English To Japanese Questions

Helene wrote:Can u please tell me how to say and write this in Japanese :

Aren't you Japanese ?

Thanx

use this hand gesture: open palm, facing up. use this gesture to point at the person you want to ask and say:
nihonjindesuka?

niko2x wrote:use this hand gesture: open palm, facing up. use this gesture to point at the person you want to ask and say:
nihonjindesuka?

aren't you well-maneered ? :applaud:

I think you forgot that it was a tag-question because Helene probably already guessed this person was japanese, so:

sumimasen, anata wa nihonjin janai desuka?
(Excusez-moi, ne seriez-vous pas japonais(e)? en vf) :mrgreen:

Saiki wrote:aren't you well-maneered ? :applaud:

*blushes* Merci! j'ai oublie, vous devez regarder ses yeux et fairez le "semi-bow" et demander. :)

THANK YOU SAIKI !!! ;)

niko2x wrote: *blushes* Merci! j'ai oublie, vous devez regarder ses yeux et fairez le "semi-bow" et demander. :)

:hehe: , non non non, au contraire mon ami, le "semi-bow" n'est pas pour le demander. Le "semi-bow" est pour "arigato" ou "gomenasai". Quand vous demandez: "anata wa nihonjin desu ka", vous devez hocher la tête un peu, comme ça ~ :hehe: (mais sans la sourire).

FierceStriker wrote: :hehe: , non non non, au contraire mon ami, le "semi-bow" n'est pas pour le demander. Le "semi-bow" est pour "arigato" ou "gomenasai". Quand vous demandez: "anata wa nihonjin desu ka", vous devez hocher la tête un peu, comme ça ~ :hehe: (mais sans la sourire).

actually, i meant the head movement, but didn't know how to decribe it in detailed french, so i just went with the semi-bow. (i had fun practicing by bad french here, it's been years... :P )

niko2x wrote:actually, i meant the head movement, but didn't know how to decribe it in detailed french, so i just went with the semi-bow. (i had fun practicing by bad french here, it's been years... :P )

We were talking about the same thing after all, :). Wakarimashita. Question: Doing a semi-bow with one's head, will it help lose weight in the face area? :hehe:

FierceStriker wrote:We were talking about the same thing after all, :). Wakarimashita. Question: Doing a semi-bow with one's head, will it help lose weight in the face area? :hehe:

if not the face, then the neck, you know, with that "nod". LOL!

Andocrates wrote:What's with this weird compulsion to limit messages on a (really slow)message board?

Why not save space and bandwidth when basically questions within the same criteria could be compiled into one thread?

Slow? Yes, but from my experience, users who only make one thread asking for help only want an answer to one question. After the answer is given, they usually don't reply. And when they do, it's just reply with a simple "Thanks" which pretty much makes the thread a waste of space. Now why not make that into just one thread? You'll be suprised how many "one particular question" will come up in a month's time or two.

So my question to you is why is consolidation such a bad idea?
I see it more as a benefit.

Oh man, I haven't heard such a thing in Japanese language. Don't know if I can help you there. ‚í‚é‚¢‚¯‚Ç/Waruikedo/Sorry.

I don't even know if they have such a "catch phrase".

i agree, i don't even think there is an equivalent...i guess thats why none of the JP speakers even replied to your 1st thread, Man. ;) BTW, aho, you can lock his 1st thread about that catch phrase.

Waruikedo, I can't find the first thread.

ahochaude wrote:Waruikedo, I can't find the first thread.

‚²‚ß‚ñB‚±‚ê‚Í "the man's" ‚Í‚¶‚ß‚Ä‚Ì thread.

hi there :D

I see some people are so nice that they are willing to spend their time helping others translating. To be honest,i'm too learning japanese,i just can read those basic ones but i don't really know the meaning,and it's very lame of me,sigh :( .

Oh,back to the topic,i've watched an anime called MADLAX,it's nice and i quoted some verses and wanted to translate in kanji,if possible,type down the romanji as well(i'm fussy!).Or 1 people can do the kanji and another person do the romaji part,please help if you are free enough yeah! :P

1)To be in this world does not necessarily mean you exist
_______________________________________________

2)to live does not necessarily mean you alive
______________________________________

3)That is why i am dying in this world
_________________________________

That's all...

And i need some help here,i'm using modzilla firefox for normal browsing and it seems that it cannot detec and recognize asian font characters...does anyone using firefox here experience the same problem?

And for those already mastered japanese people out there,what do u need to type japanese? i'm using NJ star but i still think it doesn't really serve good to me.Maybe im' wrong,cause sometimes i don't know whether i should choose kanji or hiragana.

I do see some thread and the post says that there's some program that can tell you romanji and kanji at the same time,something called kakasi...is it easy to use?

I still does not really trust translation like altavista babelfish.I may comes out corect sometimes,but still,i think it's kinda weird.
can someone correct me regarding the stupid translation i made?

i intended to try no.3(that's y i'm dying in this world)
‚¾‚©‚炱‚̐¢ŠE‚ÍŽ„‚ÍŽ€‚Ë‚¢‚­‚Ì (just based on what i hear) horrible translation ever!! :nut:

Something i've always been thinking of,i always listen people say "watashi wa" but then the kanji is Ž„‚Íinstead of Ž„‚í
,why is that?

also i thought Žv‚¢mean "you" what's the difference of ‚ ‚È‚½andŒN?The translation turns out "thinking"Actually the kanji Žv mean "think" in chinese...Or am i wrong for all this world?

‚¶‚á ‚Ç‚à‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚»‚ê‚É‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·(again,a bad translation)

By the way,to those japanese music fans,do u know where i could search for kanji lyrics? Since it's no where to be found excpet for Ayumi hamasaki's lyrics.
Once again, sorry for the long-winded post nad ignore the eng error(mandarin is my primary language)
sankyu! :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

eternal wrote:


i intended to try no.3(that's y i'm dying in this world)
‚¾‚©‚炱‚̐¢ŠE‚ÍŽ„‚ÍŽ€‚Ë‚¢‚­‚Ì (just based on what i hear) horrible translation ever!! :nut:

I would say "kono sekai de wa watashi ga shini iku". (sorry I can't type Japanese signs on this computer)

eternal wrote:
Something i've always been thinking of,i always listen people say "watashi wa" but then the kanji is Ž„‚Íinstead of Ž„‚í
,why is that?

Does an explanation of this actually exists?! I don't know, never heard of one.

eternal wrote:
also i thought Žv‚¢mean "you" what's the difference of ‚ ‚È‚½andŒN?The translation turns out "thinking"Actually the kanji Žv mean "think" in chinese...Or am i wrong for all this world?

"Omou" means "to think", you are right. The difference between anata and kimi... anata is mainly used by women while kimi is used by boys. However, I don't get your association between "omou" and "anata/kimi" O_o Maybe you confused "omou" with "omae" which also means "you".

ah yes,i've been always confused with omae‚¨‚Ü‚¦.Hmm.. ‚¨‚Ü‚¦ or ‚¨‘O ? that confused me...

do u mean if i were to be a guy,i should say "kimi wa doko ni iru no?" ?

eternal wrote:ah yes,i've been always confused with omae‚¨‚Ü‚¦.Hmm.. ‚¨‚Ü‚¦ or ‚¨‘O ? that confused me...

Either is OK.

eternal wrote:

do u mean if i were to be a guy,i should say "kimi wa doko ni iru no?" ?

It's not wrong, but most likely you would say "Omae wa...". "Omae" is used more often than "kimi". It's more colloquial and used by boys who speak with friends or familiar people and the sentence you mentioned up there, is written in the way you'd talk to a familiar person. (don't know the english word for it, sorry hope you get what I mean ^^; ). "Kimi" itself is also used for people you're familiar with, but it's just... more polite.

so no one is going to do the kanji translating? :sweat:

aih nevermind ;)

kono sekai de wa watashi ga shini iku
‚¾‚©‚çA‚±‚̐¢ŠE‚ł́A‚킽‚µ‚ªŽ€‚ɍs‚­

but i think the phrase should be translated as
‚¾‚©‚çA‚±‚̐¢ŠE‚ÅŽ„‚ªŽ€‚É‚È‚é@

1. to be in this world does not necessarily means you exist
‚±‚̐¢ŠE‚Å‚¢‚é‚̂́A‘¶Ý‚·‚é‚ƈႤ

2. to live does not necessarily mean you are alive
¶‘¶‚·‚é‚̂́A¶‚«‚Ä‚¢‚é‚ƈႤ

that's the best i can translate.. :sweat: i don't really think i am good.. but this is interesting :beaten: