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Help with this sentence | Page 6 | Japan ForumAとBは同じだ。
A and B are the same.
AはBと同じだ。
A is the same as B.
I have to give you the same advise again. You can put number #4, #5 and #6 for each question, for instance. It's quite inconvenient to answer.First, the underlined red part is an attribute to "boku" in my opinion. But I'm unsure wether my way of translation for this attribute is okay.
Help with this sentence | Page 6 | Japan ForumWell, how about to number your questions, not just in a post but the whole your questions?
I already pointed out previously also for this structure. You should ask about it, if you can't get it yet.Second, I'm struggling with the overall meaning of the red sentence.
I'm not sure wether the man wants to say that he himself thinks that he is "the bad guy", or that he wants to say that he is deemed to be the "the bad guy" by the police. I guess this problem stems from my lack of understanding for the "soudesu" constructions, as we've found out recently. But I haven't learned more about it yet ^^
Help with this sentence | Page 6 | Japan ForumYour answer shows that you don't get the difference of the two functions of そう yet. The obvious and critical difference is that 振りそう for #1 "to seem like" and さむくなるそう for #2 hearsay.
家のでんわ携帯電話を持ったら家のでわが要らなくなった。
=> I'm having trouble with the red form.
I understand the sentence as follows>
"When I got a mobilephone, I didnt need the houses phone (anymore)."
I think it is a negative of the past tense, but this なくなった confuses me.
For example, I'd write the negative past tense of 書く like this:
書かなかった.
So, whats the "ku" doing in there?^^
You put #1, 2 and 3 to your questions in this post, and then asked next questions in this post. Thus, you knew you had already asked three questions when you asked next two questions in your new post. You don't need to edit your previous post at all. It's OK you just check your post and put number 4 and 5 to your next questions, right?1) Okay, the problem was just that when I wrote my first question, I didn't know I'd post more questions before the next answer. And unortunately I can't edit posts after 15minutes since last posting has past. So at first I didn't thought numbers were necessary, and then it was too late to change it.
From now on, I'll just continuously number my questions with 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc. and my corresponding comments on your responses with 2.1,2.2 etc. (maybe even 3.1... 4.1 etc. if need be). The only exception will be this last block of questions, because I already screwed up numbering it...
You can do it for the compositions you made even now, no?But in the future I'll look more vigorously at words which I use only rarely.
…ことばです。…つけられる。…と思います。Overall I used non-masu form in contexts where I learned that other forms are necessary from a grammatical point of view, or in places where I learned that masu-form is necessary (or at least where the construction was introduced with a masu form in certain places).
In my last text, I used non-masu form only in such places as described. So I didn't think that I had switched between polite/non-polite tone because in places where I didn't use masu-form I thought it was a grammatical necessity and therefore "neutral". I thought that only the verb-forms free of any specific grammatical function would determine the overall tone of the whole sentence (similar to te-form, which when used as a connector derives its temporal information from the final verb in the chain).
I highlighted the difference in my previous post to make clear it.3) "soudesu" can express that I assess something based on what I have perceived with my 5 senses. Thats about what my book told me when introducing this function.
"soudesu" can also express that I heard something from someone else. For example that I heard in the news that the weather shall be rainy tomorrow.
That's what I already understood. If there's anything more to it than just that, then I just can't learn it yet. I'll have to wait until I reach those chapters where it is explained in my book.
There is no problem with your translation if you got the structure and the original meaning correctly.4) Thanks!
要る --> 要らない --> 要らなくなる --> 要らなくなった
書く --> 書かない --> 書かなくなる --> 書かなくなった
That's about what I already suspected, but I didn't really know what to do with it. So, literally it would translate into: "..., I became not needing the houses phone. "(needy? wouldn't use that though, I think it has a rather special semantics not really suitable for this case).
However, one wouldn't really translate it like that, would one?
So would my first translation be okay here?
"When I got a mobilephone, I didnt need the houses phone (anymore)."
So, you are going to use (1 in the same post twice again...I'll comment on 1) later.
So, you are going to use (1 in the same post twice again...
降りそうです。
It seems like it will rain.
(I've just noticed that you used wrong kanji also here, by the way.)
Notice that 降り is the -masu stem.
あしたは寒くなるそうです。
I heard that it will become cold tomorrow.
なる is not the -masu stem. "Non-polite form of predicative (verb, adjective or copula, including negative, past, potential, -te iru form or other variations) + そう" is hearsay. I believe that all decent textbooks must mention this obvious difference between these two meanings.
You already put #1 to your question about を and と, and I already replied to it using the same number #1. You can put another number to the one starting with "Okay, the problem was just that when I wrote my first question..." instead of "1)" to avoid confusion in the first place. Am I wrong?Thats why I'll switch to the system I've presented to you, it just didn't work this time because there was no numbering at start.
You don't get そう yet. 意味なんだ is not the stem. わるいんだ is not, either. The stem of the i-adjective 悪い is 悪(わる), i.e, 悪そう means "seems like bad". Furthermore, nouns such like 意味 can't be attached to そう as the meaning "seems like".
I, or all other members here, use the same number for the same topic or related questions, as I used "1.1" for my reply to your question "1.1", whereas you used "2.1" for the same topic. This is the cause of the confusion so far, perhaps?
This is a huge problem for your learning Japanese. If you can't grasp it, you will face many difficulties also in the future.I didn't identify correctly what is a stem and what isn't.
"Non-polite form of predicative (verb, adjective or copula, including negative, past, potential, -te iru form or other variations) + そう" is hearsay.
I, or all other members here, use the same number for the same topic or related questions, as I used "1.1" for my reply to your question "1.1", whereas you used "2.1" for the same topic. This is the cause of the confusion so far, perhaps?
From now on, I'll just continuously number my questions with 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc. and my corresponding comments on your responses with 2.1,2.2 etc. (maybe even 3.1... 4.1 etc. if need be).
The subject of してくれた is 母, so the literal translation is "stories my mother gave me a favor of telling to me / stories my mother told to me".
forms of i-adjective that can be used as a predicative
forms of i-adjective that can be used as a predicative
寒い, 寒くない, 寒かった, 寒くなかった
This is a huge problem for your learning Japanese. If you can't grasp it, you will face many difficulties also in the future.
寒 (non-conjugated part. い is removed from the dictionary form)
Note that the -tai form or -yasui/-nikui of verbs also perform as i-adjectives. Also, negative forms and ない are also treated as i-adjectives, but なさ, not just な, is used for そう as an exception, e.g. 書いていなさそう or 寒くなさそう)
That's an example of i-adjectives. 寒い is a predicative/main verb by itself, for instance in 今日は寒い。. There is no copula here. です is not copula in 今日は寒いです, just to be sure.You probably mean this in context of a copula connecting the adjective to the corresponding subject?
Not really. Your answer shows that you don't get the difference of the two functions of そう yet. The obvious and critical difference is that 振りそう for #1 "to seem like" and さむくなるそう for #2 hearsay.
(I clearly pointed out about the difference here with quoting your examples, and not saying these two examples are wrong, right?)
違うんですよ。運転していた僕がわるいんだそうです。シートベルトをするように言わなかったから