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gaijinmark wrote:Well, it does connect nouns, but in this case it's showing the relationship between the two "bara" (rose) and "hanaya" flower shop, normally it would mean "with" but the "nai" turns it into a negative "without". I don't know if thats real clear I'm sure kokuou senpai can explain this better. :sweat: [/list:u]

thanks for the help ;)

hi everyone, I'm a newbie here. I am studying Nihon Go right now.
Can someone explain the meaning of this sentence
‚µ‚傤–û‚Í’²—‚ÉŽg‚í‚ê‚邾‚¯‚Å‚È‚­A“¤•…‚₳‚µ‚Ý‚ðH‚ׂé‚Æ‚«‚ȂǁA‚©‚¯‚½‚è‚‚¯‚½‚肵‚Ä‚àŽg‚í‚êA˜aH‚É‚È‚­‚Ä‚Í‚È‚ç‚È‚¢‚à‚Ì‚Å‚ ‚é. ‚Ý‚»‚àA‚µ‚傤–û‚Ù‚Ç‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢‚ªA‚Ý‚»`‚ð‚Í‚¶‚߁@ŽÏ•¨‚È‚Ç‚¢‚ë‚¢‚ë‚È—¿—‚É‚æ‚­@—p‚¢‚ç‚ê‚é
what is the closest English for ‚Ù‚Ç‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢?
thank you

hi everyone,

i'd like to consult a haiku i thought of... not sure if it's poetically okay:

kokoronaka
shiawase sagashi
eien ni

although i do think it somehow makes sense...
what do you think? is it right? wrong? sounds weird?
thanks in advance!

I would love to learn jap and i am pretty much a utter and new newbie
if anyone could help me learn at all i learn best on msn
my addy is [email protected]

i live in aus so keep time zones in mind!
domo arigato gozaimasu!
:fingerscrossed: :victory:

rickstar121 wrote:I would love to learn jap and i am pretty much a utter and new newbie
if anyone could help me learn at all i learn best on msn
my addy is [email protected]

i live in aus so keep time zones in mind!
domo arigato gozaimasu!
:fingerscrossed: :victory:

The correct term is "Japanese," not "Jap."

See this: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.22.htm

DeniDoank wrote:hi everyone, I'm a newbie here. I am studying Nihon Go right now.
Can someone explain the meaning of this sentence
‚µ‚傤–û‚Í’²—‚ÉŽg‚í‚ê‚邾‚¯‚Å‚È‚­A“¤•…‚₳‚µ‚Ý‚ðH‚ׂé‚Æ‚«‚ȂǁA‚©‚¯‚½‚è‚‚¯‚½‚肵‚Ä‚àŽg‚í‚êA˜aH‚É‚È‚­‚Ä‚Í‚È‚ç‚È‚¢‚à‚Ì‚Å‚ ‚é. ‚Ý‚»‚àA‚µ‚傤–û‚Ù‚Ç‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢‚ªA‚Ý‚»`‚ð‚Í‚¶‚߁@ŽÏ•¨‚È‚Ç‚¢‚ë‚¢‚ë‚È—¿—‚É‚æ‚­@—p‚¢‚ç‚ê‚é
what is the closest English for ‚Ù‚Ç‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢?
thank you

The closest phrase in English would be "Not to the extent of".
Where ‚Ù‚Ç represents the extent.
ƒƒŠ[‚³‚ñ‚Í“ú–{Œê‚ªãŽè‚¾‚ªA“ú–{‚ŏAE‚Å‚«‚é‚Ù‚Ç‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢B
(Mary is good at Japanese, but not to the extent where she can find work in Japan)

A translation of your above sentence could go something like this:

Shouyu(soy sauce) is not only used as in "food preparation/cooking", but also used when eating such things as Toufu and Sashimi and it is something necessary in Japanese food. Miso is also used a lot, not to the extent of shouyu, but starting with Miso soup, fried food and other various cooking it is used a lot.


My native language is not English, so the translation will sound weird, but it should give you a gist of the wide meaning of your presented sentence.

First learn Hiragana here http://japanese.about.com/library/blhiragana.htm

remember the names of the characters ex: a, i, u, e, o

write them down and repeat pay attention to stroke order

review and once you have it down pat continue to the next character

keep your writings in one notebook and get another note book for words

in your word note book write down one or two English words a day and there Japanese alternatives and review

It's not easy but don't get discouraged go at the speed you feel most comfortable with. Don't tax yourself beyond your limits and keep in mind that we all learn at a different pace.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with ‚Ä‚Ý‚½‚¢.

As in ‚»‚̐l‚ð‰ï‚Á‚Ä‚Ý‚½‚¢B

My guess is it a variant of ‚Ä‚Ý‚é and it just signifies that you want to..'‰ï‚Á‚Ä‚Ý‚é' but I'm definitely not sure. I'd be very grateful for any kind of help:)

Yeah, instead of "want to", it's more like "want to try to" do something.

thx a lot!

cool, just as I thought : )

SO, here I am watching Medaka and I notice that they say Ohayo to each other when they meet before school. The problem is that the drama takes place at NIGHT. I would think this would be konbanwa. So can ohayo just be a greeting for the beginning of ones day regardless of the time instead of morning specific? Also, is ohayo a special case?... cause I cant think of a situation where one of the other common greetings I have heard would be used in this (to me) unorthodox way.
Thanks! :)

Uh, shouldn't you have used one of the existing threads... Like the one regarding Japanese Language Questions: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.304.htm ?

:banghead: :banghead:
Yea, I probably should have posted it there but in my infinite wisdom, I somehow talked myself into thinking this was more situational (why) instead of how to say/translate something. Apparently my faculties are somewhat diminished during late night jdrama viewing :D
gomen

Grungir wrote:SO, here I am watching Medaka and I notice that they say Ohayo to each other when they meet before school. The problem is that the drama takes place at NIGHT.

In a playful manner, I do the same to my boss at 5:30pm when I greet him.
It's like saying "good morning" to your superior when its already almost dusk.

domo :D

Grungir wrote:SO, here I am watching Medaka and I notice that they say Ohayo to each other when they meet before school. The problem is that the drama takes place at NIGHT. I would think this would be konbanwa. So can ohayo just be a greeting for the beginning of ones day regardless of the time instead of morning specific? Also, is ohayo a special case?... cause I cant think of a situation where one of the other common greetings I have heard would be used in this (to me) unorthodox way.
Thanks! :)

Actually the Japanese would greet a colleague with 'ohaiyo' if this is the first time during the day they met in the workplace. For instance people on night shifts would bid each other 'ohaiyo' when they clock in at work.

i was wondering what is the plain form of '~kudasai' in japanese... like when you are quoting someone indirectly, how do you change '~kudasai' to the plain form?

nutcase wrote:i was wondering what is the plain form of '~kudasai' in japanese... like when you are quoting someone indirectly, how do you change '~kudasai' to the plain form?

There is no "plain" form, in the sense of quoting someone.

It does come from the verb ‚­‚¾‚³‚é [kudasaru], but when you quote something someone else said, you simply say:

”ނ́Au‚»‚ê‚ð‚â‚߂ĉº‚³‚¢vA‚ÆŒ¾‚¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B
[kare ha, sore wo yamete kudasai to iimashita.

He said, "stop that, please."

HTH

kokuou wrote:

There is no "plain" form, in the sense of quoting someone.

It does come from the verb ‚­‚¾‚³‚é [kudasaru], but when you quote something someone else said, you simply say:

”ނ́Au‚»‚ê‚ð‚â‚߂ĉº‚³‚¢vA‚ÆŒ¾‚¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B
[kare ha, sore wo yamete kudasai to iimashita.

He said, "stop that, please."
HTH

what does " iimashita" means..?

i can only translate "stop that, please" in nihongo like "sore wo yamete kudasai"

but not with, iimashita..?

:crazy:

hajimemashite..




would someone explain how to use "na, ni, no, ne, ka, ga, wa, to, etc..."


for example, daijobu ka na? or so desu ne.. something like that..

i only know few like ne, ni, ka...