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[Mtine]

Nizzle's tracing is very bad :emoji_wink: ^. ^" but you were right about the not being native :emoji_flushed: I promise to type him notes in the future so he won't bother you guys :emoji_bow:

 

[nizzle]

nizzle's tracing is very bad ^. ^" but you were right about the not being native I promise to type him notes in the future so he wont bother you guys :sorry:

Hello, I don't know you. I asked my collegue and the says she is not on this forum. So stop pretending to be her and let these pro's do their job.

 

[Elizabeth]

１００円ショップというお店で日本の地図を見つけて見ているだけでもおもしろいかなと思って買ってみた

With this sentence, the person who was writing to Tomii thought that the map she/he found at a 100 yen shop might be interesting (for Tomii) just to see , so she bought it to see how Tomii would like/enjoy it.

Does it make sense?

Oh, yes. If the 見ているだけでもおもしろいかな applies to Tomii. "Try and see" may come across as slightly rude or confrontational in English, so I also see the point in leaving it off.

 

[lamshopping]

Hi everyone

I have a grammatical question that I would like to ask. The sentence that I have constructed have no context and might sound a bit awkward but I want to know from a grammatical stand point, whether or not it makes sense.

Say for instance you come across a sentence like this...

子供は愛してた

Does it mean

a) The Children loved (something) (with the 'something' not mentioned in the sentence)

or does it mean

b) I loved children

Or can it mean both depending on the context?

If anyone knows the answer to the question I am asking, it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a response.

Thank you.

 

[undrentide]

Hi everyone

I have a grammatical question that I would like to ask. The sentence that I have constructed have no context and might sound a bit awkward but I want to know from a grammatical stand point, whether or not it makes sense.

Say for instance you come across a sentence like this...

子供は愛してた

Does it mean

a) The Children loved (something) (with the 'something' not mentioned in the sentence)

or does it mean

b) I loved children

Or can it mean both depending on the context?

If anyone knows the answer to the question I am asking, it would be greatly appreciated if you could leave a response.

Thank you.

Ｉｔ could be either (a) or (b).
Since Japanese is a very much context driven language, what is obvious (understood) is often omitted. Without context, it is not easy to decide which/what it could mean.

子供は愛してた
can be

 

[lamshopping]

Thanks Underntide san.

You've helped me out once again. Both your Japanese and English sound so good.

 

[lamshopping]

It took me quite a while before I realized that I don't fully understand the first example you gave me Underntide san.
For the sentence, (Aさんは) (妻を愛してはいなかったが) 子供は愛してた
Does it mean "Mr. A did not love his wife but he loved his children."?
I didn't want to bother you again but I just wanted to make sure that I understand it correctly.
Thanks.

 

[Elizabeth]

It took me quite a while before I realized that I don't fully understand the first example you gave me Underntide san.
For the sentence, (Aさんは) (妻を愛してはいなかったが) 子供は愛してた
Does it mean "Mr. A did not love his wife but he loved his children."?
I didn't want to bother you again but I just wanted to make sure that I understand it correctly.
Thanks.

Yes, exactly. It's the use of は to draw a contrast.

 

[lamshopping]

Thank you Elizabeth san.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thank you Elizabeth san.

どう致しまして。

どんな質問でも 私たちに気軽にしてください。

 

[kamaru]

Name difference

I was looking into the pronunciation of some foreign cities' names in Japanese and I stumbled upon PyongYang reading 平壌 (heijou).
My question is, can the name ピョンヤン also be used and why is it different than other cities?

よろしくお願いします

 

[Elizabeth]

I was looking into the pronunciation of some foreign cities' names in Japanese and I stumbled upon PyongYang reading 平壌 (heijou).
My question is, can the name ピョンヤン also be used and why is it different than other cities?
よろしくお願いします

ピョンヤン is used by NHK news. I didn't even know 平壌 until right now. ☝

 

[Ryuk]

Hello folks.

Right I apologise if this is a tad rude but I heard it on Oshareism (guest Nagase Tomoya). Basically they are looking at manta rays in a fish tunnel (whatever they're called). And the woman says:

"お尻の穴まで見えるよ"

Now (children cover your eyes)... am I right in thinking she says "I can see into its a$$hole"?
This just seems a slightly bizarre thing to say about a manta ray but it is Japanese TV so anything goes.

Thanks again for your helps

 

[undrentide]

Hello folks.

Right I apologise if this is a tad rude but I heard it on Oshareism (guest Nagase Tomoya). Basically they are looking at manta rays in a fish tunnel (whatever they're called). And the woman says:

"お尻の穴まで見えるよ"

Now (children cover your eyes)... am I right in thinking she says "I can see into its a$$hole"?
This just seems a slightly bizarre thing to say about a manta ray but it is Japanese TV so anything goes.

Thanks again for your helps

As I did not see that programme I cannot be 100% sure but

"お尻の穴まで見えるよ"
"I can even see its a$$hole"

(So your interpretation is almost correct. )

 

[kamaru]

Translation

こんにちは

I am looking for a way to best say this sentence: I want to learn new things.

I came up with "新しいことを学んでもらいます"
I am not sure whether I got it right. If not, is there a better equivalent for it?

よろしく

 

[Toritoribe]

こんにちは
I am looking for a way to best say this sentence: I want to learn new things.
I came up with "新しいことを学んでもらいます"
I am not sure whether I got it right. If not, is there a better equivalent for it?
よろしく

新しいことを学びたいです。

新しいことを学んでもらいます means "I ask you to learn new things.";-)

 

[kamaru]

ありがとうございました

Ｉ ｔｅｎｄ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｐｌｉｃａｔｅ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ

Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ：
How can I translate ［rather］ or [somehow] (with a negative adjective) as in ［I'm rather/somehow judgmental］ for example． What I want to do is not give the adjective so much emphasis because it's a negative point but still show that it's present. I thought using [とても] would give it too much emphasis.

よろしく

 

[FinancialWar]

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[undrentide]

ありがとうございました

Ｉ ｔｅｎｄ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｐｌｉｃａｔｅ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｉｍｅｓ

Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎ：
How can I translate ［rather］ or [somehow] (with a negative adjective) as in ［I'm rather/somehow judgmental］ for example． What I want to do is not give the adjective so much emphasis because it's a negative point but still show that it's present. I thought using [とても] would give it too much emphasis.

よろしく

I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly - if you are looking for an expression for "not very..." then it's あまり～ない
e.g.
りんごがとても好きだ I like apples very much
りんごはあまり好きではない I do not like apples very much

If you want to know something else, maybe you can post some sentences in English as example so that we can understand what you're after.

 

[kamaru]

Sorry my question wasn't very clear. I wasn't looking for this pattern.
I want to describe a bad side of my own personality without making it sound so bad.
For example I could say "I am sort of/somehow cheap(or any bad quality)". :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Basically a "sort of" equivalent. :

I hope it's clearer now.
よろしく

 

[undrentide]

Sorry my question wasn't very clear. I wasn't looking for this pattern.
I want to describe a bad side of my own personality without making it sound so bad.
For example I could say "I am sort of/somehow cheap(or any bad quality)".
Basically a "sort of" equivalent.

I hope it's clearer now.
よろしく

There are many possible expressions for this, the one that came to my mind is
なんていうか which is very colloquial for "somehow"

Ｉ hope other members would come up with more/better examples.

 

[Ashikaga]

I think it'd be better to look for an appropriate translation for the trait itself (cheap, etc.) rather than a catch all expression that means "sort of / somehow".

For example, in English, calling someone "frugal" sounds a bit better than "somewhat cheap".

What do you think?:?

 

[Rize]

Hello,
it's been a while since I was here..
I have something question about this one Kanji word. Hope anyone can help.

Not sure what the meaning of it. So I hope anyone can help.
thanks in advance :

 

[undrentide]

Hello,
it's been a while since I was here..
I have something question about this one Kanji word. Hope anyone can help.

Not sure what the meaning of it. So I hope anyone can help.
thanks in advance :

I'm afraid that it is not a kanji...

 

[Rize]

I'm afraid that it is not a kanji...

OK it might not be one word, maybe it's two? (other than the 刃 Ha/Yaiba kanji one?)
Does the other one is 豸 ? I'm not really sure myself..
but I don't think there is a direct meaning for 刃豸
unless it's kinda of combination words?
anyway, anyone is free to interpret this pic. I really want to know it how you guys interpret it somehow .

Thanks