MiaCarlax
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- 28 Nov 2006
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This may seem like a stupid question. But my japanese is terrible and in pursuit of trying to learn I rammed my head with podcasts and speaking with japanese people online.
Through japanesepod101.com they said that genki desu ka can be translated into how are you/ are you well
And someone I talk to backed this up and also said that saying just genki is fine when Im talking to him. (he is native japanese living in england atm)
But when I was talking to another person who is living in japan, I asked genki desu ka (to my knowledge how are you) and he laughed at me. Saying I was asking how his health was and that i seemed abit silly, correcting me with daijoubu
Which confused me abit. Am I wrong in asking genki desu ka or genki. Or was he just being abit picky? Is daikoubu a better way of asking someone how they are? Or is that also wrong?
Also can someone help me with replies that I could use to how are you, that would be much appreichated
My computer still doesnt show hiragana or kanji so can you reply in romanji if possible
thanks
Through japanesepod101.com they said that genki desu ka can be translated into how are you/ are you well
And someone I talk to backed this up and also said that saying just genki is fine when Im talking to him. (he is native japanese living in england atm)
But when I was talking to another person who is living in japan, I asked genki desu ka (to my knowledge how are you) and he laughed at me. Saying I was asking how his health was and that i seemed abit silly, correcting me with daijoubu
Which confused me abit. Am I wrong in asking genki desu ka or genki. Or was he just being abit picky? Is daikoubu a better way of asking someone how they are? Or is that also wrong?
Also can someone help me with replies that I could use to how are you, that would be much appreichated
My computer still doesnt show hiragana or kanji so can you reply in romanji if possible
thanks