Fortune Teller

Tomii515 · 9 May 2006

I'm making a Furtune teller in Japanese. I know the colors, and everything, but I need to know some sentences, if u can help me out. Please put the sentences and the hiragana and kanji avalible, and if it needs to be in katakana. here are the sentences i need:
1. You will win a million dollars.
2. You will get kissed in a week.
3. You will trip down the stairs.
4. You will get a boyfriend/girlfriend.
5. You will find 20 dollars.
6. You will make a new best friend.
7. You will lose one of your best friends.
8. You will get a good grade on a test.
Those are the ones i need. I can't really figure them out, so i would really appriciate if you translate these sentences usuing as much kanji as posible! THANKS! (the thing i dont understand, is saying "you wil..." since there is no future tence in japanese, i don't know how to do it)
THANK YOU!
Tomii
( 青 / 赤 / 白 / 紫 )

cheapshot · 9 May 2006

I think that these answers are statements so basically, by not adding anything to the normal form of the sentences in japanese. you are saying that they will come true, either now or in the future. adding a time as in "2." you are pinpointing when something will happen.

eg.
2. あなたは一週間後チューをする after 1 week
４．あなたの恋人を見つける doesn't need anything adding.

Elizabeth · 10 May 2006

1. あなたは1百万ドルを当てるでしょう。
>2. あなたは1週間後にキスされる（してくれる）でしょう。
>3. 階段を降りるときにつまずくでしょう
>4. あなたはボーイフレンド/ガールフレンドを見つけるでしょう。
>5. あなたは20ドルを見つけるでしょう。
>6. あなたは新しい親友を作るでしょう。
>7. あなたはあなたの親友のひとりを失うでしょう。
>8. あなたは、テストで良い点（成績でもいいです）を取るでしょう。

Mike Cash · 10 May 2006

Elizabeth said:
1. あなたは1百万ドルを当てるでしょう。
>2. あなたは1週間後にキスされる（してくれる）でしょう。
>3. 階段を降りるときにつまずくでしょう
>4. あなたはボーイフレンド/ガールフレンドを見つけるでしょう。
>5. あなたは20ドルを見つけるでしょう。
>6. あなたは新しい親友を作るでしょう。
>7. あなたはあなたの親友のひとりを失うでしょう。
>8. あなたは、テストで良い点（成績でもいいです）を取るでしょう。

In #2, してくれる sounds as though the fortune teller thinks the tellee will kiss the teller.

In #4 and #6, I think 出来る might be a more natural choice of verb.

In #5, probably みつかる (not real sure, though)

yukio_michael · 10 May 2006

I'm seriously not trying to be rude as some people might think of such a question, but what's the point of a fortune teller whose answers you only now have a casual understanding of? I'm just wondering.

Tomii515 · 10 May 2006

yukio_michael said:
I'm seriously not trying to be rude as some people might think of such a question, but what's the point of a fortune teller whose answers you only now have a casual understanding of? I'm just wondering.

i think they are fun to make

Tomii515 · 10 May 2006

Wait, so is this right? ( and are the things in parenthesis needed?)

1. あなたは1百万ドルを当てるでしょう。
>2. あなたは1週間後にキスされる（してくれる）でしょう。
>3. 階段を降りるときにつまずくでしょう
>4. あなたはボーイフレンド/ガールフレンドを出来るでしょう。
>5. あなたは20ドルを見つけるでしょう。
>6. あなたは新しい親友を出来るでしょう。
>7. あなたはあなたの親友のひとりを失うでしょう。
>8. あなたは、テストで良い点（成績でもいいです）を取るでしょう

Are the ones in italics needed?

yukio_michael · 10 May 2006

Tomii515 said:
i think they are fun to make

I guess that is a better reason than most.

cheapshot · 10 May 2006

is it just me or is tommii's font f**kin HUGE!!!!

hehe

Elizabeth · 10 May 2006

Tomii515 said:
wait, so is this right? ( and are the things in parenthasis needed?)

Not entirely, no and no.

Mike Cash · 10 May 2006

Thanks to the honking huge font, I noticed the unneeded "1" in １百万. I totally missed it the first time around.

Elizabeth · 10 May 2006

Mike Cash said:
Thanks to the honking huge font, I noticed the unneeded "1" in １百万 I totally missed it the first time around.

I've never come across "ichi hyaku man" either now that I think about it...

@Tomii, changing verbs barely knowing what they mean or even how to read them will mislead you every time....

Fortune Teller

Tomii515

やった～！

cheapshot

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Elizabeth

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Mike Cash

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yukio_michael

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Tomii515

やった～！

Tomii515

やった～！

yukio_michael

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cheapshot

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Elizabeth

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Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

Elizabeth

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