epigene said:まずは、「先生」じゃありませ～ん！！
それと、働（はたら）かざるもの食（く）うべからず！
With the Japanese pension system on the brink of bankruptcy, everyone not categorized as 富裕層（ふゆうそう） must be working...
どちらでも文法的に正しいですが、J44xm said:「僕は日本語を勉強するのを止めることが出来ません。」
Is this a proper way to convey "I can't stop studying Japanese" with an undertone of duty or determination instead of a lack of ability? Is that 「のを」 combination grammatically legal? ありがとう。
(Epigeneさんへ . . . Yikes!)
ところで、普通の日本語としては「～ますでしょう」という言い方のほうがほとんど通らないとおもいます。In normal conversation, [～ますでしょう] doesn't usually pass as a Japanese way of speaking I think.Damicci said:そうっか。多分、日本人に聞きますでしょうね。。
[ でも、英語で私に教えることが出来ないかな。]
確かに、大丈夫だとおもいます。「として」というのは as, in the role/capacity of, acting asDamicci said:私の彼女はこの文「私は彼らを友達として考えていません」が大丈夫と言った。
でも、彼女の英語はままですから。私に英語で教えにくいです。「として」を使うのが所だけを分かりません。
The main pressures Japanese workers I know complain about are not having a voice in personnel decisions and being jerked around by clients/superiors. On the other hand, it remains very difficult to get fired (although I suppose this also depends on the company) plus the bonus of monthly holidays and premium weeks like the one Epigene-san was probably working to get off for....Buntaro said:Epigene-Sensei!
"With the Japanese pension system on the brink of bankruptcy, everyone not categorized as 富裕層（ふゆうそう） must be working...."
--> Bummer. Very bummer....
Tsuki_x said:I don't know if this has been asked before, but what does the word "Deshita" mean?
It'll take me a bit of time to read all of this, but thanks much. ^_^Elizabeth said:どちらでも文法的に正しいですが、
「僕は日本語の勉強を止めることが出来ませんよ。」のほうが自然だとおもいます。
「どんなに時間がかかっても日本語をマスターしたいと思う」とか「日本語を流暢話せるようになるためにいかなる努力も惜しまない」とか「誰も私の決意を変えられない」の意味になりやすいですね。」
J44xmさんの気持ちがよく分かります。
epigene said:Just a quick note from my break at work (これは内緒！）
みなす is used for business and law and not with friends.
私はもう彼らを友達（だ）と思ってません。
私はもう彼らを友達（だ）と考えてません。(slightly stronger)
are OK.
Mata-ne! (very busy now... )
実は、重要な事だけは以下です。^o^J44xm said:It'll take me a bit of time to read all of this, but thanks much. ^_^;
ありがとう。がんばることが続く。ハー！とても嬉しい！日本語を勉強することが好きですよ。Elizabeth said:「僕は日本語の勉強を止めることが出来ませんよ。」の ほうが自然だとおもいます。
I think this should be 頑張り続けます, though simply saying これからも頑張ります is more natural, I think.J44xm said:がんばることが続く。
そうですね。ありがとう。kumo said:I think this should be 頑張り続けます, though simply saying これからも頑張ります is more natural, I think.
Ganbarimasu alone is fine since the time aspect is ambiguous (now and in the future) and 'Kore kara mo ganbaru' (from now on....) may imply you haven't been doing your best to date. It is usually said at the start of a big project, as a pledge to improve after not working so hard, when first meeting a business associate or colleague as a general statement of goodwill and good intent. Nothing that applies particularly well here.J44xm said:そうですね。ありがとう。
I think maybe the mo acts here as sort of an intensifier (more like from now until forever) compared with kore kara ha or just kore kara -- at least the way it has been explained to me. Otherwise, why would you ever hear "imo mo kore kara mo" ? The examples I checked on Jim Breen also support that usage, but there may be other situations in which it could be used to mean 'continue' as well.Glenn said:I would think that kore kara ganbaru would imply that you haven't been doing your best to date, but kore kara mo ganbaru implies that you will do your best from now on, as well as you have been doing before. That mo makes a big difference.