Currently, I am trying to find which grammar construction is appropriate for expressing a phrase similar to "For each apple you give me, I will give you an orange." in Japanese.
The current translation I have came up with is as follow:
"くれるリンゴごとに、オレンジをあげます。"
I feel that this translation is likely not natural sounding or ごとに is not the grammar construction I should be using here. Any help is appreciated!
“For each apple, I will give you an orange” could be translated as:
リンゴ１つにつきミカンを１つあげます。
The sentence becomes a bit awkward when “apple” is modified with “you give me”.
もらう (or もらった) リンゴ１つにつきミカンを１つあげます。[a bit awkward]
I might rephrase it to something like this.
もらう (or もらった) リンゴの数だけミカンをあげます。
I will give you as many oranges as apples I am (or have been) given.
The following sentence with ごと is grammatical.
リンゴを１つもらうごとにミカンを１つあげます。
However, it sounds as if you are given one apple at a time on multiple occasions and you will reward the giver with one orange on every such occasion.
