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The dog i like, the dog you like 2020/5/30 07:24
Spanish native, sorry for bad english.

I have a dog which is eating. The simplest form: The dog eats.

1) inu GA taberu

Now I want to say that I like the dog.

2) whatashi WA inu GA suki TA.

Same for anata. But how to connect booth? "The dog I like eats" and "The dog YOU like eats".

I think something about:

3) (watashi No suki NA inu) WA taberu.
4) (anata NO suki NA inu) WA taberu.

Is this correct? I think no... that sound like "my/your desiderable dog eats".

About the last:

5) (suki NA dog) Wa taberu

am I telling "the desiderable dog, the dog who everyone likes" eats??? I mean, in this case "suki" is for everyone, or just for me, or is context dependent?

Help, heeeeelp pleaseee.
by juan6948  

Re: The dog i like, the dog you like 2020/5/30 12:33
First of all, have you learned the gte-form + iru/imasuh to talk about an action that is right now happening, meaning to say ghe is eatingh instead of ghe eatsh?

(1) Inu ga tabete iru. (The/a dog is eating.)
(2) Watashi wa inu ga suki da. (I like dogs)

(3) Watashi no suki na inu ga tabete iru. (The dog I like is eating.)
The same for (4). You are talking about a specific dog that you like.

For (5), gsukih by itself does not point to whose gfavoriteh the dog is. By itself it is too vague.
If you want to say gthe dog everyone likes is eating, then it would be:
Minna ga suki na inu ga tabete iru. ("minna" = everyone)
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