English To Japanese Questions

[suzzy]

kenjilina wrote:

try 'jibun no tame ni hohoendemo ii'.

thank u for that
but "ni" in this one is right
right
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[suzzy]

like ask a person a question how do u go about sayiing it
some like
what did u say and
how may i be of any help
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[gaijinmark]

suzzy wrote:

ok thankz for ur help and about the "ni" can u use it with or without it

Always defer to kenjilina for language questions. I'm just the dumb gaijin

[kenjilina]

gaijinmark wrote:

Always defer to kenjilina for language questions. I'm just the dumb gaijin

no way. you're not dumb.
i lived in japan as a kid but i've forgotten alot of it so i'm learning just like you.
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[gaijinmark]

kenjilina wrote:

no way. you're not dumb.

Sometimes I wonder. I had completely forgotten about "hohendemo" I guess that comes from watching too many doramas where all they every say is "egao"

The other day at work, I was talking to a Japanese customer and the last thing she said was, "Anata wa nihongo jozu deshita" only thing is, for some reason, I didn't understand what she said and had to ask her to repeat it. Pretty embarrasing

[suzzy]

gaijinmark wrote:

Always defer to kenjilina for language questions. I'm just the dumb gaijin

well ur not dumb we forget somthing sometimes
is alright
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[gaijinmark]

suzzy wrote:

like ask a person a question how do u go about sayiing it some like what did u say and how may i be of any help

The japanese word for "help" is tasuke (����). Japanese is notorious for leaving off nouns and pronouns, like if you ask someone if they're o.k., all you have to say is "daijobou", it could be the same way for help, if you just asked "tasuke ?" they'd get the idea.

What did you say could be phrased as "Nani iu te" �i���@�����@��) I dunno if throwing a "ka" on the end would matter or not.

[suzzy]

well thankz again
for all ur help
heres one i heard today and i like
but i think i speeled the words wrongs
but the english to it was "it all will work out "
and the ending of it was
whatever would be would be
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[agent_garner]

"please take care of him or look after him always" in japanese? sorry if this has been asked before. thanks.

[K.T.Tran]

agent_garner wrote:

"please take care of him or look after him always" in japanese? sorry if this has been asked before. thanks.

i see the subs in dramas......for lines such as these

its like

"*person's name* yoroshiku onegaishimasu"
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[Tu_triky]

K.T.Tran wrote:

i see the subs in dramas......for lines such as these its like "*person's name* yoroshiku onegaishimasu"

i thought it was

kono baka wa bukkurosu.....

[K.T.Tran]

Tu_triky wrote:

i thought it was kono baka wa bukkurosu.....

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[Tu_triky]

K.T.Tran wrote:

[agent_garner]

hi again! which would be the appropriate translation for "please take care of him or look after him always" if...

i lost a friend due to a misunderstanding and i know that someone else will take care of my friend..

sorry to bother you guys, thanks for any info.

[suzzy]

it will all work out in the end
and don't worry it will end soon
can somone help me with those thankz very mucch
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[suzzy]

hello everyone okay
i know u say thanzk like arigato or dumo( think the spelling is wrong)
how how do u say thank in advance and everything is going to be alright
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[Anime Dad]

suzzy wrote:

hello everyone okay i know u say thanzk like arigato or dumo( think the spelling is wrong) how how do u say thank in advance and everything is going to be alright

I don't think there's a thanks in advance: You would just use arigatou, doumo arigatou or doumo arigatou gozaimasu depending on the level of politeness required, after your request. You would use doumo arigatou gozaimashita for thanking someone for something already done.

daijoubu is used for "OK" or "alright", If someone asks you if you are ok it could be "daijoubu desu ka" or just "daijoubu", and similarly a reply could be "daijoubu desu" or just "daijoubu".

There's probably other answers to this too

[gaijinmark]

suzzy wrote:

it will all work out in the end and don't worry it will end soon can somone help me with those thankz very mucch

"don't worry" is "shinpai shinaide", "don't worry it will be alright" could be "daijoubu dakara shinpai shinaide"

[Anime Dad]

gaijinmark wrote:

"don't worry" is "shinpai shinaide", "don't worry it will be alright" could be "daijoubu dakara shinpai shinaide"

Awesome g-mark

[gaijinmark]

Anime Dad wrote:

Awesome g-mark

Betsu ni, you watch enough dramas and some of these phrases show up a lot. I'm still just a dumb gaijin.