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[Jncocontrol]

Hold on, What the difference between Imasen and Arimasen? Aren't that both technically the same since they both apply to the word "no" or "not"?

 

[Toritoribe]

Hold on, What the difference between Imasen and Arimarsen? Aren't that both techincally the same since they both apply to the word "no" or "not"?

As Damicci-san and Half-n-Half-san already answered to you in the previous posts, both "arimasen" and "imasen" themselves don't mean "no" nor "not." They are just the negative forms of "arimasu; to be/exist(inanimate things)", "imasu; to be/exist(animate things)", respectively.

negative form of verbs/adjectives
Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia

 

[Jncocontrol]

As Damicci-san and Half-n-Half-san already answered to you in the previous posts, both "arimasen" and "imasen" themselves don't mean "no" nor "not." They are just the negative forms of "arimasu; to be/exist(inanimate things)", "imasu; to be/exist(animate things)", respectively.
negative form of verbs/adjectives

OH! Like Motte and Katte. One for Living things and other for inanimated thing?

 

[Toritoribe]

OH! Like Motte and Katte.

Right. They are a conjugation (polite negative present) of "aru/iru", as same as "atte/ite."

One for Living things and other for inanimated thing?

Basically yes, but more accurately to say, it depends on the context as same as the function of "is" in English.

 

[Jncocontrol]

Right. They are a conjugation (polite negative present) of "aru/iru", as same as "atte/ite."

Alright, I think I follow.

Dōmo arigatō

 

[Toritoribe]

I just have a very short item for translation. I don't know why, but I hadn't even thought of posting it here until just now. It's supposed to be a signature by an artist or manufacturer. It's on the bottom of a sculpture. Does anyone know who it could be? Could it be a sousho version of 佶ー ? It's the closest thing I can find. Thanks!

It's most likely 治一. Just a quick search, I found a sculptor 米治一[Kome Jiichi]. Here's his signatures.

作家検索サンプル 米 治一

Hmmm, it doesn't seem to resemble to me.

 

[Indiana Gardener]

The one I asked about does work in bronze, but the signature looks quite different otherwise. I read on google that artist signatures can be difficult to read, find, and make sense of sometimes.

 

[Sirius2B]

Glad to be of service.
The thread regarding "explanatory の/ん"
The "redundant" "n" before "da" and "desu" | Japan Forum
The adversative conjunction けど suggests that a clause following it, e.g., まだ寝てるんですか？, 起きなくてもいいんですか？, is omitting, thus, the sentence is used as a modest expression of "It's already morning. Don't you need to wake up?"
(These ん are "explanatory ん", too.)

Thank you very much, @Toritoribe...

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Well in the Chapter 3 of "Evangelion" (Naranai, denwa), is the following dialog between Kensuke y Tooji, in the classroom...

[size=10pt]トウジ「何や、ずいぶん減ったみたいやなぁ」
ケンスケ「疎開だよ、疎開。みんな転校しちゃったよ。町中であれだけ派手に、戦争されちゃあね。」
トウジ「喜んどるのはおまえだけやろなぁ、生のドンパチ見れるよってに。」
ケンスケ「まあね…トウジはどうしてたの?こんなに休んじゃってさ。この間の騒ぎで、巻き添えでも食ったの?」
トウジ「妹のやつがな…」
トウジ「妹のやつが瓦礫の下敷きになってもうて、命は助かったけど、ずっと入院しとんのや。」 [/size]


(1) I know that ( 何やら【なにやら】 = "for some reason"). It is from here that we derive the "naniya"? And what means "naniya", anyway?

(2.) I don't have the slightlest idea what "yanaa" means or is derived.

(3.) According to my ( suru + -ARERU + -TE + SHIMAU = sarechaa ), or is "sarechaa" something different?

(4.) By which process "yorokoru" transforms in "yorokondoru"... and what it means. That is, what is XX here:

喜ぶ+ -TE = 喜んで, + XX = 喜んどる ?

(5.) I don't know from where "yaronaa" comes or what it means.

(6.) Yotte ni = ni yotte?

(7.) How is that "yasumu" transforms in "yasun-jatte"?

(8.) What means "moote" in "natte moote"?

(9.) finally "-shi to n no ya" completely eludes me.

Regards.

 

[Jncocontrol]

Number 8, Don't you mean Motte? If yes, That mean it's an inanimated object. I has no real Definition.

Like for example "Onna no hito wa hon o yonde motte imasu" Which Basically translate to Women reading a book.

 

[Toritoribe]

Thank you very much, @Toritoribe... :
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Well in the Chapter 3 of "Evangelion" (Naranai, denwa), is the following dialog between Kensuke y Tooji, in the classroom...
ウジ「何や、ずいぶん減ったみたいやなぁ」
ケンスケ「疎開だよ、疎開。みんな転校しちゃったよ。町中であれだけ派手に、戦争されちゃあね。」
トウジ「喜んどるのはおまえだけやろなぁ、生のドンパチ見れるよってに。」
ケンスケ「まあね…トウジはどうしてたの?こんなに休んじゃってさ。この間の騒ぎで、巻き添えでも食ったの?」
トウジ「妹のやつがな…」
トウジ「妹のやつが瓦礫の下敷きになってもうて、命は助かったけど、ずっと入院しとんのや。」
(1) I know that ( 何やら【なにやら】 = "for some reason"). It is from here that we derive the "naniya"? And what means "naniya", anyway?
(2.) I don't have the slightlest idea what "yanaa" means or is derived.
(3.) According to my ( suru + -ARERU + -TE + SHIMAU = sarechaa ), or is "sarechaa" something different?
(4.) By which process "yorokoru" transforms in "yorokondoru"... and what it means. That is, what is XX here:
喜ぶ+ -TE = 喜んで, + XX = 喜んどる ?
(5.) I don't know from where "yaronaa" comes or what it means.
(6.) Yotte ni = ni yotte?
(7.) How is that "yasumu" transforms in "yasun-jatte"?
(8.) What means "moote" in "natte moote"?
(9.) finally "-shi to n no ya" completely eludes me.
Regards.

First of all, トウジ is speaking Kansai dialect. It might be tough to grasp even for advanced learners.:emoji_blush:

何[なん]や; なんだか
やなぁ; だなぁ
喜んどる; 喜んでる(as you might know, this is the contraction of 喜んでいる)
やろなぁ; だろうなぁ
よってに; ～んだから(used to explain the reason)
なってもうて; なってしまって
入院しとんのや; 入院してるんだ(the contraction of 入院しているんだ)

3)
Very close. されちゃあ is the contraction of されては. Some people may say されちゃっちゃあ for されてしまっては.

7)
休んでしまって → 休んじゃって

 

[Ashikaga]

ウジ「何や、ずいぶん減ったみたいやなぁ」
ケンスケ「疎開だよ、疎開。みんな転校しちゃったよ。町中であれだけ派手に、戦争されちゃあね。」
トウジ「喜んどるのはおまえだけやろなぁ、生のドンパチ見れるよってに。」
ケンスケ「まあね…トウジはどうしてたの?こんなに休んじゃってさ。この間の騒ぎで、巻き添えでも食ったの?」
トウジ「妹のやつがな…」
トウジ「妹のやつが瓦礫の下敷きになってもうて、命は助かったけど、ずっと入院しとんのや。」

OK, I am assuming you know Touji is speaking in the Kansai Dialect.

(1) I know that ( 何やら【なにやら】 = "for some reason"). It is from here that we derive the "naniya"? And what means "naniya", anyway?

It should be read "nan-ya". In addition to being the Kansai dialect equivalent of 何だか、It could also be an interjection and could mean number of things (or not much at all) depending on how it's said in what context. It could be used to express surprise, disapointment, etc.

(2.) I don't have the slightlest idea what "yanaa" means or is derived.

～みたいですね(Standard)
～みたいだなぁ(Colloquial)
～みたいやなぁ(Kansai Dialect, also colloquial)

(3.) According to my ( suru + -ARERU + -TE + SHIMAU = sarechaa ), or is "sarechaa" something different?

されちゃあ ＝ されてしまっては

(4.) By which process "yorokoru" transforms in "yorokondoru"... and what it means. That is, what is XX here:
喜ぶ+ -TE = 喜んで, + XX = 喜んどる ?

よろこんでいる (Standard)
よろこんでる (Colloquial)
よろこんどる (Kansai)

(5.) I don't know from where "yaronaa" comes or what it means.

でしょうね (Standard)
だろうなあ (Colloquial)
やろうなあ (Kansai)

(6.) Yotte ni = ni yotte?

This is a somewhat old-fashioned form of Kansai dialect. よってに = ～だから
What he is saying is that Kensuke must be the only one who is happy about the war fought in the city because he can watch the battle.

(7.) How is that "yasumu" transforms in "yasun-jatte"?

やすむ + (verb)てしまう = やすんでしまう
The "te" form of やすんでしまう is やすんでしまって, and the colloquial form of that is やすんじゃって.

(8.) What means "moote" in "natte moote"?

なってもうて = なってしまって
It's the Kansai dialect again.

(9.) finally "-shi to n no ya" completely eludes me.
Regards.

（入院）しているのです (Standard)
してるんだ (Colloquial)
しとんのや (Kansai, Colloquial)

 

[Sirius2B]

@Toritoribe & @Ashikaga...

I was totally unaware that what I saw here, was an example of the "Kansai dialect" - I though I have just encountered some idioms used by young japanese people, at most- but now I know that such dialects as "Kansai", exist.

Kansai dialect
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kansai dialect (関西弁, Kansai-ben?) is a distinct group of related Japanese dialects found in the Kansai region of Japan. They are typified by the speech of Osaka, which is referred to specifically as Osaka-ben. It is characterized as being both more melodic and harsher by speakers of the standard language.[1] Until the mid-Edo period, when the dialect of Edo (now Tokyo) came to exert a stronger influence on literature and learning, an old form of Kansai-ben had been the de facto standard Japanese.

Source: Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

Thank you very much. Now I know that I will learn more from Kansai as Tooji speaks through the series .

Thank you very much, both of you.

Number 8, Don't you mean Motte? If yes, That mean it's an inanimate object. I has no real Definition.

Like for example "Onna no hito wa hon o yonde motte imasu" Which Basically translate to Women reading a book.

Thank you very much, @Jncocontrol,

 

[Digitalone]

I tried to translate some sentences. Could anyone tell me if they're right? Thanks.

A new version of StealthNet is available.
Do you want to download the new version?
新しいバージョンの StealthNet が利用できます
最新バージョンをダウンロードしますか？

Maximum number of downloads: ダウンロード最大数
Recommended: 推奨
Most speed: ほとんどの速度
Most downloads: ほとんどのダウンロード

But I don't succeed to translate the following:
Use Byte/秒 instead of Bit/秒

 

[82riceballs]

Happy holidays everyone!

I have some questions regarding song lyrics:

1. 騒がしい街並 すれ違っていく名も知らない人
みんなそう大切な誰かがいて胸を焦がしてる
I'm kinda confused about what the 2nd line means...DOes it mean "I'm envious that everyone has someone special" or is there a more accurate translation?

2. 先の見えない暗い道路も それが例え迂回路でも
How can this be best translated? This is mine: "Even on dark roads where what's ahead/the destination can't be seen, even if it's a detour"... DOes it make sense?

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Jncocontrol]

Does "Watashtachi wa" basically mean "we"?

 

[Toritoribe]

I have some questions regarding song lyrics:

1. 騒がしい街並 すれ違っていく名も知らない人
みんなそう大切な誰かがいて胸を焦がしてる
I'm kinda confused about what the 2nd line means...DOes it mean "I'm envious that everyone has someone special" or is there a more accurate translation?

The subject of 胸を焦がしてる is not "I" but みんな.

Does "Watashitachi wa" basically mean "we"?

Mostly, yes.

 

[82riceballs]

The subject of 胸を焦がしてる is not "I" but みんな.

Thanks so much for clarifying this! So can the phrase then be translated as "Everyone has someone special, someone they yearn for"?

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks so much for clarifying this! So can the phrase then be translated as "Everyone has someone special, someone they yearn for"?

It seems like/it is like everyone ??? ....Even in a song it can't be said outright and still be taken seriously that everyone does have that someone special to pine after.

 

[Ashikaga]

Thanks so much for clarifying this! So can the phrase then be translated as "Everyone has someone special, someone they yearn for"?

Yes. I think that is an excellent translation of the phrase.

 

[Jncocontrol]

Hey guys, I'm now learning number, I don't quite understand a thing.

Like for tamago - Tamago ga ikko arimasu - 1 egg (basically)

hon - hon ga issatsu arimasu (1 book)

keitaidenwa - kaitaidenwa ga ichidai arimasu. (1 cellphone)

person - onna no hito hitori arimasu (1 women)

I don't quite understand like all the variation of japanese numbering per each number: ikko,issatsu, ichidai. Is there some kinda rule about if it's a cooking ingrediate you add this to it or such, or if it's a person you add tori or something like that ?

If i'm making much sense here.

 

[Toritoribe]

Hey guys, I'm now learning number, I don't quite understand a thing.

Like for tamago - Tamago ga ikko arimasu - 1 egg (basically)

hon - hon ga issatsu arimasu (1 book)

keitaidenwa - kaitaidenwa ga ichidai arimasu. (1 cellphone)

person - onna no hito hitori arimasu (1 women)

I don't quite understand like all the variation of japanese numbering per each number: ikko,issatsu, ichidai. Is there some kinda rule about if it's a cooking ingrediate you add this to it or such, or if it's a person you add tori or something like that ?

If i'm making much sense here.

What you've encountered is "josuushi; counters."
Japanese counter word - Wikipedia

The verb for "onna no hito" is "iru" or "Onna no hito ga hitori imasu" is correct, though.

iru/imasu(animate things)
aru/arimasu(inanimate things)

 

[Jncocontrol]

From my understanding Watashi wa mean "I" Though, could it also mean "my" or "me"?

 

[Jericho Desu]

from my understanding Watashi wa mean "I" Though, could it also mean "my" or "me"?

The "wa" of watashi wa is known as the topical particle, as in it sets out the topic of discussion, saying "watashi wa" makes you the topic of the conversation (watashi) i.e. setting you apart from other topics: "As for me.... yadda yadda yadda". If you want to indicate possession then instead of using "wa" you would use the particle that indicates possession "no", so my pen is "watashi no pen", my dog = "watashi no inu" etc.

I highly suggest you check out Tae Kim's website, it has the fundemental basics you need.

 

[Koshin Hikari]

I've been trying to translate a j-pop song from Japanese into English for practice. I came across a word I can't identify and can't find a definition for online. The word(s?) is(are?) samayoutteta.

If anyone could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Toritoribe]

I've been trying to translate a j-pop song from Japanese into English for practice. I came across a word I can't identify and can't find a definition for online. The word(s?) is(are?) samayoutteta.

If anyone could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it.

It's not "samayoutteta" but "samayotteta" or the contraction/colloquial form of "samayotteita."

samayotte; -te form of the verb "samayou"
ita; past form of the verb "iru"