父(ちち) chichiは wa昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) chuushokuを o食(た)べ()る() taberuために tameni読(どく)書(しょ) dokushoを oやめました yamemashita。 My father stopped reading to eat lunch. Literal Father [topic-は] lunch [object-を] eat [purpose-ために] reading [object-を] stopped. ~ために (in order to) marks the purpose — stopping reading in order to eat. 読書をやめる (stop reading) uses the formal 読書 (reading). familyreadingdaily routine~ために (in order to)
父(ちち) chichiは wa昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) chuushokuを o食(た)べ()る() taberuために tameni読(どく)書(しょ) dokushoを oやめました yamemashita。 My father stopped reading to eat lunch. Literal Father [topic-は] lunch [object-を] eat [purpose-ために] reading [object-を] stopped. ~ために (in order to) marks the purpose — stopping reading in order to eat. 読書をやめる (stop reading) uses the formal 読書 (reading). familyreadingdaily routine~ために (in order to)