Gerunds! 皆、助けてください。
It's a BIG question to me on how to contruct sentences in Japanese if the subject is a gerund or a verb who acts like a noun. Its mind blowing.

Like for example, how would I translate this in Japanese:
1)[Studying Japanese is too hard.]
3)[Playing volleyball makes me happy.]

助けてください！ありがとうございます！My textbook doesn't provide the same case so yeah, I don't know how to do it. My book is for basics.

Question

Gerunds! 皆、助けてください。
It's a BIG question to me on how to contruct sentences in Japanese if the subject is a gerund or a verb who acts like a noun. Its mind blowing.

Like for example, how would I translate this in Japanese:
1)[Studying Japanese is too hard.]
3)[Playing volleyball makes me happy.]

助けてください！ありがとうございます！My textbook doesn't provide the same case so yeah, I don't know how to do it. My book is for basics.

Answer

In such cases as 1 (〜ing is....), you could translate like ''〜するのは…”(日本語を勉強するのは難しい).
I think [〜 makes sb/sth ...] is a bit difficult to translate into natural Japanese sentences.
One way to translate difficult sentences is to think of different ways of expression. 
For example, you could change the sentence2 into ''I feel happy when I play volleyball.”(バレーをすると幸せな気分になる。)
Then you might be able to translate more easily.

I hope my advice helps you :)

Answer

1)[Studying Japanese is too hard.]
→日本語を勉強することはとても大変です。（にほんごを べんきょうすることは とてもたいへんです）

3)[Playing volleyball makes me happy.]
→バレーボールをすることはとても楽しいです。

This is my translation.
I hope it will help you. :)

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