Can someone please break down (translate) this sentence? I don't understand ため, になる or でも's usage
いそがしい母は料理をする時間があまりなかったため、ゆうしょくでも、ちょうしょくとまったくおなじものになることもありました。
Does this mean, "Because my busy mother did not have a lot of time to cook, (We ate) the completely same thing during dinner and breakfast" ?
(T_T) I'm so confused
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いそがしい母は料理をする時間があまりなかったため、
→ Exactly. "ため" means "because" or "since" in this clause.
ゆうしょくでも、ちょうしょくと
→ You had better use "も" rather than "でも" here. This particle means something is the same as another like breakfast and dinner in this sentence.
まったくおなじものになることもありました。
→ "になる" means "become" or "will be". In this sentence, your dinner menu would be often the same as breakfast menu because your mom was so busy.
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Hi Leaslie,
Yes. That means that she cooked dinner and with the left over you had breakfast the following day!
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