Usages of au
私 は 病院 で 医者 に 会います。watashi wa byouin de isha ni aimasu.
I meet a doctor at the hospital.
私 は 友達 に 会いたい です。watashi wa tomodachi ni aitai desu.
I want to meet a friend.
私 は 学校 の 近く で 友達 に 会います。watashi wa gakkou no chikaku de tomodachi ni aimasu.
I meet a friend near the school.
説明会 で 会った 翻訳者 は、「読者 の 想像力 を 大切 に すること が 大事 だ」 と 言って いました。setsumeikai de atta honyakusha wa,「dokusha no souzouryoku o taisetsu ni surukoto ga daiji da」 to itte imashita.
A translator I met at an information session said, “It’s important to value the reader’s imagination.”
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