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海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が降っていた。 I wanted to go to the sea, but it was raining.

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Subject: 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が
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by: henh...@gmail.com - Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:17 UTC

> > もし知っていたら、来なかったでしょう。
> > 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が降っていた。

Google Translate thinks that's Japanese for

> If I had known, I wouldn't have come.
> I wanted to go to the sea, but it was raining.

------------ and what's your point?

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海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が降っていた。

less Translationese-sounding sentence(s) would be...

海に行きたかったけど、雨が降っていた。

海に行きたかったが、雨が降っていた。

海に行きたかったんだが、雨が降っていた。

ビーチに行きたかったが、雨が降っていた。

浜辺に行きたかったが、雨が降っていた。

.......... etc., etc.

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Subject: Re: 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨
が降っていた。 I wanted to go to the sea, but it was
raining.
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by: bruce bowser - Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:39 UTC

On Monday, June 19, 2023 at 3:17:16 PM UTC-4, henh...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > もし知っていたら、来なかったでしょう。
> > > 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が降っていた。
> Google Translate thinks that's Japanese for
> > If I had known, I wouldn't have come.
> > I wanted to go to the sea, but it was raining.
>
> ------------ and what's your point?
> ______________________
> 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が降っていた。
> less Translationese-sounding sentence(s) would be...
Says who?

Subject	Author
海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨が	henh...@gmail.com
Re: 海に行きたいと思っていたけど、雨	bruce bowser