Originally posted by MtoM
sore wa sou desu,demo boku wa amerikajin no koto wa amari shitte imasen.Elizabeth-san wa nani o shitte imasu ka
((==how to say: (what do you know about something)in japanese?==))
Konnichiha MtoM-san!
Osokunatte sumimasen. Saudia Arabia no seikatsu ya shuukan ya rekishi toka no koto wo yoku shiranai to omoimasuga dekiru kagiru yatte mimasu. (Although I'm not very knowledgeable about Saudi Arabian life, customs, history ,etc, I will do my best
. Mazu, mukashi mukashi wa Bedouin to iu shuzoku (Bedouin tribe) ga Saudi Arabia no sabaku ni sunde imashita. Sono hitobita wa yuuboku teki deshita (Those people were nomadic.) Zutto sabuku no naki de rakuda ni notte ikimashita. (They went riding on their camels all over the desert.) Demo gendai wa Saudi Arabia wa totemo kougyou
koku desune. (But nowadays, Saudia Arabia is a very industrial country.)
Ippantekini, Amerikajin wa Saudi Arabiajin ga yuufukuna kokumin da to omoimasu. (Generally speaking, Americans think Saudi Arabians are a wealthy people.) Soshite Amerikajin ni totte mo taihen shuukyoubukai kokumin da sou desu. (And also from the perspective of Americans they seem like a very religious people.)
Demo saikin wa Saudi Arabia no keizai joutai wa amari yokunai to kikimashita. (But recently I heard Saudi Arabia's economic situation is not so good.) Mada sekiyu ga takusan arimasukedo tero nado no osore ga aru node gaikoku no kankoukaykusan no suu ga sukunatte kita deshou. (Although they still have lots of oil, because of terroristic threats etc, the number of foreign tourists has started to decrease.) Sore to shitsugyou ga ookina mondai ni natte imasu. (And unemployment has now become a big problem).
Tadashi MtoMsan wa shigoto ga atte ureshii desu. (But I'm happy that MtoM-san has a job).
Soshite kondo wa Amerikajin no koto wo shitte iru nani ka oshiete kudasaine. And next time, please tell me something you know about Americans....