Hai, yoku meshita tsukai sou na kotoba deshou. (Social subordinates use, are forced into using "oseki" and other non-obligatory politeness more than other groups, in my experience). Soshite "Otearai/otoire wa doko?" de ii to omoimasu.I was at a izakaya w/ my friend's little boy, and he was sick, and said in Japanese, my cough came up... お咳。。。 I don't know what the appropriate words for 'came up' would be... it was cute, and polite.
edit: I'm pretty sure now that this may be just a way to set off the subject in a informal, net-style, as I've seen これゎ now as well.yukio_michael said:Does anyone know what the translation of the word 今日ゎ would be? It's kyou + a small wa, which I can only produce from an IME. I've seen it on various Japanese blogs and personal websites... I can't find it any any dictionary in kanji or in roumaji. Thanks.
「今、読んでいます。(その)後、寝ます。」をReading a book right now. After that, I will go to bed (get some sleep)」に当てるんですよね。Fehrant said:すみません、ちょっと質問ある。このぶんしょうは「今は本を読みます。それから、ねるつもりです」えい語で「Reading a book right now. After that, I plan on sleeping」当てるですか?
Fehrant said:Hahaha, sorry. I got a very neat program that finally allows me to use hiragana, katakana and kanji, and I got a little carried away despite having but beginner level.
Fehrant said:I could've used more kanji too, like 寝 for ねる and 積もり for つもり, and that would've surely made the sentence easier to understand, but those kanji I'm not familiar with, and people would've gotten the wrong idea that I understand lots of kanji, and I would end up with an answer that I would barely be able to read, let alone understand.
Fehrant said:Does using kanji make a sentence easier to read because all characters are next to each other and the kanji marks the beginning of a word?
特に若い娘でよく[ゎ]など使う人がいると思います。yukio_michael said:edit: I'm pretty sure now that this may be just a way to set off the subject in a informal, net-style, as I've seen これゎ now as well.
ps. Thanks Elizabeth.
そうですね. 恥ずかしがっていると上達しないよ。(Anyone too embarrassed or shy will never improve. Unfortunately including myself until the last few weeks and months. Now that I am speaking freely, I'm less bothered by all my mistakes but can cost a lot of time in lost practice and potential unfortunately in the meantime.)KrazyKat said:No its good to write in Japanese. If you don't try you can't succeed. Of course you can't fail either, but if you don't try then you have already failed.
そうそう。ほんとでしょう。 ：）Elizabeth said:特に若い娘でよく[ゎ]など使う人がいると思います。
For your information (although there is no specific mention of the small "wa"):yukio_michael said:edit: I'm pretty sure now that this may be just a way to set off the subject in a informal, net-style, as I've seen これゎ now as well.
KrazyKat said:I would also go for 英語 not えい語, its not common to write half and half like that and makes it a bit harder to read.
epigene said:「若い娘」なんて、おばあちゃんが使う表現ですよ！
FYI, it is established rule in the Japanese mass media to rigidly restrict kanji usage to Joyo, if I remember correctly. That's the reason why there are articles with words that appear to strangely mix kanji and hiragana. See here:Glenn said:Don't worry, the Japanese do it sometimes too. I've seen in a news article はく奪 instead of 剥奪 and I saw a lot of 骨粗しょう症 instead of 骨粗鬆症 (in fact my friend was amazed that I knew the third kanji, or that there even was one). I find it harder to read no matter who does it, but I just wanted to let you know you aren't completely alone in doing that.:
って、どういう意味？ :emoji_thinking:で、内心は娘ではないでしょうか。 :emoji_grinning::emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
「私は気が若い、気持ちが若い」は実際の年よりも、まだ若いと思っているようなイメージをepigene said:FYI, it is established rule in the Japanese mass media to rigidly restrict kanji usage to Joyo, if I remember correctly. That's the reason why there are articles with words that appear to strangely mix kanji and hiragana. See here:
http://f27.aaa.livedoor.jp/~aifuru/kango01.htm
Since I'm already used to this arrangement (as it is so with most other Japanese), it becomes increasingly difficult to recall them correctly.
って、どういう意味？ :clueless:
ああ、そうですか？おばあちゃんの影響では、若い女性の間でもそれが流行ってきているかな。@Elizabeth:
「若い娘」なんて、おばあちゃんが使う表現ですよ
Without knowing anymore, a literal translation would be :Jayern said:how do you say, "Thanks for the memories"
Elizabeth said:救急車乗り回す 男性はね死亡
２９日午後４時１５分ごろ、静岡県由比町の建設会社の駐車場で、この会社の社員など十数人がバーベキューをしていたところ、男性１人が気分が悪くなったと消防に通報がありました。救急車が駆けつけ、救急隊員が男性を乗せようとしていたところ、いっしょにいた会社の同僚の男が運転席に乗り込んで駐車場内を乗り回しました。このため、同じく同僚で静岡市清水区の田中孝也さん（３４）が、救急車を止めようとしましたがはねられ、頭を強く打っておよそ１時間後に死亡しました。
Elizabeth said:「救出活動を始めたころは誰も振り向いてくれなかったのに、アメリカの大統領と会うことになるなんてうそのようだ」
maxchris said:Hello,
I'm (slowly) trying to learn some basic Japanese to communicate with a new friend. However, she sent me the following text message and I'm having difficulty. Any help with a translation would be appreciated! Arigato!
Chris,
Eri ha Chris ga daisuki desu. Korekara mo yoi tomodochi de itene.