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supermidget wrote:which it's a bit different from "staying" like *not leaving*. Did you ever hear it in that way?

I just checked my brain and I got an "Error 642: Buh. Insufficient Information". :sweat:

supermidget wrote:

Thank you for your insights :) Actually I concider myself still a beginner, since I'm only a second year student. I don't have so much experience in using Japanese in daily life so what I know is mainy "book-stuff". And never forget... since anyone can have questions, anyone can have answers right?

Anyhow, there's a bunch of verbs pronounced tomaru... I only know how to use Ž~‚Ü‚é (to come to a halt; to stop) and ”‘‚Ü‚é (to stay at; like residing, sleeping over). Besides them two, I found —¯‚Ü‚é in the dictionary before, translated as "to be fixed; to stay". But I've never come across it, so I'm afraid to use it.

I think your suggestion of ‚Æ‚Ü‚é (but maybe with different kanji) is a good one, though you said you heared it in the sense of "staying at a place (for hotel etc)", which it's a bit different from "staying" like *not leaving*. Did you ever hear it in that way?

‹°‚ê“ü‚è‚Ü‚· I'm shaking in fear (of your greatness)
Thank you :woot:

Although the kanji —¯‚Ü‚é can be pronounced as ‚Æ‚Ü‚é, it simply means "to stop" when it is.
If you want to use it as "to stay," it is then pronounced ‚Æ‚Ç‚Ü‚é [todomaru], but it still doesn't meant "stay" in the sense that you are trying to convey. It means "stay" more in a sense of to remain in the same position (for work, etc.).

Actually, ribi's example does mean "are you staying?" if used in the right context. It does sound like it means "are you here?" but if you are asking the person and you can see or hear them, obviously you know the answer to that question.

Personally, I would add ‚Ü‚¾ [mada] into the sentence so that it reads:

u‚Ü‚¾ (‚±‚±‚É) ‚¢‚Ü‚·‚©Hv (mada {koko ni} imasu ka?)

and, although literally meaning "are you still here?", if you are asking it to someone that is standing or sitting in front of you, it will always be taken as "are you still going to be here?" or "are you staying?"

On MSN Messenger, for instance, if I'm working on translation work and my friend starts talking to me but I don't have time to chat at that particular moment, I will ask my friend, u‚˂ˁA‚Ü‚¾‚¢‚éHv [ne ne, mada iru?], and they will reply with either a yes or no.

HTH,

‘‰¤š

I'm back... after a few weeks of reading and learning from a tutor, I'm getting better... but still have tons of questions..

Here's one from Nana:

Aite ga toshiue dakara umaku ikanakatta no ka mo

Confused as heck=i read two different version of scanlations, and they were intepreted differently... one says although it might be nice to go out wtih older guys. another ones says always fails because I always go out with older guys.

Aite = partner; toshiue = older? dakara = therefore; ikanakatta = went?

what's umako?
what's nokamo??

Thanks!

fayewolf wrote:I'm back... after a few weeks of reading and learning from a tutor, I'm getting better... but still have tons of questions..

Here's one from Nana:

Aite ga toshiue dakara umaku ikanakatta no ka mo

Confused as heck=i read two different version of scanlations, and they were intepreted differently... one says although it might be nice to go out wtih older guys. another ones says always fails because I always go out with older guys.

Aite = partner; toshiue = older? dakara = therefore; ikanakatta = went?

what's umako?
what's nokamo??

Thanks!

Aite ga toshiue dakara
‘ŠŽè‚ª”Nã‚¾‚©‚ç
"Because the partner is older"

umaku ikanakatta no
‚¤‚Ü‚­‚¢‚©‚È‚©‚Á‚½‚Ì
"the fact that it didn't go well"

ka mo (shirenai)
‚©‚ài’m‚ê‚È‚¢j
"one can not know" -> should be translated by "maybe"

Maybe it didn't work out because my/his/her partner was older


"ka mo shirenai" is an expression translated by "maybe" or "possibly". "ka mo" is just a short version of it. "umaku" comes from "umai" (tasty) but it's often used to say someone does something well, or when things go 'smooth'. Compare to ii / yoku

umaku shaberu = speak well, smoothly
umaku iku =~ going will

I think the first scanlation you mentioned is just wrong, the second one conveys the message.

fayewolf wrote:I'm back... after a few weeks of reading and learning from a tutor, I'm getting better... but still have tons of questions..

Here's one from Nana:

Aite ga toshiue dakara umaku ikanakatta no ka mo

Confused as heck=i read two different version of scanlations, and they were intepreted differently... one says although it might be nice to go out wtih older guys. another ones says always fails because I always go out with older guys.

Aite = partner; toshiue = older? dakara = therefore; ikanakatta = went?

what's umako?
what's nokamo??

Thanks!

Although I have no idea what you are trying to say by 'scanlations' and them being interpreted differently, I can guarantee you that there is only one way of interpreting the actual sentence.

Aite ga = "The other person" (lit. partner)

toshiue = "older (than the speaker)"

dakara = "so that's why; therefore"

umaku = (adverb derived from 'umai', modifying 'ikanakatta') = good; great

ikanakatta = "didn't work out; didn't go"

no = (a nominalizer, but here it is used as part of colloquial speech. it's optional)

kamo = (clipping of the phrase 'kamo shirenai') "maybe; probably"

(Grammar note: 'Umaku iku' is a often used phrase that means 'to work out well.' You often hear it when someone is talking about the relationship between two people. For example, if someone wanted to ask someone else about how the relationship between that person and his/her partner was going, you might hear this: 'Kareshi (kanojo) to umaku itteru?")


So, my translation would be:

"It probably didn't work out well because the other person was older (or 'too old for him/her')."

(lit. 'The other person was older, and perhaps therefore it didn't work out well.')

HTH,

‘‰¤š

kokuou wrote:
So, my translation would be:
"It probably didn't work out well because the other person was older (or 'too old for him/her')."
HTH,

‘‰¤š

* SuperMidget shakes hands with ‘‰¤ :P

edit:
by the way, it took me a few seconds to remember as well but scanlations are scanned translated manga. A bit of a stupid word if you ask me. Like calling fansubs "riplations" :grumble:

Okay, for those of you who are clueless to what a scanlation is, go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanlation

See, who says you don't learn something new everyday :beaten:

‘‰¤š

supermidget wrote:

* SuperMidget shakes hands with ‘‰¤ :P

* And ‘‰¤ shakes hands back :beaten:

Look at us and our nice teamwork :victory:

when do you use which?

I hope someone can help me here, I'm going to tokyo soon, and I'm interested in one of these restaurants. The first one is out of hte question because i won't be there Monday.

this is really difficult to understand even with the dictionary,can someone tell me what does the third restaurant (the one with 70 points)'s description say? Thanks!!!

http://www2.tba.t-com.ne.jp/amibajuuza/newpage43.html

DougFunnieee wrote:when do you use which?

Please post any questions that have to do with Japanese language here.

As for your question, it all depends on context.


Both ‚Å‚à (demo) and ‚¾‚¯‚Ç (dakedo) usually cannot be used as conjunctions.

(note: any sentence with a * at the beginning denotes ungrammaticality, and ?? indicates that the sentence, although could be considered gramatical depending on the situation, is odd.)

*ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚¢‚Å‚àAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni ikitai demo jikan ga nai.)
"I want to go with you, but I don't have time."

??ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚¢‚¾‚¯‚ǁAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni ikitai dakedo jikan ga nai.)
"I want to go with you, but I don't have time."


You can, however, use ‚¾‚¯‚Ç (dakedo) if you stick an ‚ñ (n) after the regular verb form.

ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚¢‚ñ‚¾‚¯‚ǁAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni ikitai n dakedo jikan ga nai.)
"I want to go with you, but I don't have time."

It works with past and non-past tenses as well:

ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚©‚Á‚½‚ñ‚¾‚¯‚ǁAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚©‚Á‚½B(Issho ni ikitakatta n dakedo jikan ga nakatta.)
"I wanted to go with you, but I didn't have time."

ˆê‚ɍs‚­‚ñ‚¾‚¯‚ǁA‚¨‹à‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni iku n dakedo okane ga nai.)
"I'm going (will go) with you, but I don't have money."


This does not work with ‚Å‚à (demo), however:

*ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚¢‚ñ‚Å‚àAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni ikitai n demo, jikan ga nai.)
"I want to go with you, but I don't have time."

‚Å‚à (demo) is usually found at the beginning of clauses:

ˆê‚ɍs‚«‚½‚¢B‚Å‚àAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚È‚¢B(Issho ni ikitai. Demo, jikan ga nai.)
"I want to go with you. However, I don't have time."


I'm sure there're areas that I haven't touched on here, but the hour is late and my bed beckons to me with it's sweet, sweet dream-filled voice.

‚Í‚¢A‰ó‚ê‚Ü‚µ‚½[@@(KÍB)Üˬˬˬˬˬˬ

HTH,

‘‰¤š

I learn Japanese and now I learn particles (wa, ka, de, etc...) and I have one question Sweat

particles "wa" and "ga" have the same funcion and I can use "wa" or "ga" alwais? or there are exceptions and I only can use "wa" in one cases and "ga" in others cases?
and particles "de" and "ni" I have the same problem b/c 2 particles have the same funcion too...

Anyone can help me please? Bow Bow

Chisa wrote:I learn Japanese and now I learn particles (wa, ka, de, etc...) and I have one question Sweat

particles "wa" and "ga" have the same funcion and I can use "wa" or "ga" alwais? or there are exceptions and I only can use "wa" in one cases and "ga" in others cases?
and particles "de" and "ni" I have the same problem b/c 2 particles have the same funcion too...

Anyone can help me please? Bow Bow

please view my post about particles i posted two days ago on:
Uses of ‚ª@(ga) and ‚́@(ha).... also ‚Ɂ@(ni) and ‚ց@(e)

it's not complete but i think the explanations about wa (ha), ga, ni and de can help you a bit.

supermidget wrote:

please view my post about particles i posted two days ago on:
Uses of ‚ª@(ga) and ‚́@(ha).... also ‚Ɂ@(ni) and ‚ց@(e)

it's not complete but i think the explanations about wa (ha), ga, ni and de can help you a bit.

ohh I didn't see it Thanks a lot!!!!!!! :dancing: :dancing:

I'm come from china.I like Janpanese too.
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hptm wrote:I'm come from china.I like Janpanese too.
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wow, welcome to this forum ç·ž^(is read: Qiu Jie?)!!!!!! :mrgreen:
You are Chinese? is so good :victory:
Ž„‚̓XƒyƒCƒ“l‚Å‚·A‚æ‚낵‚­‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·IIII :woot: :woot:
‰äŠó–]你‹—p这—¢!!!!

(sorry for my bad Chinese) :sweat:

Chisa wrote:

wow, welcome to this forum ç·ž^(is read: Qiu Jie?)!!!!!! :mrgreen:
You are Chinese? is so good :victory:
Ž„‚̓XƒyƒCƒ“l‚Å‚·A‚æ‚낵‚­‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·IIII :woot: :woot:
‰äŠó–]你‹—p这—¢!!!!

(sorry for my bad Chinese) :sweat:

if you had said :"sorry for my bad Chinese",I had to say "sorry for my bad English too",English is the second language in many country.But i can't learn it well.I just join here for studying English although it is Janpanese forum.I read your talk,i think ,that is better than i read text book.I'm so worry that I can't pass the hierachical exam when they have passed.
Šæ’£‚ê!
I only can say it morning and morning. :shamefulcry:

hptm wrote:
if you had said :"sorry for my bad Chinese",I had to say "sorry for my bad English too",English is the second language in many country.But i can't learn it well.I just join here for studying English although it is Janpanese forum.I read your talk,i think ,that is better than i read text book.I'm so worry that I can't pass the hierachical exam when they have passed.
Šæ’£‚ê!
I only can say it morning and morning. :shamefulcry:

&#21035;’SS!! You're english isn't but :mrgreen: and hountoni here you can learn mooore english ^o^ bc me too learn more here bc I'm spanish and english is my 3&#186; language >.< and here I learn very much :victory: :victory:

fayewolf wrote:I hope someone can help me here, I'm going to tokyo soon, and I'm interested in one of these restaurants. The first one is out of hte question because i won't be there Monday.

this is really difficult to understand even with the dictionary,can someone tell me what does the third restaurant (the one with 70 points)'s description say? Thanks!!!

http://www2.tba.t-com.ne.jp/amibajuuza/newpage43.html

I'm not going to translate directly, but basically what they say aout the food is:
- They got toro and jike as they took their seats (freebie appetizer, I assume)
- There are 70 items on the menu, but they may not always be available depending on the season
- Everything was delicious. Their favorite was the nama tako. They also had stuff like hamaguri and ikura, uni, and tsuma aji.
- Midori Sushi (the restaurant at the top) was delicious too, but their sushi was too large and filling. In comparison, this place gave smaller portions so that you could taste a lot of different items.
- At the end of the meal, they serve fruits, that day it was watermelon.
- Warning to customers: There's only one chef, so you need to plan your orders ahead of time....meaning things can be slooooow....

BTW, 70•ª isn't "points"... A lot of bars/restarants in Japan have these timed specials where you get all you can drink or all you can eat (depending on the place) within a time limit...In this case, the place costs 4100 yen for men and 3670 yen for women to get all you can eat sushi in 70 minutes, drinks not included...

Mizune, thank you so much. I cannot tell you how much i appreciate your translation!! I'll head there for my sushi fix the nite i get off the plane!!