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Sentence #6027

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kurisutofu kurisutofu May 17, 2010 May 17, 2010 at 2:37:19 PM UTC link Permalink

I think it is fine. It could be both meaning, the japanese language doesn't use all those different tense of a verb.
It is past form so "where have you been?" or "Where were you?" are fine as both are past tense.
Then, that would depend on the context.

sysko sysko May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 12:16:12 PM UTC link Permalink

with a space before the "?" :)

kurisutofu kurisutofu May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 1:11:36 PM UTC link Permalink

Well, in japanese, the "?" is optional anyway ^_^

sysko sysko May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 1:19:38 PM UTC link Permalink

I mean it's "passé ?" not "passé?" (as you own the French sentences)

kurisutofu kurisutofu May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 1:29:26 PM UTC link Permalink

oooh! sorry for the misunderstanding!
Well, I'm not sure there's a rule for that but I'll change it anyway ^_^

sysko sysko May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 1:38:12 PM UTC link Permalink

In fact to be really precise it should be a non breakable space
and there's rule for that
If you sepak French => http://www.dsi.univ-paris5.fr/typo.html at the end you have rule for punctuation :)

kurisutofu kurisutofu May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 1:43:40 PM UTC link Permalink

Oh I see. But it is in fact typographic rules, not grammar rules so you can apply it or not.
Maybe that exists also in grammar but I don't remember those ...

Anyways, you're right that we should follow those rules.

sysko sysko May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 4:19:23 PM UTC link Permalink

The main reason is too detect easier duplicate sentences :)

kurisutofu kurisutofu May 19, 2010 May 19, 2010 at 4:21:08 PM UTC link Permalink

I see ^_^
I'll be more careful from now on! ^_^

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Où étais-tu passé?

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Où étais-tu passé ?

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