Ask your Japanese language questions (Moved from Learning Japanese in romaji)

[Toritoribe]

How do you express several desires in one sentence in present and past tense? Would the following examples be correct?
国へ帰りたくて、家族に会いたいです。
国へ帰りたかったで、家族に会いたかったです。

When the two desires have nothing to do with each other, し is used.
e.g.
日本にも旅行したいし、家族にも会いたいです。

You can't use 日本に旅行して家族に会いたいです unless your family members are in Japan. 旅行して is interpreted as "go trip to Japan, and then in there want to meet ,,," in this case. The -te form is hardly used to connect two clauses when they have no relation.

I have another question, this time regarding time. If I'd want to say "I didn't go anywhere for 3 weeks", would this be correct?
３週間にどこも行きませんでした。
And if I'd want to say "I didn't go anywhere for 3 months", would this be correct?
３ヶ月にどこも行きませんでした。
I'm uncertain whether I'm correctly using に here.

If you don't need to emphasize the temporary length, particles are not needed.
e.g.
１時間待ちました。
３週間どこにも行きませんでした。


Incidentally, ３ヶ月も日本語を勉強しませんでした is anbiguous. It can mean both "I had studied Japanese, but stopped it for three months" and "I studied Japanese less than three months". My two cents.

Wouldn't しか be more appropriate than も in that context?

一人もいませんでした: There wasn't even one person there. / There was no person there.
一人しかいませんでした: There WAS ONLY one person there.

 

[Angel Valis]

一人もいませんでした: There wasn't even one person there. / There was no person there.
一人しかいませんでした: There WAS ONLY one person there.

Yeah...I misread the intended meaning the first time...whoops.

 

[Ki Bekulov]

I'm working on the second draft for my city presentation script in Japanese. My teacher underlined the expressions I've used that are supposedly wrong, I've managed to correct most of them except for the following four, which I can't seem to figure out. Anyone willing to help?

"It is possible that the population is even lesser than this." (context: the population is 2,000,000)
これより少ない人口は可能性が高いです。[expressin/grammar mistake]

"Uzupis is a city within a city."
『Uzupis』は町の中な町です。[expression/grammar mistake]

"This festival also takes place in the old town."
その祭りも旧市街で起こります。[verb mistake]

"I continued to go to that place with classmates every October."
クラスメイトと毎年１０月にその所に行く続けました。[expression/form mistake]

 

[Toritoribe]

"It is possible that the population is even lesser than this." (context: the population is 2,000,000)
これより少ない人口は可能性が高いです。[expressin/grammar mistake]

The position of the topic 人口は is the key.
(可能性 is a noun, and これより少ない modifies it.)

"Uzupis is a city within a city."
『Uzupis』は町の中な町です。[expression/grammar mistake]

中 is not a na-adjective.

"This festival also takes place in the old town."
その祭りも旧市街で起こります。[verb mistake]

"take place"の検索結果（838 件）：英辞郎 on the WEB：スペースアルク

"I continued to go to that place with classmates every October."
クラスメイトと毎年１０月にその所に行く続けました。[expression/form mistake]

The -masu stem of a verb is used to be attached to 続ける.
ここ "here", あそこ "there", どこ "where", so, "that place" is?

 

[Ki Bekulov]

The position of the topic 人口は is the key.
(可能性 is a noun, and これより少ない modifies it.)

So the correct sentence would be...?

中 is not a na-adjective.

Alright, though she highlighted not just the な but the entire 町の中な町です, I guess indicating there should be a more correct way in expressing that thought?

"take place"の検索結果（838 件）：英辞郎 on the WEB：スペースアルク

Didn't quite understand you here.

The -masu stem of a verb is used to be attached to 続ける.
ここ "here", あそこ "there", どこ "where", so, "that place" is?

Ok fixed that one.

 

[Toritoribe]

So the correct sentence would be...?

That's your work. You are practicing to make a Japanese sentence. You did it first, then we can fix it.

Alright, though she highlighted not just the な but the entire 町の中な町です, I guess indicating there should be a more correct way in expressing that thought?

Just to change the の part can make the sentence correct.

Didn't quite understand you here.

See the first example in the site.

 

[Ki Bekulov]

That's your work. You are practicing to make a Japanese sentence. You did it first, then we can fix it.

Ok, thanks for nothing.

 

[Toritoribe]

And you don't thank for all the other answers I posted, either? That's great!

やれやれ。遥かギリシャの昔から呟かれ続けてきた古き格言が思わず口をついて出そうになるな。「近頃の・・・」

 

[tokkyo]

Ok, thanks for nothing.

Japanese is a language closely intertwined to the culture in which it is primarily spoken, and that culture puts heavy emphasis on respecting people above you, especially teachers. No matter how good your Japanese is, it will get you nowhere if you don't learn some basic manners. In fact your response isn't really acceptable anywhere.

 

[LewiiG]

I may well ask short questions here.

日本が素晴らしく感ずる和風曲集
I assume this means "a collection of Japanese style music that gives a wonderful impression of Japan."

But I don't know.

日本が素晴らしく感ずる Does this mean on it's own, "someone/thing feels Japan wonderfully" but then when I use that in the whole sentence that would mean "a collection of Japanese style music that feels Japan wonderfully"

So I guess "a collection of Japanese style music that feels Japan wonderfully" = "a collection of Japanese style music that gives a wonderful impression/feel of Japan."

Can someone verify or correct this? Thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

The meaning is correct. The subject of 感ずる is the listeners (of the collection).

 

[LewiiG]

The meaning is correct. The subject of 感ずる is the listeners (of the collection).

Thanks Toritoribe I wasn't 100% sure for some reason so it's nice to have a conformation.