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[FinancialWar]

これまでに何度となく議論されてきたことが。

Hi, I am having a bit of trouble figuring out what 何度となく actually mean.

Does it mean " no matter how many times"?

Thanks.

何度となく = no matter how many times?

 

[Toritoribe]

これまでに何度となく議論されてきたことが。

Hi, I am having a bit of trouble figuring out what 何度となく actually mean.

Does it mean " no matter how many times"?

No. That's close to 何度も.

frequently/time and time again

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for all the translation regarding the rising of the sun. They were all relevant and helpful as I can now use them in context.

Please help me with another phrase.

"I must do that too"

Is this right? 「あたしもそれをしなければならない」or just 「あたしもしなければならない」or 「あたしも絶対にやって見るよ」

明日もしなければならない I think is a little strange without the object. But the first looks fine. やって見る is more like "have a go, do my best, try it out" etc.and also needs an object ? I've never heard just 絶対にやって見る. :?:

 

[FinancialWar]

ブッシュ大統領も開会式に行くとすれば、何らかの明確なメッセージを中国政府と世界に対して示さねばならなくなる。

Whether or not President Bush goes to the opening ceremony, he must somehow send a clear message to the Chinese government and the world.

行くとすれば and 行けば

What's the difference?

 

[Elizabeth]

ブッシュ大統領も開会式に行くとすれば、何らかの明確なメッセージを中国政府と世界に対して示さねばならなくなる。

Whether or not President Bush goes to the opening ceremony, he must somehow send a clear message to the Chinese government and the world.

行くとすれば and 行けば

What's the difference?

I think "to sureba" is similar in structure to "to suru" and "nara" in making an assumption based on a hypothetical supposition or argument (IF/Say Bush DOES go....XYZ results) whereas "ikeba" is a little weaker I guess -- more assuming he will go, like "If he goes, it will send a clear message to the world." But either sentence is saying he has to be there for that to happen.

 

[Glenn]

Thanks for all the translation regarding the rising of the sun. They were all relevant and helpful as I can now use them in context.

Please help me with another phrase.

"I must do that too"

Is this right? 「あたしもそれをしなければならない」or just 「あたしもしなければならない」or 「あたしも絶対にやって見るよ」

If you mean you also have to do that, among other things, it would be それもしなければならない. If you mean you, along with other people, also have to do that, your first one is fine.

 

[Elizabeth]

これまでに何度となく議論されてきたことが。

hi, i am having a bit of trouble figuring out what 何度となく actually mean.

does it mean " no matter how many times"

thanks

何度となく = no matter how many times?

It may be slightly more 'colloquial' or indirect than 何度も I'm not sure, corresponding to "countless times" "scores of times" "many a time" "by the dozens/hundreds" etc. in English.

Thanks for all the translation regarding the rising of the sun. They were all relevant and helpful as I can now use them in context.

Please help me with another phrase.

"I must do that too"

Is this right? 「あたしもそれをしなければならない」or just 「あたしもしなければならない」or 「あたしも絶対にやって見るよ」

You know tha atashi isn't normally used by men, right ?

Men say Ore and Boku. Women say Atashi and Atai.

 

[soraida1990croes]

Hello,

I'm a Dutch girl aged 20, and soon i would wanna travel to Japan, but I do want to learn the language first! I started with watching anime, so my Japanese is not really good.
I can only make sentences like: watashi wa croes soraida desu. or watashi wa dai jobu.. stuff like that...

What does the word because mean in Japanese?

Thanks!

x Chibi (everyone calls me that xD)

 

[fatedquest]

You know tha atashi isn't normally used by men, right ?
Men say Ore and Boku. Women say Atashi and Atai.

Thanks. Yup, I am writing it in the female voice.

Could you help me with another translation

How do I say "A boy they know died"

Would it be 彼らが知っている男の子は死んだ or maybe 彼に知られる男の子が死んだ

I'm confused by three things

1. How do I mark the topic of this sentence, they boy who died
2. How do I modify the topic of the sentence, that is not just any boy, but they boy they know
3. What exactly is "they" in the sentence? The subject? The agent? Auxiliary something? I don't know the grammatical function of they so I can't look up what particle do I use to mark it and connect it to knowing the boy

After doing some digging, I found out these kind of sentences are relative clauses. However I haven't been able to get a clear explanation on how to construct relative clauses properly.

 

[Glenn]

Wat does the word because mean in Japanese?

Nothing. It's an English word. j/k

Anyway, I think (だ/です)から and (な)ので are the ones you'll get the most mileage out of.

x Chibi (everyone calls me that xD)

Does that mean you want us to call you that?

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks. Yup, I am writing it in the female voice.

Could you help me with another translation

How do I say "A boy they know died"

Would it be 彼らが知っている男の子は死んだ or maybe 彼に知られる男の子が死んだ

I'm confused by three things:

1. How do I mark the topic of this sentence, they boy who died
2. How do I modify the topic of the sentence, that is not just any boy, but they boy they know
3. What exactly is "they" in the sentence? The subject? The agent? Auxiliary something? I don't know the grammatical function of they so I can't look up what particle do I use to mark it and connect it to knowing the boy

After doing some digging, I found out these kind of sentences are relative clauses. However I haven't been able to get a clear explanation on how to construct relative clauses properly.

How about shiriai no otoko no ko instead of 知っている男の子 (sounds like they still know a dead boy ??) ?? And nakunatta is probably better than shinda. or shinde iru.

 

[fatedquest]

How about shiriai no otoko no ko instead of 知っている男の子 (sounds like they still know a dead boy ??) ?? And nakunatta is probably better than shinda. or shinde iru.

Thanks. So would this translations be correct?

A boy and girl they know have a house up on that hill (that as in a hill they were talking about previously)

彼らの知っている男の子と女の子はあの岡にうちがある

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks. So would this translations be correct?
A boy and girl they know have a house up on that hill (that as in a hill they were talking about previously)

彼らの知っている男の子と女の子の家 (ie) はあの岡にある
Rather than "have a house" (opposite of homeless ?), this is the construction at least I normally see.

 

[fatedquest]

彼らの知っている男の子と女の子の家 (ie) はあの岡にある
Rather than "have a house" (opposite of homeless ?), this is the construction at least I normally see.

I'm confused with ie and uchi. Which one refers to the physical building and which one refers to the "home".

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm confused with ie and uchi. Which one refers to the physical building and which one refers to the "home".

taku/ie/uchi | Japan Forum

There's quite a bit of overlap, but try searching or the dictionary first. :

Also, 丘 is more common for hill than 岡 and the grammar should be 丘の上にある. ;-)

 

[FinancialWar]

ここで問題なのは『いくつ正解したか』ではなく。

there is no right answer for this question?

 

[epigene]

ここで問題なのは『いくつ正解したか』ではなく。

there is no right answer for this question?

Can't answer because it is an incomplete sentence. You've left out an important part that should follow ではなく .

 

[FinancialWar]

１．韓国語と日本語が似ている理由

ここで問題なのは「いくつ正解したか」ではなく、「なぜこんなに似ているのか」ということです。もうおわかりでしょうが、上で示した例はすべて漢字を使った単語ですね。韓国でも日本と同様に漢字単語を使うのですが韓国人の脳ミソにはどうも「漢字＝日本」という意識が染み付いているらしく、戦後（韓国側から見れば「解放後」なのだが…）日本の影響を排除しようということで元は漢字だった単語も全部ハングルで書くことになったようです。どちらかと言えば「漢字＝中国」だと思うのですが、理屈で考える問題ではないのでしょうね――。

 

[epigene]

ここで問題なのは『いくつ正解したか』ではなく。

there is no right answer for this question?

The author does not say how many right answers there are and, for that matter, whether there is even one right answer. (The context, however, suggests, many similarities between the two languages, so there must be many.)

The sentence shifts the point of attention from the number of similarities to why they are so similar.
"The point at issue here is not how many correct answers there are but why these languages are so similar."

 

[FinancialWar]

Thanks epigene.

 

[fatedquest]

How do I express this kind of 'stop' in Japanese.

"I stopped by the shop to buy a pencil"

The stop here carries the implication that my visit to the shop was something I did while I was on my way to do something like.

The conversation could have been. "Sorry it took me so long to arrive, I had to stop by the shops to buy a pencil." Which shows I visited a shop while I was on my way to go to someplace.

The closest word my dictionary has is "立ち止まる" which doesn't seem like it can be used to mean any other thing than "stop walking and standstill before moving on".

 

[Elizabeth]

ここで問題なのは『いくつ正解したか』ではなく。

there is no right answer for this question?

There is no one correct answer is closer to as below.

~~に対するたったひとつの正解というものはない....

 

[Elizabeth]

How do I express this kind of 'stop' in Japanese.

"I stopped by the shop to buy a pencil"

The stop here carries the implication that my visit to the shop was something I did while I was on my way to do something like.

The conversation could have been. "Sorry it took me so long to arrive, I had to stop by the shops to buy a pencil." Which shows I visited a shop while I was on my way to go to someplace.

The closest word my dictionary has is "立ち止まる" which doesn't seem like it can be used to mean any other thing than "stop walking and standstill before moving on".

"stop by"は、「寄り道して, 寄る、立ち寄る」という意味。

帰りに/(帰宅/帰る途中)、 店に寄り道して/(立ち)寄ったところ?、鉛筆を買ってきた。。

It's probably a bit crazy (so many possibilities !), but I think generally understandable. On the way home, I dropped in a store and bought a pencil.

 

[FinancialWar]

Hello,
I'm a Dutch girl aged 20, and soon I would want to travel to Japan, but I do wanna learn the language first! I started with watching anime, so my Japanese is not really good.
I can only make sentences like: watashi wa croes soraida desu. or watashi wa dai jobu.. stuff like that..
What does the word because mean in Japanese?
thanks!
x Chibi (everyone calls me that xD)

daijoubu means I'm ok

 

[dairwolf]

2つの線や面が交わって角

Does this translate to "the angle/ corner where to lines meet on a surface"?

I really don´t understand why it is や here and not と. Shouldn´t it be a definite number of things?