Ilker wrote:Hi Kokuou, thank you very much for your responses. Well A1,A2,A3 and A4 are okay. For A5 and A6 I want to ask what is the difference between gyoo nih and gyoo ni naruh or is there any difference between them.
(For A8) I think gni taishiteh and gno ba aih have same meaning am I right?
(For A7) Shika is okay (I should revise this part due to sae/shika confusion at weekend ) :shakehead: I also note that neko is a living being :bonk:
no kawari ni: As far as I understand no kawari ni is only used for nouns (noun gno kawari nih noun). How can I say gspeak to me instead of lookingh I donft understand the verb ghanasazuh in your example. (how hanasu became hanasazu) Could you explain me this change
I want to ask one more thing.
"be used to". How can I say "There used to be a house here" and "I used to love"
Thank you again
Hey again,
I try my best to clear up any confusion (created by me, possibly... :beaten: )
for A5 & A6, yes there is a difference between 'you ni' and 'you ni naru.' 'You ni' means simply 'like' and is an adverb which can modify any verb. 'You ni naru' means 'to become like.' Here are some examples:
'Kare ha buta no you ni tabeta.' - 'He ate like a pig.'
'Kare ha kanojo to hanaseru you ni natta.' - 'He became (like) able to talk to her.' (He is able to talk to her now)
The second one may sound confusing because that's not the way it's said in English, but this is the construction that is used in Japanese. Any situation in which someone wasn't able to do something before but can now requires this construction.
For A8, you are close. 'Taishite' and 'no baai' are very similar in meaning, but don't think of them as interchangable. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. One example is:
'Boku ni taishite nanto itta ka shitteru?' - 'Do you know what he said to me?'
In this case, 'no baai' cannot be substituted. They are difficult ones to learn, so don't feel bad :)
For A9, this is a difficult one to get, too.
Japanese doesn't have a construction similar to the one in your English example. They would say something like,
'Soko de damatte inaide watashi ni hanashite yo!'
'Damatte inaide' and 'hanashite' are both the polite command forms. The literal translation would be something like:
'Don't (stand) there shutting up, speak to me!'
The Japanese 'kawari ni' really means to substitute something for something else in a very material form, but it can be used with verbs as well:
'Kare ha, kanojo ni purezento wo ageru kawari ni, shokuji ni sasotta.'
'Ke took her out to dinner instead of giving her a present.'
I hope that is clear enough.
As for 'hanasazu,' it means the same as 'hanasanai.' It comes from classical Japanese, but is still used (not as often, albeit) today. So, 'hanasazu ni' is basically the same as 'hanasanaide.'
For your last question, I'll try and explain as to not create confusion :beaten:
Let me clear something up first, though. 'Used to be' and 'be used to' have very different meanings, but by the context of your question, I think you mean the latter.
This concept is often conveyed with a 'mae ni + past tense' construction. Depending on the verb, you use either the simple past or the progressive past.
'Kokoni mae ni ie ga atta yo.' - 'There used to be a house here.'
'Mae ni kanojo to yoku hanashita.' - 'I used to speak with her all the time.'
'Mae ni koko de neteita.' - 'I used to sleep here.'
Hope that answers your questions, but feel free to ask more if you still don't understand ;)
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