English To Japanese Questions

[chiba]

obentou wrote:

This question I'm gonna ask is a little random, but does anyone know what McDonald's signature "i'm lovin' it" is in Japanese? Like what do they use in McDonald's stores in Japan? I just started wondering. Here in the Philippines, it's "love ko 'to." But I wanted to know what the Japanese version is. So if anyone does know, please tell me.

sorry for the late reply ive checked this site http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php/t-256/t-31459.html and found out that in japan they use the english signature. however some people mentioned that it should be ��D�� - daisuki!!not really sure
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[suzzy]

chiba wrote:

yup

see ia mgetting
i saw that u have link on the oage does it help for all question or just for quotes
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[K.T.Tran]

chiba wrote:

��D�� - daisuki!!not really sure

Yea, the kanji plus ki hiragana is as you said,m Daisuki
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[suzzy]

K.T.Tran wrote:

Yea, the kanji plus ki hiragana is as you said,m Daisuki

so then this mean ??????
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[K.T.Tran]

suzzy wrote:

so then this mean ??????

well....suki means like. Dai = big

translate to english would be like "Like a lot"

you can use daisuki when wanting to say you like someone or something a lot.



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[suzzy]

oh ok then
so i can say for example daisuki my shoe
or daisuk tommy
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[ben_galahad]

suzzy wrote:

oh ok then so i can say for example daisuki my shoe or daisuk tommy

yes...but remember that Japanese is totally opposite from English...so you end up saying "watashi no kuroi aoi kutsu wa dai suki desu" which means "I like my blue shoe a lot."
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Love conquers hatred just as water subdues fire!!!But some try to extinguish a bonfire with just a cup of water,which obviously is not enough.So instead of saying one can't love,one should try harder to love.

--- Mencius(�Ўq)

[suzzy]

okay arigato
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[suzzy]

can u used both suki and dai by them seves or do they have to be use together
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[ben_galahad]

suzzy wrote:

can u used both suki and dai by them seves or do they have to be use together

they can be separated...suki in itself is "like".Dai is just to stress the level of that word.So an example of a sentence."watashi wa inu ga suki desu." and "watashi wa inu ga dai suki desu".The first one is "I like dogs." while the second one is "I really like dogs".See the difference?
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Love conquers hatred just as water subdues fire!!!But some try to extinguish a bonfire with just a cup of water,which obviously is not enough.So instead of saying one can't love,one should try harder to love.

--- Mencius(�Ўq)

[suzzy]

ben_galahad wrote:

they can be separated...suki in itself is "like".Dai is just to stress the level of that word.So an example of a sentence."watashi wa inu ga suki desu." and "watashi wa inu ga dai suki desu".The first one is "I like dogs." while the second one is "I really like dogs".See the difference?

yup thankz
one is simple and heother is explains more
arigato
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[suzzy]

excuse my spelling but ijust wanto know if am close to what iam saying
hotoni arigato means thank you very much
huntoni or that
and yogata thank goodness
iam anyway close
again i say forgive the spelling onegai
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[ben_galahad]

suzzy wrote:

excuse my spelling but ijust wanto know if am close to what iam saying hotoni arigato means thank you very much huntoni or that and yogata thank goodness iam anyway close again i say forgive the spelling onegai

Hontoni arigatou gozaimasu.Gozaimasu means very much.Hontoni arigatou simply means "i sincerely thank you".

yokata is yokkata...the extra k to stress the word and to make it sound as if the person is truly grateful that something happened the way they wanted it.No reason why.Japanese had their own set of rules...just follow them.
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Love conquers hatred just as water subdues fire!!!But some try to extinguish a bonfire with just a cup of water,which obviously is not enough.So instead of saying one can't love,one should try harder to love.

--- Mencius(�Ўq)

[suzzy]

so does really mean thank goodness then
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[ben_galahad]

suzzy wrote:

so does really mean thank goodness then

Yup.You seem to be interested in Japanese...you studying it now?I am...although I studied for like half a year...
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Love conquers hatred just as water subdues fire!!!But some try to extinguish a bonfire with just a cup of water,which obviously is not enough.So instead of saying one can't love,one should try harder to love.

--- Mencius(�Ўq)

[Nai]

suzzy wrote:

so does really mean thank goodness then

It may not necessarily mean that but it can just shows that person is relieved of what he is doing. More of like getting something of his chest??

[suzzy]

oh okay i see another thing how do u say
" i see "
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[Nai]

suzzy wrote:

oh okay i see another thing how do u say " i see "

soh desu ka .

but there has to be a tone to the ka

two different tones have diff meanings.

the higher tone for ka means "are you sure?? you must be out of your mind." somewhere along that line. I am just giving you a range. haha

the lower tone for ka means. I see

I should be correct

[suzzy]

ok
arigato
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[Nai]

ben_galahad wrote:

Yup.You seem to be interested in Japanese...you studying it now?I am...although I studied for like half a year...

Everybody that comes into this website should have a liking to the Japanese language