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グループ の メッセージ に スタンプ だけ 送って、 先 に 仕事 に 戻った。guruupu no messeeji ni sutanpu dake okutte, saki ni shigoto ni modotta.
Meaning
I sent only a sticker to the group message and went back to work first.
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Breakdown of guruupu no messeeji ni sutanpu dake okutte, saki ni shigoto ni modotta.
にni
destination particle
のno
possessive case particle
にni
indirect object particle
仕事shigoto
work
Questions & Answers about guruupu no messeeji ni sutanpu dake okutte, saki ni shigoto ni modotta.
Why is の used in グループのメッセージ?
の links two nouns. Here, グループのメッセージ means something like the group’s message, a message in the group, or more naturally in English, the group message / group chat message.
It shows that メッセージ is related to グループ. In casual real-life translation, this often just means the group chat or the group thread.
So:
- グループ = group
- メッセージ = message
- グループのメッセージ = the group message / message in the group chat
Why is there に after メッセージ?
The に marks the target or destination of 送る (to send).
So メッセージにスタンプを送る means to send a stamp/sticker to the message/chat. In natural English, we would usually say send a sticker in the group chat or send a sticker to the group chat.
This に works a lot like to in English:
- 友だちに送る = send to a friend
- グループのメッセージに送る = send to the group message/chat
Why does the sentence say スタンプだけ? What does だけ mean here?
