Dangit, Japanese did something weird again...

Rockuman

-Supreme Martial Artist-

30 Jun 2004

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• 3 Apr 2005

• #1

Alright, "Koko", "Kore", and "Kono" should be pretty easy. Koko is location, Kore is this, and kono is 'this [something]'. Now, my question is, in some cases, can you substitute "koko" for "kore" in some somewhat informal situations. Two sentences I've heard are, "Koko mada da"(or made, kinda hard to tell from where I heard it), and "... koko ga eigo de hanashimasu", which is subtitled as "I'm going to say this in English".

EDIT: And on a side note, I'd just like to thank the people at this site. I've gotten pretty far in Japanese, even if I still can't understand half of what I hear, and whenever I've gotten in a pickle, in most cases, the people here have managed to get me out, even if I've only made about 30 posts so far.

 

John Lemon

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24 Dec 2004

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• 3 Apr 2005

• #2

Personally, I've never heard/seen anyone say "koko ga", and I watch quite a lot of anime, which is usually chock-full of colloquialisms. Where did you come across this?
And "koko made da" usually means "this is enough", or literally "to here (but no further)".

 

Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

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15 Mar 2002

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• 3 Apr 2005

• #3

どこが難しい？............

 

Rockuman

-Supreme Martial Artist-

30 Jun 2004

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• 4 Apr 2005

• Thread starter
• #4

I heard "koko ga eigo de hanashimasu" from Kill Bill. It's possible that I might have, once again, misheard it, but I've recorded the sound, just to make sure... and perhaps I could be corrected.

http://www.neophunk.com/josiahtobin/oren.wav

 

John Lemon

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24 Dec 2004

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• 4 Apr 2005

• #5

It sounds more like "koko kara eigo de hanashimasu" to my ears.

 

orochi

便利屋

1 May 2004

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• 4 Apr 2005

• #6

Sounded like "kara" to me as well... plus, the Japanese in Kill Bill was pretty funky at times. I would highly recommend learning from native speakers' speaking.

 

Kerog

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8 Apr 2005

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• 8 Apr 2005

• #7

In non-Japanese movie, I heard so many funy Japanese. Even if you think the actors are Japanese, sometimes they are chinese or Japanese American. So they don't pronounce correct Japanese.
Think about the meaning of sentence, Koko KARA is correct. It means "From now on".

 

Rockuman

-Supreme Martial Artist-

30 Jun 2004

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• 11 Apr 2005

• Thread starter
• #8

Ah, I see. She really glided over that last "ra" then, cause there was no way I could've picked that up.

Ah well, thanks for clearing that up for me. =]