How to translate this?

[GoldCoinLover]

Anyone know how to translate the Area 51 sign? I have the game "Grand theft auto: San andreas" It has the same sign in the game and Area 51 area.

立入禁止
No trespassing.
これはArea 51です。
This is Area 51.
入りいません。
Do not enter.

I hope I translated this right. "Hairimasen" I hope this means "Do not enter."

Here's what the sign says:

How do I say WARNING in japanese?

It also says "Photography is prohibited."

Anyone able to translate this sign for me? I'm curious.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Anyone know how to translate the Area 51 sign? I have the game "Grand theft auto: San andreas" It has the same sign in the game and Area 51 area.
立入禁止
No trespassing.
これはArea 51です。
This is Area 51.
入りいません。
Do not enter.
I hope I translated this right. "Hairimasen" I hope this means "Do not enter."
Here's what the sign says:

How do I say WARNING in japanese?
It also says "Photography is prohibited."
Anyone able to translate this sign for me? I'm curious.

 

[WHEATTHlNS]

Shashin wo totte ha ikemasen.

Hairimasen doesnt mean "dont enter". "Don't Enter" is a command, which carries a different arrangement for hairu. Thats a lil far off for you though.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Shashin wo totte ha ikemasen.
Hairimasen doesnt mean "dont enter". "Don't Enter" is a command, which carries a different arrangement for hairu. Thats a lil far off for you though.

oh okay. Then what would Hairimasen mean?

Shashin wo totte ha ikemasen.

What isn't this "Ikimasen" aNd instead uses an "e"

 

[Glenn]

I'd guess 撮影禁止. And 立入禁止 means "do no enter."

 

[GoldCoinLover]

I'd guess 撮影禁止. And 立入禁止 means "do no enter."

oh okay. I saw it on a linkin park video

まい朝（あさ）何をしますか？
What do you do morning?

まい朝（あさ) PSPを遊び（あそび）ます。
I play my PSP every morning.



This sentence is pretty easy. I just replaced shimbun with "PSP".

You know how sometimes "mai " is used for counting things? Is this the case here, because it is "every" morning?

 

[Glenn]

毎 -- every
枚 -- sheet (counter)

I.e. they aren't the same.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

毎 -- every
枚 -- sheet (counter)

I.e. they aren't the same.

Oh okay. 毎, is the one I used right?

Before I go to sleep, I like to read.

I know I'd use ikimasu here, but not sure the part "before".

It may be "kara", or "katta".

suki - like
yonde - to read

 

[MeAndroo]

You don't use ikimasu. You use the verb for "to sleep." Yonde is not "to read," yomu is. I'm not sure where you got kara or katta, but they don't fit this sentence.

This sentence has concepts in it that should probably be explained after more study, but I'll tell you anyway. "Neru mae ni yomu no koto ga suki desu."

Maybe another poster can correct this next one if I'm wrong: "neru mae ni dokusho wo suru no ga suki desu."

 

[GoldCoinLover]

To anyone, especially Glen-san:

毎日々日にっぽんごを学びます。

My book says:
Mai ban nippon go wo manabimasu.
I study japanese every night.

Why does it use Nippon go? This is weird.

I wantd to say "Every day I study japanese."
日々 means "every time" and day is after it.

This is probablyw rong, but what is the correct way? It's very useful to know.

 

[Glenn]

"Neru mae ni yomu no koto ga suki desu."

Drop the koto, though.

Maybe another poster can correct this next one if I'm wrong: "neru mae ni dokusho wo suru no ga suki desu."

I think you might be better off with just dokusho ga suki, instead of the nominalized verb phrase. I'm not 100% sure about that, though.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

You don't use ikimasu. You use the verb for "to sleep." Yonde is not "to read," yomu is. I'm not sure where you got kara or katta, but they don't fit this sentence.

This sentence has concepts in it that should probably be explained after more study, but I'll tell you anyway. "Neru mae ni yomu no koto ga suki desu."

Maybe another poster can correct this next one if I'm wrong: "neru mae ni dokusho wo suru no ga suki desu."

But yonde iru means "to read presently" righT?

Why would you use Yomu here and not the more polite form yomimasu?

dokusho wo suru no ga suki means "I like to read"

dekusho (to read) suru (to do) (suki) to like

Thanks.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Drop the koto, though.
I think you might be better off with just dokusho ga suki, instead of the nominalized verb phrase. I'm not 100% sure about that, though.

neru mae ni dokusho wo suru no ga suki desu."



Ni indications the action right?

 

[GoldCoinLover]

You don't use ikimasu. You use the verb for "to sleep." Yonde is not "to read," yomu is. I'm not sure where you got kara or katta, but they don't fit this sentence.

This sentence has concepts in it that should probably be explained after more study, but I'll tell you anyway. "Neru mae ni yomu no koto ga suki desu."

Maybe another poster can correct this next one if I'm wrong: "neru mae ni dokusho wo suru no ga suki desu."

That seems really comlicated , compared to the english verison.

 

[Glenn]

To anyone, especially Glen-san:
毎日々日にっぽんごを学びます。

Should be more like 毎日（まいにち）日本語（にほんご／にっぽんご）を学（まな）びます. Nippon is the same as Nihon, but it's more official sounding, like "U.S." versus "America."

I wantd to say "Every day I study japanese."

毎日日本語を勉強（べんきょう）します。

日々 means "every time" and day is after it.

It means "days."

 

[MeAndroo]

Drop the koto, though.
I think you might be better off with just dokusho ga suki, instead of the nominalized verb phrase. I'm not 100% sure about that, though.

ありがとう。俺って先生じゃなくて手伝いさんみたいなやつだ！

 

[Glenn]

俺だって先生じゃないけどね～ん！（w）

 

[GoldCoinLover]

ありがとう。俺って先生じゃなくて手伝いさんみたいなやつだ！

When I read this it makes me want to cry in anguish, because it goes to show how much I DONT KNOW.

俺って先生じゃなくて手伝いさんみたいな やつだ！


俺 - I see this alot. My dictionary says It is a "boastful" pronoun for I. what??

And ~tte doesn't make anymore sense.

You know, after studying since 8:00a m to right now at 5:41 (yes ive been doing it that long, nothing better to do) my mind turns to squash.

I cant even think of how to say "I like to read." damn it, without using the arrogant sounding "watashi wa"

I know I wouldn't use yonde iru, or yonde imasu because that means I am presently reading.

So for p[olite usage I know i'd use yomimasu.

私は、よみますを好きです。



Yeah, that isn't right.

I hate this.

Watashi wa yomimasu wo suki desu..

The "DesU" is so wrong.

Also, I doubt "wo" Goes after it but I heard it goes after nouns.

Literally this means:
As for me, I like to read it.

Stupid.

Please help me Glen-san!!

The simplist sentences always get me.

That's it, I'm taking a break and going for a wake. Be back in about 20 minute.

 

[MeAndroo]

When I read this it makes me want to cry in anguish, because it goes to show how much I DONT KNOW.

You need to calm down for several reasons.

1) I studied in a college classroom with Japanese professors.
2) I've lived in Japan for a short period
3) I've been looking at, listening to, speaking, reading Japanese in some shape or form since about 2002.

Japanese proficiency doesn't happen overnight. The people who are better than me (and there's plenty) on this board will and have told you the same thing. It takes a pasison, but also patience. You can't learn everything at once. You have to learn to take it easy and not put so much emphasis on the NOW.

 

[GoldCoinLover]

You need to calm down for several reasons.
1) I studied in a college classroom with Japanese professors.
2) I've lived in Japan for a short period
3) I've been looking at, listening to, speaking, reading Japanese in some shape or form since about 2002.
Japanese proficiency doesn't happen overnight. The people who are better than me (and there's plenty) on this board will and have told you the same thing. It takes a pasison, but also patience. You can't learn everything at once. You have to learn to take it easy and not put so much emphasis on the NOW.

Thank you, that is very good. You've been studying it for 4 years? Wow. I've really only learned it since a few weeks ago (The nuts and bolts)

I got a book on conversational japanese it has a grammar section. I looked at "ga" "wa" and "wo" ill look at the others the other day.

But, "I like to play video games." Or "I like to read." isn't that hard to conjugate, is it?

 

[nice gaijin]

"I like to play video games." Or "I like to read." isn't that hard to conjugate, is it?

not at all; what you need to do is turn that verb into a noun so you can use it with the "x ga suki/suki ja nai" or "x ga kirai" forms.

to do that? just take the short (dictionary, casual) verb and place "no" after it and voila, instant modified verb: 読むー＞読むの. Treat this like a self-contained noun.

now, by itself, 読むの can't really do anything. You've created the noun, but now you have to do something with it. You want to say that....

You like to read: 読むのがすき
You don't like to read: 読むのがすきじゃない
You hate to read: 読むのがきらい
You love to play video games: テレビゲームをするのがだいすき！

Note that these forms are the same structures you'd use for saying "I like fish" or "I hate the rain;" the only difference is that you're using a modified verb to take the place of the noun. (If there's a special term for this someone help me out here)

Using verbs modified this way can be used in many ways, such as saying "I forgot to do my homework," or "reading japanese is hard!" Try to make these sentences on your own (忘れる （わすれる）is to forget, 宿題 （しゅくだい） is homework, and 難しい （むずかしい） is difficult)

 

[Glenn]

Note that these forms are the same structures you'd use for saying "I like fish" or "I hate the rain;" the only difference is that you're using a modified verb to take the place of the noun. (If there's a special term for this someone help me out here)

"Nominalization" is the act of turning a verbal into a noun. You can say that 窶愿??堙樞?堙 is a nominalized verb.

 

[nice gaijin]

thank you i knew there was a term for it! so long as everything else was kosher I'm happy.

 

[Glenn]

Heh, having reread that I think that technically you should say that 読む in the phrase 読むの is a nominalized verb.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

まい朝（あさ) PSPを遊び（あそび）ます。
I play my PSP every morning.

I would just like to point out that this sentence is incorrect. Change the を into a で to fix this sentence.

GCL, my advice to you is to take a whole day and just take a rest from Japanese. You'd be surprised what taking a break like that can do for you.