Someone tell me how to study English conversation.Can someone help translate this? It's something about learning English.
誰かあー英会話の勉強の仕方教えて
I don't understand this sentence, either...anyone else ??そこで、そうかね、もう死ぬのかね、と上から覗き込むようにして聞いてみた。
[覗き込むようにして]
My book translates this 'you ni shite as "make as if to 'peer into'". However, I've only ever seen it as "try to (do something)". Would it be correct to say "(I tried) to look at her to (ask and see; 聞いてみた)"?
This is something I've never noticed until you pointed it out...そこで、そうかね、もう死ぬのかね、と上から覗き込むようにして聞いてみた。
[覗き込むようにして]
My book translates this 'you ni shite as "make as if to 'peer into'". However, I've only ever seen it as "try to (do something)". Would it be correct to say "(I tried) to look at her to (ask and see; 聞いてみた)"?
Thank you very much Epigene-san! I was hoping it wouldn't have to get any more complicated than it already was. It's the first time (as far as I can think) that I've seen it used that way. Perhaps this entire time I have always seen it as "try to" and never thought otherwise. Now that I think about it, both definitions could be used in this situation (I think) and it would seem almost impossible to tell them apart in my eyes. A bit disheartening. Thanks for your input. Also, I apologize to Elizabeth-san for not putting in more context. It was a line from a short story by Natsume Souseki.This is something I've never noticed until you pointed it out...
The short answer to the question is yes, the translation is correct. Usage of ～ようにして does not have a fixed translation and must be learned from practice, I guess.
Kenkyusha's JE Dictionary gives some good examples:
-ようにする (-y nisuru)
do sth so that….
風邪をひかないようにしなさい.
Take care that you don't catch cold.
言われたようにしなさい.
Do as you are told.
…するようにしましょう.
I will see (to it) that…. ｜ 〔先生が生徒たちに〕 Be sure 《to wash your hands when you get home》.
明日はなるべく来るようにいたします.
I will try and come tomorrow.
私は健康のため 1 日 30 分歩くようにしている.
For my health, I make a point of walking thirty minutes a day.
電話番号を間違わないようにしろよ.
See that you get the phone number right, will you?
酔っぱらわないようになさい.
See that you do not get drunk.
This one also:
-ようになる (-y ninaru)
start [begin] to do.
病人は歩けるようになった.
The patient started walking.
息子が酒を飲むようになった.
My son started drinking.
わが家にツバメが来るようになってから 3 年たつ.
It's been three years since the swallows began to come to our house.
そのドアは, 前に人が立つと開くようになっている.
The door is so made as to open when a person stands in front of it.
3 月に入り, だんだんストーブが要らないようになってきた.
Now that it's March it's getting so that, little by little, we don't need the space heater anymore.
駅のアナウンスってのはもっとはっきり聞こえるようにならないものかね.
Don't you suppose that something could be done to make the announcements at the station more clearly heard?
HTH! (Sorry! I'm getting lazy...)
@pinkichan , how about you give it a try and then others can correct you? Its not that I don't want to do it, but if you are getting nothing out of it I am and others are not inclined to translate things for you.:emoji_thumbsup:Guys please kindly translate this for me..
"I'm having problem with my cellphone right now.. sometimes it just turns off when I'm receiving a call.. I tired calling my number from another phone and I heard it ringing but my phone's not and its turns off.. its kinda weird. sorry.."
Thanks guys..
Please... its again I need to explain with my bf... please help me guys...
million thanks!
How would I say the following....
1. I came to Japan one year ago from America
2. I have studied Japanese one year
Anything other than "ganbatte ne?"3. Try your best!
Doko ni ikimasu ka????4. Where would you like to go?
Hehe, sucia makes it sound really, really awful...suica is such a cooler name desune. :emoji_thumbsup: I don't know the word used for recharge either...but just tell them you need to 入金 (にゅうきん or add money) and I'm sure they'll figure out how take it from there. :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:5. How do I recharge my "sucia" card?
もっと勉強しなければならない。6. I need to study more.
In a physical sense ? or Run back to America ? :emoji_blush:7. I want to __run__ .
Neither "making an effort to peer down at her" or "making like I was peering down at her" are particularly clear English but after all 漱石 started as a haiku poet and pure poetry was the foundation of his work, always.Thank you very much epigene-san! I was hoping it wouldn't have to get any more complicated than it already was. It's the first time (as far as I can think) that I've seen it used that way. Perhaps this entire time I have always seen it as "try to" and never thought otherwise. Now that I think about it, both definitions could be used in this situation (I think) and it would seem almost impossible to tell them apart in my eyes. A bit disheartening. Thanks for your input. Also, I apologize to Elizabeth-san for not putting in more context. It was a line from a short story by Natsume Souseki.
"At that point - 'Yes that's right isn't it, you're going to die aren't you?' I said by (making it as to peer into her eyes) to ask and see."
Because I still haven't recieved the money, I could not buy an airline ticket.please help me translate this to japanese... coz my boyfriend will probably call from now and i have to inform him about my flight..
here's what i want to say to him..
"i called the ticketing agency last monday and as of that day, july 3 untill 7 are still available.. so i asked them to booked me on july 7 and said that i have to pay the ticket until tuesday.. so they phoned me on tuesday morning and asked if im still buying the ticket coz if not they are going cancel my booking on the 7th, i said im not.. coz i was expecting to recieve the money monday afternoon but it has'nt coming untill now.. "
please help me guys,,, i want to say this exactly correct with my bf.. coz my nihonggo is still not good.. i dont think i can say all this properly..
thanks!
The cell phone seems to be broken."i'm having problem with my cellphone right now.. sometimes it just turns off when im recieving a call.. i tired calling my number from another phone and i heard it ringing but my phone's not and its turns off.. its kindda wierd. sorry.."
Yes, it derives from ていうか (which in turn derives from というか、というより).Hiya, can someone please explain ってか? It seems to be used rather whenever a person brings up something new in a chat. Is the longer ていうか used in the same way? And is this the same as ていうかさ?
Do the more formal versions like というより実は have a different usage?
Cheers.
To me 日本に来たばかりの頃は sounds more natural.When I first ______;
When I first came to Japan, .... (ie, during the time period immediately after my arrival)
日本に来て初めの頃、
Would I be better off in the above example saying something like:
日本に来たばかり...
To contract the first experience with the second one, I might say:Charles Barkley;486473 said:Or would something else altogether be better? I find myself often wanting to contrast my experience when I just arrived with my current experience, but I don't feel comfortable switching the time period to 'right after my arrival.'
馬刺しを食べて初めての時、おいしいふりをしたけど、二番目の食べたとき本当においしかったと思った。
The first time I ate rice horse, I pretended that it was delicious, but the second time, I really thought it was good.
Your usage of 最初の and 最後の are fine.Charles Barkley;486473 said:Similarly, how do I say, the first ____
The first 15 minutes of the program were good, but the last 15 minutes sucked.
あの番組は最初の十五分は良かったけど、最後の十五分はだめになってしまった。
Can 最初の and 最後の section off time, pages, other things?
Like, the first 2 weeks: 最初の二週間
the last 15 pages 最後の十五ページ
Is 日本に来てすぐの頃は also workable here ?To me 日本に来たばかりの頃は sounds more natural.
Undrentide, I am not trying to sound picky as you already know your example is perfectly fine , but I would use "初めて" instead of "最初に" in this instance. 初めて馬刺しを食べた時はおいしいふりをしたけど、二度目に食べたときには本当においしいと思った。 To the listener it will be a little more softer on the ears.To contract the first experience with the second one, I might say:
最初に馬刺しを食べた時はおいしいふりをしたけど、二度目に食べたときには本当においしいと思った。
Elisabeth ,that is perfectly ok , actualy again, as I said earlier "日本に来てすぐの頃は" will sound a lot more softer to the listener rather than "日本に来たばかりの頃は".Is 日本に来てすぐの頃は also workable here ?
Oh, yes, I do agree!Undrentide, I am not trying to sound picky as you already know your example is perfectly fine , but I would use "初めて" instead of "最初に" in this instance. 初めて馬刺しを食べた時はおいしいふりをしたけど、二度目に食べたときには本当においしいと思った。 To the listener it will be a little more softer on the ears.
OK, thanks FrustratedDave !Elisabeth ,that is perfectly ok , actualy again, as I said earlier "日本に来てすぐの頃は" will sound a lot more softer to the listener rather than "日本に来たばかりの頃は".
It all depends on how "堅い" or formal you want to be.