性格が良い／悪い
Feb 11th 2010 03:59
how-to-phrase
「彼は性格が悪い。」
When we Japanese translates this into English, we tend to take「性格」as the subject and write like this:
(A) "His character is bad."
But I guess you rather express as follows:
(B) "He has a bad character."
(C) "He is of bad character."
(D) "He is a person of bad character."
Is my guess right?
If there is any phrase among them you don't often use, could you please tell me?
Thank you in advance!!!
[Memo: how-to-phrase]
When we Japanese translates this into English, we tend to take「性格」as the subject and write like this:
(A) "His character is bad."
But I guess you rather express as follows:
(B) "He has a bad character."
(C) "He is of bad character."
(D) "He is a person of bad character."
Is my guess right?
If there is any phrase among them you don't often use, could you please tell me?
Thank you in advance!!!
[Memo: how-to-phrase]
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That's exactly right!. We might also say "He has a bad personality."
Thanks, Greed!
I have just rewritten this journal, and added some phrases.
Could you please tell me about them too?