Need a word or phrase translated?

"suki" does indeed mean to like. To say "want", a different word would be much more appropriate.

The suki pattern is:

A wa B ga suki desu.

"A likes B."

Try rewriting your sentences using this pattern. It's much simpler and more common than "ki ni iru" for the meaning you're looking for.

kanoju wa ryorusiru suki desu >> she likes to cook???

mobylity said:

kanoju wa ryorusiru suki desu >> she likes to cook???

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You're really close!

First off, remember to be more careful with your spelling. "kanoju" is not a word. "kanojo" is, however. Also, it's "ryouri (wo) suru" not "siru".

The only other missising element is to put the verb "suru" of "ryouri suru" in the right form. This is done by adding a "no" afterwards.

Therefore, the finalized version will read

Kanojo wa ryouri suru no ga suki desu.
A wa B ga suki desu.

mobylity said:

kanoju wa ryorusiru suki desu >> she likes to cook???

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kanojo wa ryorisuru koto ga suki desu

You can also say

kanojo wa ryourisuru no ga suki desu.

like to do/doing something

verb(dictionary form) + koto/no ga suki desu.

o thanks a lot! i think this is already somehow advanced for me...thanks anyway!

You could just say,

kanojo wa ryouri ga suki desu.

That should suffice for now.

here is another one...

1) He is my father

Watashi no kare wa otosan desu. >> is this correct?

2) and how will I pinpoint a person in a picture?? for example she is the one on the left.... Shashin no hidari ni Kanojo ga imasu..?? is this correct?
or should i just say for example mother is besides father
okasan no soba ni otosan ga imasu....?

3) and also, what is the translation for niece? is it meisan? so if i will say my niece...watashi no meisan desu ?

thanks a lot! sorry if i speak more english than japanese...haha...im still learning the basics... arigato!

Well could someone tell me how to pronounce and write "stone" in Japanese ?
And another thing ...
How do you pronounce and write the word "san" (Seiji-san) in kajni ?

Kujiro said:

Well could someone tell me how to pronounce and write "stone" in Japanese ?
And another thing ...
How do you pronounce and write the word "san" (Seiji-san) in kajni ?

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Do you mean the English word stone? If so, it is
ストーン (sutoon)

If you mean Japanese word for stone, it is
石 いし (ishi)

"san" used with people's name is never written in kanji, it is always written in katakana.
さん

Thank you ...:emoji_pray:

guys, please also help me...my question is above...thanks a lot!!

mobylity said:

here is another one...
1) He is my father
Watashi no kare wa otosan desu. >> is this correct?

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Kare wa watashi no otousan.

First of all, what dictionary are you using ? If you're looking terms up and still getting the wrong spellings, find something more accurate. Frankly it's a real pain to keep making corrections for low-level, careless mistakes and not something we should have to be doing.

Watashi no kare wa otosan desu. If they understand at all will mean to most Japanese "My boyfriend is my father." Please double check and be diligent about your introductions in addition to spellings.

2) and how will I pinpoint a person in a picture?? for example she is the one on the left.... Shashin no hidari ni Kanojo ga imasu..?? is this correct?
or should i just say for example mother is besides father
okasan no soba ni otosan ga imasu....?

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Okaasan, not Okasan, is mother.

Kanojo wa (kono)shashin no hidari no mono desu. Maybe ?? :?

Okaasan no soba ni otousan ga imasu. = There is father beside mother.

3) and also, what is the translation for niece? is it meisan? so if i will say my niece...watashi no meisan desu ?

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Mei (sans the san) is the niece in your own family. When it is attached to personal family titles, san is a suffix for showing respect to elders, parents, caretakers, etc. It isn't used for your niece.

hi...
just starting out on japanese..
I would like to know what's the correct way to say "every saturday" ?
is it "mai do youbi" or "mai shuu no do youbi" ?
thanks!

gamerguy said:

hi...
just starting out on japanese..
I would like to know what's the correct way to say "every saturday" ?
is it "mai do youbi" or "mai shuu no do youbi" ?
thanks!

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Mai shuu doyoubi is correct.

Elizabeth said:

Mai shuu doyoubi is correct.

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oh.. there's no "no"?
i see.. thanks

Chinese name into Japanese name?

OMG yay, I need help like crazy.

The thing is, I want to translate my name into Japanese. The problem is I already have a Chinese name. And since Japanese kanji originate from Chinese characters, I was wondering if my chinese name could be translated and said in Japanese. I would like to know the romanization or katakana/hiragana of my name. And I would like to know if my translated name would make any sense after being translated. Thanks a bunch!!

Below is my Chinese name and definitions of it:
陈 娴 素

Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English
陳 | 陈 | chen | arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; a surname; to state; to display; to explain; (surname)

Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English
嫻 | 娴 | xian | elegant; refined

Trad. | Pinyin | English
素 | su | plain; element

と思うと、すらりと揺ぐ茎の頂に、心持ち首を傾けていた細長い一輪の蕾が、ふっ
くらと花びらを開いた。

I'll list the entire sentence here just in case it makes things a bit clearer.

There are a couple of things about this sentence that I'm not sure on, and so I'll split them into parts.

[と思うと、] = Maybe something like "When I realized this"(I say 'this' because of 'to' being used here, more than likely to quote something before)

[茎の頂に] = Is this 'ni' particle saying ON the tip of the stalk, or FROM the tip? If it is indeed from, it is odd to me why they do not just use 'kara'.

Once again, thanks in advance.

Fuumei said:

と思うと、すらりと揺ぐ茎の頂に、心持ち首を傾けていた細長い一輪の蕾が、ふっ
くらと花びらを開いた。
I'll list the entire sentence here just in case it makes things a bit clearer.
There are a couple of things about this sentence that I'm not sure on, and so I'll split them into parts.
[と思うと、] = Maybe something like "When I realized this"(I say 'this' because of 'to' being used here, more than likely to quote something before)
[茎の頂に] = Is this 'ni' particle saying ON the tip of the stalk, or FROM the tip? If it is indeed from, it is odd to me why they do not just use 'kara'.
Once again, thanks in advance.

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I'd say the bud is either on/at or tilting towards the top of another stalk.

二ヶ月前に英語先生の会議ではひどい授業を受けさせられました。授業は日本人の先生と気の合う関係にするの仕方についてべきだったけど、その代わりに、自分らの授業ではどうやって日本語のしゃれを言ったらいいか教えられました。発表の目的は英語の授業で日本語のしゃれを言うなら、生徒たちが前より先生にもっと注意をすることですが、ばかな考え方と思います。しかも、日本語のしゃれが分かる会議に来た英語の先生はいませんから、発表中（三時間！）みんなはそわそわ座って気まずくなってきました。

Two months ago at an English teacher's convention (I wrote meeting, but convention would be better), I was forced to attend an awful class. The class was supposed to teach us how to create good relationships with our Japanese coworkers (perhaps here I ought to have stressed that I am an ALT and used the term JTE), but instead of that, we were taught how to use Japanese puns during our class. The purpose behind the presentation was that if teachers learn how to tell Japanese puns during class, the students will pay more attention to them. But, I thought this was a pretty ridiculous idea. Furthermore, since there weren't any ALTs in the class who could understand the Japanese puns, we spent the whole meeting (three hours long!) growing restless in our chairs and feeling increasingly awkward. -= WOW, I think I tried to do too much in that paragraph. Sorry about that. Anyway, any help is appreciated! =-

とにかく一つのしゃれしか覚えていません（一番分かりやすいのですから）。発表者は「アメリカの地理を教えたいすると。ネバダ州の東の州を刺しながら、何という州、これって言って。生徒が正解答えをしてから、生徒たちに向いて、「誰がいうた？」と言って。そうするとみんなはきっと笑うよ」と言いました。

Anyway, I only remember one pun (because it was the easiest one to understand). The presenter said: "Let's say you want to teach American geography. While pointing to the state next to Nevada, ask the students, 'What's the name of this state?' After a student guesses the right answer, turn towards the class and say 'Who said that?' (pun on Utah Iuta). If you do that everyone definitely will laugh.'

以上は彼の一番おかしいしゃれですけど、ゴミ同然と思います。とにかく、この文で文句を言うつもりではありませんでした。書いた訳は「言うた」について質問してもらいたいです。最近から友だちが言ったの代わりに言うたを使う気がつきました。でもそれはOKかどうか普通かどうか分かりません。教えてください！

Although the above was his funniest pun, I still think it was garbage. Anyway, my point in writing this was not to complain. I wrote this because I hope someone will answer a question about 'iuta.' Recently, I have noticed my friend say iuta instead of itta. But, I don't know whether or not that is acceptable or normal. Please help!


Ok, can't write any more in Japanese cause the brain is dead, but I have a few more questions:

1) In this sentence: でもそれはOKかどうか普通かどうか分かりません。 is it okay to use X kadouka Y kadouka wakarimasen? I mean something like: I don't know if thats ok or normal.

2) How would I say something like 'Everyone felt very awkward/uncomfortable'? 気まずい seemed the best out of the dictionary entries, but I have no idea.

3) In case it was unclear, my question about 言うた is whether it is widely used as a slang equivalent for 言った, or whether its just a quirk of a friend of mine.

4) Any general suggestions about my writing would also be welcomed!

小学生新聞からもう二つ質問です。教えてください！

まずは：
「小学生のけが人が居るとの情報もあります。」

以上の文には「との」がなければ正しいですか？それとも「との」を入れなくてはだめですか？どうして書いてあったか分かりません。ていねいごですから？

あとは、「～について名詞」は「～についての名詞」と同じですか？私は普段「の」を使いませんが、正しいですか？

ありがとう。

Charles Barkley said:

小学生新聞からもう二つ質問です。教えてください！

まずは：
「小学生のけが人が居るとの情報もあります。」

以上の文には「との」がなければ正しいですか？それとも「との」を入れなくてはだめですか？どうして書いてあったか分かりません。ていねいごですから？

あとは、「～について名詞」は「～についての名詞」と同じですか？私は普段「の」を使いませんが、正しいですか？

ありがとう。

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「～との」は「～という」と同じで、誰か他の人の言葉などを引用するときに使います。
伝言をするためのメモに
「○○さんから電話がありました。折り返し電話をくださいとのこと」
と書くことがよくあります。

「と」はその前の部分が引用であることを示し、「の」は引用と後にくる名詞をつなぐ役割があるので、「の」がないとおかしいです。

同じように、「～についての××」というときの「の」も、ないと不自然です。

地震についてニュース ←間違い
地震についてのニュース ←正しい

もうひとつの投稿（Ｃｈａｒｌｅｓさんが書いた日本語についての質問）ですが、英文も書いてみてもらえますか？
その方が、Ｃｈａｒｌｅｓさんが伝えたいと思っていることが正しく書けているかどうか判断しやすいので、みんなから意見をもらいやすいと思いますよ。

Thanks for the replies. Also, you made me realize that I was expecting far too much with that long passage. I sometimes get a little overambitious with my sentences structures in Japanese (and English too). Anyway, any advice on things like how you would have written parts, chronic mistakes, etc would be much appreciated. Cheers.

Elizabeth said:

I'd say the bud is either on/at or tilting towards the top of another stalk.

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Yeah that's what I thought too. Thanks for your input, I appreciate it. I can't always trust the book's translation so I have to always question what I read. I don't remember ever seeing "ni" as meaning "from" before. Anyway, thanks.

Fuumei said:

Yeah that's what I thought too. Thanks for your input, I appreciate it. I can't always trust the book's translation so I have to always question what I read. I don't remember ever seeing "ni" as meaning "from" before. Anyway, thanks.

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どういたしまして。

The particle ni can only be used with verbs like "morau" or "itadaku" when something is received from a person.

There is grammar that has it acting similarly to "from" in the sense of "due to," almost interchangeable with "de," but that's for the discussion of another time and place...

Fuumei said:

と思うと、すらりと揺ぐ茎の頂に、心持ち首を傾けていた細長い一輪の蕾が、ふっくらと花びらを開いた。
I'll list the entire sentence here just in case it makes things a bit clearer.
There are a couple of things about this sentence that I'm not sure on, and so I'll split them into parts.
[と思うと、] = Maybe something like "When I realized this"(I say 'this' because of 'to' being used here, more than likely to quote something before)
[茎の頂に] = Is this 'ni' particle saying ON the tip of the stalk, or FROM the tip? If it is indeed from, it is odd to me why they do not just use 'kara'.

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と思うと、
The first と indeed refers to the situation (feeling or thought of the speaker), while he was thiking something, the bud on the stalk blossomed, as if breaking the train of his thought.
茎の頂に
At the top of the stalk (calling it "top" because the stalk is upright, like a tower, so it is the "top") the bud opened its petals.
に here indicates the place the action (bud opening its petals). It is not "from".