere. It's been in English for hundreds of years, and is noted in the OED. Google for "speak in turn" and you'll find 100k+ hits, including many American pages.

I have looked through the other "in turn" sentences, and I don't see any that warrant changing.

helmfer April 5, 2011 April 5, 2011 at 4:22:56 PM UTC

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Thanks JimBreen.
I'm a admirer of your work in Jdic, and still owe the site a donation.