inu o tsurete ikeru kafe o mitsuketa node, kondo tomodachi to ikitai desu.

dog

Breakdown of inu o tsurete ikeru kafe o mitsuketa node, kondo tomodachi to ikitai desu.

• です: to be
• 行いく: to go
• を: direct object particle

Questions & Answers about inu o tsurete ikeru kafe o mitsuketa node, kondo tomodachi to ikitai desu.

Why are there two を particles in this sentence?

They mark two different objects in two different parts of the sentence.

• 犬を連れて行ける = can take a dog along
  • Here, 犬を is the thing being taken.
• カフェを見つけた = found a café
  • Here, カフェを is the thing that was found.

So the sentence is built like this:

• [犬を連れて行ける] カフェ = a café where I can take a dog
• [その] カフェを見つけたので = because I found that café

It may feel crowded in English, but in Japanese this is very normal.

How does 犬を連れて行けるカフェ work? Why is the whole phrase placed before カフェ?

This is a very common Japanese structure: a clause comes before a noun to describe it.

So:

• 犬を連れて行ける = can take a dog there
• カフェ = café

Put together:

• 犬を連れて行けるカフェ = a café that I can take a dog to

In English, we often use a relative clause with that, which, or where.
In Japanese, you usually just put the describing clause directly before the noun.

Other examples:

• 日本語を勉強している学生 = a student who is studying Japanese
• 昨日買った本 = the book I bought yesterday

So 犬を連れて行けるカフェ is literally something like dog-can-take-along café, but naturally it means a café where I can bring my dog.

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