Could someone please translate this?
上手いよね
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: 十分ですよ
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: おいらよりも上手だと思います
勉強しても日本語難しいです・・・
微笑みです
This also please: 絶対にアメリカ人とは 思いませんよ
You mean because 揺れる is an intransitive verb ? What I think you're talking about with 子供に泣かれた, 母に死なれた etc are special cases of intransitive verbs being used as "tragic passives". In which I agree with the interpretation of being put in a sad or tragic situation through the "act" of the "object/subect" (Child crying on you, mother dying on you...etc). There's also a set phrase "to be walked out on" by someone involving 行く which I'm drawing a blank on at the moment.朝八時に起きて満員電車に揺られて会社に行って、働いて、残業して、
I believe I put up enough of the sentence to provide good context.
The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて
Is this the kind of passive that resembles "kodomo ni nakareta" As in "The child cried, regrettably."?
>>The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて
Just sounds to me like he's talking about getting shaken around in a train full of people.
I think this is a particle that functions like もSince I'm moving right along now with my new story a friend gave me, I have a question about this sentence:
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことだって、できるはずだ。
Does "datte" function here as "even" like it usually does in sentences such as "boku datte..." (Even I ... do things like that) I believe I understand the sentence's meaning completely except when it comes to "datte". Thanks again.
I think this is a particle that functions like も
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことも、できるはずだ。
Other alternatives are:
…もやはり
…でも
HTH!
I have a feeling, at least technically speaking, it should be the otherYes, that does help! 開放 here means "freed" right? I know there is a kaihou that means "release" or something much like it.
My first question is いいらしいよ, which I know I've heard before, but I can't seem to remember what it means, and I can't really find it anywhere.
And my second question is in this sentence:
水泳選手ってみんながクイ いいじゃん ?
What is the クイ here? I've got that the beginning part of the sentence refers to swimming team members, but that クイ is throwing me off. Does anyone know what it is?
いいらしいよ = I hear (something) is good
クイ いいじゃん = (They all) eat a lot. This is so slangish. クイ means the way one eats, more specifically the quantity that one eats. It comes from the verb 食う = kuu (to eat)
Elizabeth is absolutely right about 解放/開放. This is something that often gets overlooked by many Japanese themselves. But these two words should be treated as completely different from each other.
Tell this it's not rude if you're a swimmer it's only 若い人の間でのスラングだよ。Thank you soooooo much. I asked all of my Japanese-speaking friends, and nobody knew what it was. So, thank you!!
Thank you from here, too !Elizabeth is absolutely right about 解放/開放. This is something that often gets overlooked by many Japanese themselves. But these two words should be treated as completely different from each other.
I have a feeling, at least technically speaking, it should be the other
かいほう（解放）。 開放 is used more when you want to talk about opening facilities to public use, opening/liberalizing financial markets etc.
解放 is the primary word meaning to set free or liberate hostages and other captive people.
Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?
Right, if a grammar explanation is all you're wanting. But if these suggestions don't make the meaning immediately obvious, please give us more context to go on (and next time, too...Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?
So だって、たって is also a more widely used or informal varient of も like it is as a "substitute" for でも。。。I think this is a particle that functions like も
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことも、できるはずだ。
Other alternatives are:
…もやはり
…でも
HTH!