Meaning of 日本語はいつもまだなんだよ

GoldCoinLover · 22 Feb 2005

こにちわ!
おげんきですか？
わたしのげんきですよ。

This is how I translated it:
(Japanese language) wa itsumomada nanda yo.

I'm learning japanese myself. I'm still really new to it, working on memorizing all the katakana(かたかな) and hiragana(ひらがな), and learning kanj(漢字). I wish I was grown up in japan(日本), it would be alot easier then for me. Being an american (わたしはアメリキンじんです。<-- "I'm an american.")( I don't know the kanji for "being" or, "existing) It is hard to learn japanese. I commend all of you for your tremendous help helping me. Kanji + kana is hard for me to understand. I like to teach.

~I'm still learning, so please, if you see any mistakes with my japanese, let me know.

Thank you. 有難う(どもありがとう)

Glenn · 22 Feb 2005

GoldCoinLover said:
こにちわ!
おげんきですか？
わたしのげんきですよ。

わたしはげんきです。

GoldCoinLover said:
This is how I translated it:
(Japanese language) wa itsumomada nanda yo.

That's not really a translation. It means that the person who said it will never fully master Japanese. Literally, it's "Japanese is always not yet."

GoldCoinLover said:
(わたしはアメリキンじんです。

わたしはアメリカじんです。

GoldCoinLover said:
Thank you. 有難う(どもありがとう)

It's better to right it all in hiragana: ありがとう. Also, it's どうも, not ども.

GoldCoinLover · 22 Feb 2005

Glenn said:
わたしはげんきです。

That's not really a translation. It means that the person who said it will never fully master Japanese. Literally, it's "Japanese is always not yet."

わたしはアメリカじんです。

It's better to right it all in hiragana: ありがとう. Also, it's どうも, not ども.

どうも先生Glenn-さん！
Thank you teacher Glenn!

(Did I say/write that right?)

Glenn · 22 Feb 2005

GoldCoinLover said:
どうも先生Glenn-さん！
Thank you teacher Glenn!

(Did I say/write that right?)

Close: どうも、Ｇｌｅｎｎ先生, or more politely どうもありがとうございました、Ｇｌｅｎｎ先生. 先生 is used like さん when you use it with someone's name. Also, there is no need for the hyphen.

Damicci · 22 Feb 2005

しつもんです。

この漢字"考え"はひらがなで何ですか。
Ex. "何か考え事してるような写真だね

"It is the kind of picture that thinking is being done, dont you think?"をわかっとでもそれ漢字をわからない
たすけて下さい。

Elizabeth · 22 Feb 2005

Damicci said:
しつもんです。

この漢字"考え"はひらがなで何ですか。
Ex. "何か考え事してるような写真だね

"It is the kind of picture that thinking is being done, don't you think?"をわかっとでもそれ漢字をわからない
たすけて下さい。

I'm not able to look at it closely....but it looks Close....more likely "It's a picture that looks like you're thinking of something"

I don't understand the first sentence though....

Glenn · 22 Feb 2005

「かんがえ」と読まれます。「考え事」は複合語です。

"It looks like you're thinking about something in this picture," I think is a good translation. It's times like these that I wish Scriviner were still around.

Damicci · 22 Feb 2005

Sorry I realized I posted this in the wrong thread. Thought I was in "Need help translating...."

The first sentence was supposed to be something like " This kanji "考え" is what in hiragana?" But I figured I jacked up that part.

Glenn · 22 Feb 2005

I think you did well with it. Although it may have been better to say 「考え」という言葉はどう読みますか. I understood what you were asking, though.

-Yu- · 28 Feb 2005

Glenn said:
It means that the person who said it will never fully master Japanese. Literally, it's "Japanese is always not yet."

Really? I always wondered what "日本語はいつもまだなんだよ！" meant.
Does it really mean the person thinks he will never master Japanese fluently?
Paradoxically, does "Japanese is always not yet" mean the same thing?

Glenn · 1 Mar 2005

Well, it has the meaning that true mastery is unattainable. I guess it would be better to say that there will always be something that he doesn't know about the language. まだだ is used to say that a skill level is not ripe, so to speak. It's usually used to humbly accept praise for being good at something, while denouncing it at the same time. Maybe "I'll always have a long way to go in Japanese!" is a better translation.

epigene · 1 Mar 2005

@Glenn ,

Sorry, but I don't see the point of this thread... :?

Is the purpose to translate 日本語はいつもまだなんだよ into English, or having something in English translated into Japanese?

I didn't have much time to read everything carefully but would like to say that:

日本語はいつもまだなんだよ is awkward Japanese. I don't think it was said by a Japanese.
If you want to say your Japanese (skill) is not there yet, the closest expression to the original in the title is:
ぼく（わたし）の日本語は、まだまだなんだよ。

Glenn · 1 Mar 2005

I'm pretty sure the Japanese in the title of the thread was in someone's signature on this forum, and he wasn't Japanese, so you're right about that. The original poster wanted to know the meaning of 日本語はいつもまだなんだよ in English.

Meaning of 日本語はいつもまだなんだよ

GoldCoinLover

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Glenn

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GoldCoinLover

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Glenn

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Damicci

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Elizabeth

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Glenn

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Damicci

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Glenn

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-Yu-

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Glenn

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epigene

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Glenn

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