Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

Also, recently I've been hearing だろうが used at the end of sentences... what does that mean?

お前が悪いんだろうが。＝お前が悪いんだろ。
気をつけろって言っただろうが。＝気をつけろって言っただろ。

That's a male rude language.

 

[Nick001]

mother: そりゃ生まれがちがうから
mother: The births/origins are different (between them and us).
son: そりゃそう
son: That's true.
そりゃ is the contraction of それは.

Thank you.
In the first line "オレもいっぺんそんな生活してみたいもんだな" is he saying he'd like to live that kind of life too?

 

[Toritoribe]

Thank you.
In the first line "オレもいっぺんそんな生活してみたいもんだな" is he saying he'd like to live that kind of life too?

Roughly, yes. "I'd like to live that way just once."

いっぺん＝一度/一度でいいから

 

[82riceballs]

お前が悪いんだろうが。＝お前が悪いんだろ。
気をつけろって言っただろうが。＝気をつけろって言っただろ。
That's a male rude language.

haha that explains why I hear it in conversations between guys... Thanks!

How does one say "I haven't ~~~ in a long time"? Can 久しぶりにvb also be used in cases when you haven't done something in a long time and are not doing it now?

よろしくお願いします!

 

[Toritoribe]

How does one say "I haven't ~~~ in a long time"? Can 久しぶりにvb also be used in cases when you haven't done something in a long time and are not doing it now?

長い間/久しく～していない

久しぶりに is for when something haven't been done in a long time, and is done/is about to be done now.

長い間/久しく日本語を勉強していない。
I haven't studied Japanese for a long time.

久しぶりに日本語を勉強した。
I studied Japanese after a long interval.

 

[AnnieJ]

こんにちは！ I'm new here, but I am working on an assignment and need some help, so here goes:

I want to say, "I have one sibling. He is 8 years older than me."
So I know one sibling would it be, "きょうだいが一人います。" But how do I say he's 8 years older? "あには八年上です"???? Is there a better way to combine the ideas, as in "I have one brother who is 8 years older than me"? How would I say that?

I also want to say, "I wish I had learned to cook Indian food from my dad." (We need to use ~ばよかったです.) So is that, "父からインド料理を作るのがならえばよかったです"?

Lastly, I need to write down my hobbies. Is it just, "私のしゅみは何と何と何です"?

Thank you so much! ありがとうございます！

 

[undrentide]

Welcome to JREF, AnnieJ!

I want to say, "I have one sibling. He is 8 years older than me."
So I know one sibling would it be, "きょうだいが一人います。" But how do I say he's 8 years older? "あには八年上です"???? Is there a better way to combine the ideas, as in "I have one brother who is 8 years older than me"? How would I say that?

8 years older is ８歳（さい）年上.
八歳年上の兄が（一人）います。

Unless your brothers are twins, you can omit 一人 as it is obvious there's just one who is 8 years older. ;-)

I also want to say, "I wish I had learned to cook Indian food from my dad." (We need to use ~ばよかったです.) So is that, "父からインド料理を作るのがならえばよかったです"?

You got it almost right...
父からインド料理の作り方を習えばよかったです／よかったと思います。
インド料理の作り方 (how to cook Indian food)
You can also say
父からインド料理を習っておけばよかった。
～ておく means to do something for a certain purpose.
I wish I had learned to cook Indian food from my dad ("so that I can cook it for my friends", for instance)

Lastly, I need to write down my hobbies. Is it just, "私のしゅみは何と何と何です"?

Yes.
You can list up nouns or nominalized verbs by using こと.
e.g.
私の趣味は映画と読書です。
私の趣味は映画を観ることと本を読むことです。

 

[AnnieJ]

You got it almost right...
父からインド料理の作り方を習えばよかったです／よかったと思います。
インド料理の作り方 (how to cook Indian food)
You can also say
父からインド料理を習っておけばよかった。
～ておく means to do something for a certain purpose.
I wish I had learned to cook Indian food from my dad ("so that I can cook it for my friends", for instance)

So if I wanted to learn to cook in general, I'd go with the first, but if there's some reason behind why I wanted to learn how to cook, then I'd go with the second, right?
Thank you for your help!! I was confused about using 八歳年上 because I've never used it, so I thought it sounded strange (since in my class, we have only ever used 歳 to indicate years of age, as in 私は十八歳です).
I also have a few questions...(すみません！)
1. I'm explaining that my mother, brother, and I are vegetarian, but my dad is not. When he does eat meat, it's only chicken. I know 肉 is meat, but is there a specific word I should use, or is it okay to say, 「父は／が肉をあまりたべません」?
2. There's a section where I explain that I want to travel abroad for a year and then go to Washington DC for a year. In that context, is it okay to say that if I am not able to go travel (because I didn't get accepted to a program, for example), I will be sad? 「どこでも旅行をできないとかなしくなります」?
3. I have also been to India to see family. Would I use ておく in this case? :?「インディアにかぞくに見ておくきたことがあります。」?

本当にありがとうございます！ m( - - )m

 

[Kiyo90]

初めして。キヨと申します。（I'm also new here )

AnnieJ:
1) 鶏肉（とりにく）is chicken meat, so maybe that's what you are looking for?
Not sure about the 2nd or 3rd, but the verb for "to study aboard" is 留学する、not 旅行する. And for the third, I thought ておく is only used for actions that are done in preparation for something else? Maybe I'm confused >.>

Now, I also have a question for the forums
"But since that day was fun, I am glad I went." は日本語でどう言いましたか？
I wrote " でも、あの日は楽しかったので、僕が行ったのをうれしいです", but is that correct?

Thanks in advance!

 

[AnnieJ]

初めして。キヨと申します。（I'm also new here )

AnnieJ:
1) 鶏肉（とりにく）is chicken meat, so maybe that's what you are looking for?
Not sure about the 2nd or 3rd, but the verb for "to study aboard" is 留学する、not 旅行する. And for the third, I thought ておく is only used for actions that are done in preparation for something else? Maybe I'm confused >.>

Hmm, maybe I could use とりにく！And good point on the 留学する。

Now, I also have a question for the forums
"But since that day was fun, I am glad I went." は日本語でどう言いましたか？
I wrote " でも、あの日は楽しかったので、僕が行ったのをうれしいです", but is that correct?

I'm sorry I can't be of help with your question ^___^;;;

 

[82riceballs]

長い間/久しく～していない
久しぶりに is for when something haven't been done in a long time, and is done/is about to be done now.
長い間/久しく日本語を勉強していない。
I haven't studied Japanese for a long time.
久しぶりに日本語を勉強した。
I studied Japanese after a long interval.

Thanks! So if I were to say "I haven't heard school bells in a long time" would that be 久しくチャイムを聞いていない?

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks! So if I were to say "I haven't heard school bells in a long time" would that be 久しくチャイムを聞いていない?

Maybe 長い間, ずいぶんと昔から, ずっと (or しばらく) etc. is better ? I'm not confident on the distinctions here but don't think it necessarily means you are going to hear them again soon, :?

 

[Toritoribe]

I want to say, "I have one sibling. He is 8 years older than me."
So I know one sibling would it be, "きょうだいが一人います。" But how do I say he's 8 years older? "あには八年上です"???? Is there a better way to combine the ideas, as in "I have one brother who is 8 years older than me"? How would I say that?

You can also say 八歳違いの兄がいます, since 兄 is ALWAYS 年上 or "older" than you.;-)

So if I wanted to learn to cook in general, I'd go with the first, but if there's some reason behind why I wanted to learn how to cook, then I'd go with the second, right?

When you say you simply wanted to learn to cook, 料理を習いたかったです is used. As undrentide-san explained, ～ておく means "to do for preparing", so the past tense ～ておけばよかった connotes you can't do something now because you didn't prepare it in the past, as same as the subjunctive past perfect in English; "I wish I had learned" you used in the example sentence.

1. I'm explaining that my mother, brother, and I are vegetarian, but my dad is not. When he does eat meat, it's only chicken. I know 肉 is meat, but is there a specific word I should use, or is it okay to say, 「父は／が肉をあまりたべません」?

You can use 父は肉を食べますが、鶏肉しか食べません.

2. There's a section where I explain that I want to travel abroad for a year and then go to Washington DC for a year. In that context, is it okay to say that if I am not able to go travel (because I didn't get accepted to a program, for example), I will be sad? 「どこでも旅行をできないとかなしくなります」?

どこにも旅行できない expresses you can't travel anywhere.

3. I have also been to India to see family. Would I use ておく in this case? :?「インディアにかぞくに見ておくきたことがあります。」?

No, you can't use ～ておく here.

家族に会いに/会うために、インドにも行ったことがあります。

"But since that day was fun, I am glad I went." は日本語でどう言いましたか？
I wrote " でも、あの日は楽しかったので、僕が行ったのをうれしいです", but is that correct?

Very close.

でも、あの日は楽しかったので、行ってよかったです

Thanks! So if I were to say "I haven't heard school bells in a long time" would that be 久しくチャイムを聞いていない?

久しく sounds somewhat like written language, so might be rarely used in conversation.

Maybe 長い間, ずいぶんと昔から, ずっと (or しばらく) etc. is better ? I'm not confident on the distinctions here but don't think it necessarily means you are going to hear them again soon, :?

Yes, there's no implication.

 

[Elizabeth]

So if I wanted to learn to cook in general, I'd go with the first, but if there's some reason behind why I wanted to learn how to cook, then I'd go with the second, right?
Thank you for your help!! I was confused about using 八歳年上 because I've never used it, so I thought it sounded strange (since in my class, we have only ever used 歳 to indicate years of age, as in 私は十八歳です).

Can't you also use 八歳上 ? :?

「君のお兄さんは、君よりどのくらい年上ですか？」

「八歳上です。」

 

[Toritoribe]

Can't you also use 八歳上 ? :?
「君のお兄さんは、君よりどのくらい年上ですか？」
「八歳上です。」

Right. 八歳上の兄 can work, too.

 

[AnnieJ]

Toritoribe - Thank you so much! That was very clear and helpful

 

[82riceballs]

久しく sounds somewhat like written language, so might be rarely used in conversation.

Thanks for the note! so would 長い間チャイムを聞いていない sound better?

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for the note! so would 長い間チャイムを聞いていない sound better?

Just to clarify, what do you want to say in English?

 

[82riceballs]

Just to clarify, what do you want to say in English? :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

"I haven't heard school bells in a long time"
Sorry I should've stated this earlier!

 

[Elizabeth]

"I haven't heard school bells in a long time"
sorry i should've stated this earlier!

And you still haven't heard or don't expect to hear them, right ?

So I don't know the tone or context. Grammatically it sounds OK.

 

[Toritoribe]

Thanks for the note! so would 長い間チャイムを聞いていない sound better?

Yeah, that's more common, I think.

the alternatives

もう長い間（学校の）チャイムを聞いていない。
もう長いこと（学校の）チャイムを聞いてない。

(もう emphasizes 長い. The latter one sounds more colloquial.)

Just to clarify, what do you want to say in English?

Actually, riceball-san already wrote it.;-)

Thanks! So if I were to say "I haven't heard school bells in a long time" would that be 久しくチャイムを聞いていない?

 

[Elizabeth]

Yeah, that's more common, I think.
the alternatives
もう長い間（学校の）チャイムを聞いていない。
もう長いこと（学校の）チャイムを聞いてない。
(もう emphasizes 長い. The latter one sounds more colloquial.)
Actually, riceball-san already wrote it.;-)

Haha. I'm still in disbelief...it's such a slightly oddball statement in isolation. (Or maybe this is like from an anime, no context necessary, in Japanese ?? )

 

[Toritoribe]

Haha. I'm still in disbelief...it's such a slightly oddball statement in isolation. (Or maybe this is like from an anime, no context necessary, in Japanese ?? )

What came to my mind first was a person who feels nostalgia for school days.

もう長いこと学校のチャイム聞いてないなあ。。。

 

[Elizabeth]

What came to my mind first was a person who feels nostalgia for school days.
もう長いこと学校のチャイム聞いてないなあ。。。

わたし も そう おもいます。 "For a long time" と対照してみると "in a long time"でも口語の表現として良いわけです。

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks for all your help!!!

グッド・トイの選考では、まず推薦されたおもちゃをいろいろな年代の人に実際に遊んでみてもらい、専門家が遊ばれ方を見て評価をします。
Is 遊ばれ方 the same as 遊び方 but more polite?