Kotoba no Hibiki

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Let’s translate the following sentences into Japanese!

A: Huh? What’s that?
B: This? He gave me for my birthday! Are you jealous?
A: Really? Yeah, I’m jealous!

A: え？何なにそれ？

B: これ？誕生たんじょう日びにもらったの！嫉妬しっとしてるの？

A: 本当ほんとう？うん、嫉妬しっとしてるよ！

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More natural ways to express this are listed below.

Note: This is not a word-for-word translation.

Formal

A: あれ？それどうされたんですか？

B: これですか？誕生たんじょう日びにもらったんです！

Note: I think we rarely say something like ‘Are you jealous?’ in this context. It’s better to say it in your own mind.

A: そうなんですね。いいですね。

Note: On the other hand, we usually say something like ‘I’m jealous’ as a matter of etiquette, regardless of whether the other person says ‘Are you jealous’ or not.

Casual

A: え？何なにそれ？

B: これ？誕生たんじょう日びにもらったんだ！うらやましい？

A: えー。いいなぁ！