the panda ats bamboo

00:14 Aug 22, 2004
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Science (general)
English term or phrase: the panda ats bamboo
assignment for my japanese class due tomorrow at 9:00a.m.
matt


Summary of answers provided
5 +1パンダの食べ物は笹です。
Yohei Fukataki
4 +1パンダは笹を食べる
hinata
5パンダは笹を常食します。
humbird
5パンダが笹を食べた
macaroni


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
パンダは笹を食べる


Explanation:
"ats" must be "eats".
This sentence might be miss-typed, I think.

hinata
Japan
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yumom: Or, "ats" should be replaced by "ate", and in this case, the text would be translated into "パンダは笹を食べた" with the note that though "bamboo" means "竹", panda actualy eats "bamboo leaves", i.e., "笹".
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
パンダは笹を常食します。


Explanation:
笹 is leaves of bamboo bush (they don't grow big and tall).
常食 means "diet" as panda do not eat anything else. They live on this food source alone.
Your "ats" is obviously a typo. You must mean "eats".

humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
パンダの食べ物は笹です。


Explanation:
If the phrase is in an explanation of the Panda, this is most natural Japanese expression, I believe.

Yohei Fukataki
Japan
Local time: 20:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: if this sentence means the panda eats (yes, possibly typo) bamboo, not insects, not other animals, etc., i'd agree to Fukataki-san's response. it'd be most fitting in a documentary describing the general facts about the panda. "panda lives on bamboo."-
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  -> Thank you Kuwahara-san!
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
パンダが笹を食べた


Explanation:
If the verb is "ate", I guess the answer should be this.

macaroni
United States
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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