老(ろう)人(じん) roujinは wa私(わたし) watashiに ni頼(たの)み()事(こと) tanomikotoを oした shita。 The old man asked me a favor. Literal Old-man [topic-は] me [to-に] request-thing [object-を] did. 頼み事 ('a favor, a request') is a compound noun: 頼み (request) + 事 (matter). に marks the person asked. Simple and clean. daily life
老(ろう)人(じん) roujinは wa私(わたし) watashiに ni頼(たの)み()事(こと) tanomikotoを oした shita。 The old man asked me a favor. Literal Old-man [topic-は] me [to-に] request-thing [object-を] did. 頼み事 ('a favor, a request') is a compound noun: 頼み (request) + 事 (matter). に marks the person asked. Simple and clean. daily life