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nobu_japan

29 oct 2014

Japonés

Inglés (US)
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¿Esto suena natural? I'm gonna go get my lunch!
お昼ご飯行ってこよう！

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hellohellotom

29 oct 2014

Inglés (US)

Poco natural

I'm gonna go get lunch. Is better but yours is ok too... But you need to add information.

Using "my lunch" means you already own the lunch... So..

I'm gonna go get my lunch from the refrigerator
----
I'm gonna go get lunch. I will buy a sandwich.

catmaries

29 oct 2014

Inglés (US)

Natural

You can also say "I'm gonna have lunch" or I'm gonna get lunch," as it will typically be understood that the lunch you will eat will be yours.

howell

29 oct 2014

Inglés (US)

Poco natural

It depends on the context of the situation. 'I am going to get my lunch', the possessive pronoun 'my' means that you already have ownership of the lunch and you're retrieving it from a certain location. In Japanese, it would be the same as saying 僕のお昼ご飯行ってこよう！If this was the intended purpose, then you are saying it correctly.
However, in a colloquial/casual sense, if you do not have lunch and you want to go purchase it, then you can eliminate the pronoun 'my' so the resulting sentence would be 'I am going to get lunch'. In a casual conversation, this usually indicates that you are leaving to purchase it.
Note that both ways are perfectly fine in a casual conversation, however; depending on the situation you should do well to remember which one to select.

nobu_japan

29 oct 2014

Japonés

Thanks a lot, everyone!

nobu_japan

29 oct 2014

Japonés

I think I should have said, "I'm gonna go have lunch."

howell

29 oct 2014

Inglés (US)

Poco natural

That is also perfectly acceptable.

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¿Esto suena natural? I'm gonna go get my lunch!お昼ご飯行ってこよう！

I'm gonna go get lunch. Is better but yours is ok too... But you need to add information. Using "my lunch" means you already own the lunch... So..I'm gonna go get my lunch from the refrigerator ----I'm gonna go get lunch. I will buy a sandwich.

You can also say "I'm gonna have lunch" or I'm gonna get lunch," as it will typically be understood that the lunch you will eat will be yours.

That is also perfectly acceptable.

¿Esto suena natural? I'm gonna go get my lunch!
お昼ご飯行ってこよう！

I'm gonna go get lunch. Is better but yours is ok too... But you need to add information.

Using "my lunch" means you already own the lunch... So..

I'm gonna go get my lunch from the refrigerator
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I'm gonna go get lunch. I will buy a sandwich.