English To Japanese Questions

shari wrote:I'd say, more like "nihongo no jugyou dai san ka" or “ú–{Œê‚ÌŽö‹Æ‘æŽO‰Û.
Only my two cents. Or my first two-cent Japanese lesson in three words.

If I understood my teacher right, you can say:

“ú–{ŒêƒŒƒxƒ‹‚Q‘æŽl‰ñ(‚¾‚¢‚æ‚ñ‚©‚¢)

Japanese level 2, lesson 4.

She said I could use ‰ñ kai. ‰Û ka means chapter I think :P

But thanks for your answer!

‘æŽl‰ñ means "the fourth (of something)". What Shari-san wrote is more correct. Žö‹Æ‘æŽO‰Û means "lesson 3", so "lesson 4" is Žö‹Æ‘æŽl‰Û.

IZUMIgrad wrote:‘æŽl‰ñ means "the fourth (of something)". What Shari-san wrote is more correct. Žö‹Æ‘æŽO‰Û means "lesson 3", so "lesson 4" is Žö‹Æ‘æŽl‰Û.

Oh! I may be over-asking this, but, can't you say the fourth japanese lesson? Using ‘æŽl‰ñ ? Or is ‘æX‰ñ meant more for f.ex the fourth meeting? the fourth date... etc.

I saw that the Genki 1 book uses ‘æX‰Û on their chapters, so is the use of ‘æX‰Û not just limited to chapters in a book?

Sorry for the questions, but I want to make sure I completely understand it :P

Thanks! :)

Julieh wrote:Or is ‘æX‰ñ meant more for f.ex the fourth meeting? the fourth date... etc.

Yes. ‘æŽl means fourth (dai yon). So if you add ‰ñ (kai), it means the fourth of something or the fourth time. ‰Û (ka) is the counter for lessons and chapters in a book.

IZUMIgrad wrote:
Yes. ‘æŽl means fourth (dai yon). So if you add ‰ñ (kai), it means the fourth of something or the fourth time. ‰Û (ka) is the counter for lessons and chapters in a book.

Ah, okay. Thanks for the explanation! :)

when you talk about your own mom it should be •ê pronounce - (haha) or other peoples's mother ‚¨•ê‚³‚ñ@- (okaasan)

uruchan wrote:when you talk about your own mom it should be •ê pronounce - (haha) or other peoples's mother ‚¨•ê‚³‚ñ@- (okaasan)

Your own Mom okasan, don't EVER refer to somebody else's Mom as okasan. Same goes for Dad, you dad is otosan, for someone else's use chichi. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote:don't EVER refer to somebody else's Mom as okasan

...'cause if you do, they'll think you speak proper Japanese...

gaijinmark wrote:Your own Mom okasan, don't EVER refer to somebody else's Mom as okasan. Same goes for Dad, you dad is otosan, for someone else's use chichi.

What Uruchan wrote is correct. When you talk about your own family you use the humble form (haha/chichi) and when you talk about another person's family or talk directly to your own relatives you use the honorific form (san/sama).

Mother = Humble: haha. Honorific: okaasan/okaasama/kaasan/kaachan
Father = Humble: chichi. Honorific: otousan/otousama/tousan/touchan/oyaji
Older sister = Humble: ane. Honorific: oneesan/oneechan/neesan/neechan/aneki
Older brother = Humble: ani. Honorific: oniisan/oniichan/niisan/niichan/aniki

IZUMIgrad wrote:
What Uruchan wrote is correct. When you talk about your own family you use the humble form (haha/chichi) and when you talk about another person's family or talk directly to your own relatives you use the honorific form (san/sama).

Mother = Humble: haha. Honorific: okaasan/okaasama/kaasan/kaachan
Father = Humble: chichi. Honorific: otousan/otousama/tousan/touchan/oyaji
Older sister = Humble: ane. Honorific: oneesan/oneechan/neesan/neechan/aneki
Older brother = Humble: ani. Honorific: oniisan/oniichan/niisan/niichan/aniki

Like when you are saying something about your father or mother to someone else: watashi no haha/chichi wa ... . If you call your own father or mother you still call them by saying 'otoosan'/'okaasan'

Don't get confused about this.

i see
oh ok that is good to know

shari, ƒPƒ”ƒBƒ“, IZUMIGRAD: Sumimasen deshita!! :bow: Watashi wa chigaumasu!!! :bow: :bow: Kore kara ganbarre masu!!!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

You can also call your mother-in-law: onibaba ‹S”k [‚¨‚ɂ΂Î]. Just make sure she's not around when you say that. :hehe: :beaten:

Well, I dont remember the phrase, but it's a famous quote by Ueda Jiro in TRICK drama. His powerful quote is,

" Why dont you do your best? "

Can someone translate it [ in japanese ] what he really says?
Naze besto... Ok, I got just that.[/i]

i'm trying to write an email to a new Japanese penpal, and i'm not sure if this is right:
‚ ‚È‚½‚Ì‚¦‚¢‚²‚͂킽‚µ‚Ì‚É‚Ù‚ñ‚²‚æ‚肶‚傤‚¸‚Å‚·B@| Your english is more skilled than my Japanese....

Although I don't have anything to back me up, and I may be completely wrong, I would phrase it: @‚ ‚È‚½‚́@‰pŒê@‚́@ãŽè@‚Å‚·A‚¯‚ê‚ǁ@Ž„@‚́@“ú–{Œê@‚¨@‰ºŽè@‚Å‚·@(Anata no eigo wa jozu desu, keredo watashi no nihongo o heta desu) Your english is good, however, my japanese is bad.

gaijinmark wrote:Although I don't have anything to back me up, and I may be completely wrong, I would phrase it: @‚ ‚È‚½‚́@‰pŒê@‚́@ãŽè@‚Å‚·A‚¯‚ê‚ǁ@Ž„@‚́@“ú–{Œê@‚¨@‰ºŽè@‚Å‚·@(Anata no eigo wa jozu desu, keredo watashi no nihongo o heta desu) Your english is good, however, my japanese is bad.

Thanks g-mark, i'll try that. I'm sure she will correct me if it's wrong ;)

gaijinmark wrote:Although I don't have anything to back me up, and I may be completely wrong, I would phrase it: @‚ ‚È‚½‚́@‰pŒê@‚́@ãŽè@‚Å‚·A‚¯‚ê‚ǁ@Ž„@‚́@“ú–{Œê@‚¨@‰ºŽè@‚Å‚·@(Anata no eigo wa jozu desu, keredo watashi no nihongo o heta desu) Your english is good, however, my japanese is bad.

That was fine, except for the "o" part. In this case, you should use the (contrasting) "wa" (‚Í) instead.

So it should be:

‚ ‚È‚½‚̉pŒê‚͏ãŽè‚Å‚·A‚¯‚ê‚ÇŽ„‚Ì“ú–{Œê‚͉ºŽè‚Å‚·@(Anata no eigo wa jouzu desu, keredo watashi no nihongo wa heta desu)

cori wrote:

That was fine, except for the "o" part. In this case, you should use the (contrasting) "wa" (‚Í) instead.

So it should be:

‚ ‚È‚½‚̉pŒê‚͏ãŽè‚Å‚·A‚¯‚ê‚ÇŽ„‚Ì“ú–{Œê‚͉ºŽè‚Å‚·@(Anata no eigo wa jouzu desu, keredo watashi no nihongo wa heta desu)

Cool, I think I actually did that.

What did you think of my original suggestion?

Anime Dad wrote:

Cool, I think I actually did that.

What did you think of my original suggestion?

Oh, I thought I commented about it. Or maybe I did in my mind and forgot to actually type it out. :sweat: Anyway, I thought that was fine and I probably would've used either yours or gaijinmark's suggestion. :)