Whose Aunt?
Aug 07th 2011 17:17
possessive-case
(A) My sister would sometimes learn how to play the piano from our aunt.
(B) My sister would sometimes learn how to play the piano from her aunt.
(C) My sister would sometimes learn how to play the piano from my aunt.
In Japanese, we often omit reference to someone's family member when we can understand whose he is.
In this situation, "whose" aunt can be omitted in Japanese.
But I know it's necessary to mention it in English.
Of (A)-(D), do you think all are correct?
Thank you in advance!!
(B) My sister would sometimes learn how to play the piano from her aunt.
(C) My sister would sometimes learn how to play the piano from my aunt.
In Japanese, we often omit reference to someone's family member when we can understand whose he is.
In this situation, "whose" aunt can be omitted in Japanese.
But I know it's necessary to mention it in English.
Of (A)-(D), do you think all are correct?
Thank you in advance!!
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(A) My sister would sometimes learn be taught how to play the piano by our aunt.
You could use "learn" but it would need to be "learn from" and doesn't quite sound natural to me.
Secondly, version c sounds best to me. The other versions work and are also correct.
However I think version b *could* be seen to imply that the brother and sister do not share the same set of parents; one of them may be adopted or from a previous marriage.
it was just that I was so careless ...
Thank you so much for your pointing it out and explanation!