Ahh, so that's it. Thanks Epigene.
Ahh, so that's it. Thanks Epigene.Normally, I'd say "sound or voice that stirs feelings of nostalgia," unless there is some twisted irony involved in the text?
Hello everyone,
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではなかろうか。
I think the sentence is saying "people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare", but the ~dewanakarouka in the end is confusing.. after searching the net ~nakarouka == ~naidarouka, so what's the no de in the end really for?
If you want to eventually talk in English and think she understands English, make your gretting English! I don't know if its the same for Japanese overseas, simply because compared to the amount of people in Japan who want to speak English, the amount of people who want to speak Japanese overseas is quite small, but as a foreigner living in Japan, probably the single thing that bothers me the most about living here is having Japanese come up, single me out, and speak bad English to me. It is immensely frustrating for me and many foreigners here trying to live in Japan. Why? Well, its hard to explain if it hasnt happened to you, but when you are busting your *** trying to learn a language, to the point where you go to another country to study it, it makes you lose motivation/confidence in your own speech if people keep trying to switch to your native tongue.
If you think about this exchange student, she probably came to finland because she is interested in studying Finnish (?) or English, so having someone approach her who is generally interested in talking to her and gives her someone to learn from will be greatly appreciated.
What is being nominalized ? :? And it isn't necessary grammatically, is it ?I can't give you precise grammatical analysis for this form but just my two cents.
The basic meaning for this sentence is just as you said. However, "dewanakarouka" is conjugation form used to express probability--or more precisely, the speaker's guess that it might be so. It is in the written Japanese style.
Basic translation: I suspect that people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare.
In plainer Japanese, it can be written as "dewanaidarouka" as you said.
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないだろうか。
Here, "no" is a nominalizer.
HTH!
Oh, I meant that わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ない (a sentence in itself) is nominalized with の for this form of conjugation.What is being nominalized ? :? And it isn't necessary grammatically, is it ?
Ahh ok, that makes sense. Thanks so much! You're always a great helpI think it means "a person of my caliber" implicitly suggesting that the person has very high self-regard or, when used satirically, to be deliberately self-depreciating.
僕クラスになると、苦労しなくても稼げる: A person of my social status/class/ability doesn't have to work hard to make money. (I have the ability/status not to have to work hard to make money.)
Does this answer you question?
It's probably a typo...maybe いちゃ？？ (いちころ ？？Hey, there everyone! I'm new here, so hello. ^_^
I've been translating a sort of Q&A article, and I ran across a few words that are giving me trouble, so I thought I'd ask here.
理想のデートコースは?
This I have translated as "What is your ideal date course?" I just thought I'd include it in case it had any bearing on the answer.
やっぱり街中でイチャコッラしたい。
It's mostly the イチャコッラ that's giving me trouble, I'm guessing because it's a word I just haven't heard before. The rest of it I have translated as "Still, I want to _______ in the middle of the street."
Any clue what it means? And if any of the rest of it is wrong, please let me know. I'm learning this all by myself and I need all the help I can get. ^_^
Hey, there everyone! I'm new here, so hello. ^_^
I've been translating a sort of Q&A article, and I ran across a few words that are giving me trouble, so I thought I'd ask here.
理想のデートコースは?
This I have translated as "What is your ideal date course?" I just thought I'd include it in case it had any bearing on the answer.
やっぱり街中でイチャコッラしたい。
It's mostly the イチャコッラ that's giving me trouble, I'm guessing because it's a word I just haven't heard before. The rest of it I have translated as "Still, I want to _______ in the middle of the street."
Any clue what it means? And if any of the rest of it is wrong, please let me know. I'm learning this all by myself and I need all the help I can get. ^_^
Although there actually was one translation I found online for that sentence saying "I want to make out with my girlfriend downtown."
イチャコラ is not a normal/standard word, it's a sort of variation of イチャイチャする or イチャつく, meaning "lovey-dovey".
So would it be translated with that tone? "lovey-dovey" has a sort of... lighthearted air to it, as opposed to 'make out'. Which do you think would be more appropriate?
I'm pretty sure that you already know that にこりと笑う means to "smile (usually with the corners of the mouth upturned)."
By adding 見せる , the person is smiling "to show"--most likely as a response, to prove something or making an effort to smile (when she's not in the mood to do it).
踊ってみせる：Show that one can dance; show one's dance to prove that one's happy, etc.
泣いてみせる：Cry to prove that one can cry; pretend to cry, etc.
HTH!
いちゃつく I think is usually interpreted as "flirt with" so you can think of it at that level...although as you say in certain contexts it can stand for more serious fun as well...PIt really depends, but benerally I think your interpretetion is correct.
In another word, billing and cooing (I know it is also rather an old fashioned expression) - in short, PDA. ;-)
I'm not a linguistic expert, but do you mean that adding the "de wa nai" at the end works sort of likeOh, I meant that わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ない (a sentence in itself) is nominalized with の for this form of conjugation.
Sorry, I can't explain this in any other way!
I'm not a linguistic expert, but do you mean that adding the "de wa nai" at the end works sort of like
X "de wa nai?" -> X isn't it?
I hope I'm not getting even more lost
舌を 『コカッ』 とならす means to produce an explosive sound in your mouth by first pressing the tip of your tongue hard against the area in the back of your upper teeth and then quickly releasing the tongue as you take air inward. Hope that was clear enough...
The person speaking was saying this:Can someone please translate this?
Thanks
英語うまく話せなくて ごめんよ HELLO ＾＾；
My name was HELLO