I have a question for Japanses learner...
What do you say this situation in English?
「やる気に火が付く。」
When I red English children's book, I couldn't read it and understant.
"Damn it! Oh I couldn't read even children's book!"
I decided that read 100 English books (any level is okay) for 1 year.
It made me fire?
Thank you
Hiromi
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I have a question for Japanese learners...
What do you say in this situation in English?「やる気に火が付く。」
When I read an English children's book, I couldn't read it and understand.
"Damn it! Oh I couldn't read even a children's book!"
I decided to read 100 English books (any level is okay) in 1 year.
It made me fire?
Thank you
Hiromi
In this situation we would say something like:
"sparked my motivation (to read)"
"sparked a passion in me (to read)"
"ignited a passion in me"
I think it's very hard to translate because we don't have the same sayings in Japanese and English.
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Thank you, Chris!
you use "it got me fired up" in dairy life? or it just translates directly?
If it's the former, it would be very interesing!
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You can say "it got me fired up"
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