Does this Japanese sentence make sense? It doesn't necessarily have to have a one-to-one correspondence with the English "translation." (This is my first attempt at "not only...but also" in Japanese)
エレナは愛国心だけではなく、愛郷心もあるよ。
Elena not only loves her country, but also is her hometown.
紅茶はずでしょう？
愛郷心という言葉は珍しいですね
another expression using the verb 愛する,
エレナは祖国だけで(は)なく、故郷も愛しています。
確かに。祖国も故郷も(ふるさとと読まない限り)ちょっと硬い言葉ですもんね。「愛しています」には合わないかもしれないですね。耳馴染みないけど、辞書確認したら一応愛郷心載ってました。IMEも変換したし。ただ言 葉遣い言い始めると、「愛国心」と「国を愛する」はずいぶんニュアンス違うしなあとか、nationalismやpatriotismまで持ち出して説明すべきなのかなあ、 と腰が引けてしまって愛郷心という言葉は珍しいですね
「エレナは、国だけで（は）なく、郷土も愛している」というような言い方だと、もう少し自然になるかな。。。
If it is not read as 故郷 (you can look up the other pronounciations)THanks for the help!
btw, what does 故郷も(ふるさとと読まない限り) mean?
1. it shouldn't be pronounced "furusato"?
2. it should be pronounced furusato?
Got some questions:
From English to Kanji:
1) Helene (since my galfriend is called Helene)
2) its for my work (DiamondMuseum) a kind of nametag for on my desk:
Student of the Diamond University for Polishing and Cutting
3) and a phrase:
I'm sorry, please forgive me japanese it's been a while since i spoken it so please forgive my mistakes.
Anyone wanna help me please?
It's good.1.) You wouldn't put Helene into Kanji, but into Katakana (which would represent the sound of the name)... but I'm not sure how Helene is pronounced... like french with a slilent h? (seeing as you're from Belgium) like english with a silent last e? like german with all the letters pronounced?
2.) sorry... no clue what polishing and cutting is in japanese
3.) 久しぶりに日本語を話しているから間違えを許していただけませんか。
Maybe something like that... :?
Can someone tell me if this sentence is correct?
なぜ テニスを しませんか。
It is grammatically correct and understandable.Can someone tell me if this sentence is correct?
なぜ テニスを しませんか。
It is grammatically correct and understandable.
But it sounds a bit awkward, it is more common to say
なぜテニスをしないんですか。
（～ませんか is more commonly used to express invitation, like テニスをしませんか。 Shall we play tennis?)
Is it possible that the original poster meant "Why don't we play tennis?"? Just a thought...
文法の観点から補足すると、「間違い」と「間違え」はそれぞれ「間違う(自動詞 intransitive verb)」、「間違える(他動詞 transitive verb)」から来ています。It's good.Except "machigae" (confusion between two things) is "machigai" (ordinary mistake) and yurushite kudasai (ne) is better for us.
HTH !
ダイアモンドのPolishingは研磨だけど、Cuttingは普通日本語でもカッティングって言うんですよね。文字通り訳すなら、ちょっとぎこちないけど「ダイアモンド研磨・カッティング大学学生」かな？2) its for my work (DiamondMuseum) a kind of name tag for on my desk:
Student of the Diamond University for Polishing and Cutting
I think I understand what you're trying to say. But can you write an English translation to make sure ?Does this sentence make sense?
以下の文は意味をなしますか。新しい単語を覚えるため に文に使ったつもりです。
(This is probably a sentence I'll use pretty often
I'll have to think about the question in response to "why?" (it's still very early in the morning here). なぜいけないの（ですか）？is the first thing that comes to mind. Although だってそう思うんだもの、 単にそう思うんだもの "Just (simply) Because I think so" Or maybe だって、（だって）"何だもの（もん） which has the feel of "because, just because that's just how it is." may be other possibilities.I've wondered for a while how to say "why not?" in Japanese but so far I've not been able to find an answer anywhere. Let me give an example of the specific meaning I wish to impart. In a typical conversation someone may ask, "Why?" and you may respond, "Why not?" Basically you're saying your reason for doing something was just to do it - nothing was stopping you, so why not just do it? Is it possible to say this in Japanese? Does it just not exist in Japanese? Would なぜか be correct?
Thank you in advance
"Saa, machigai ga areba (well, if there are mistakes), odorokanaide/ bikkuri shinaide/ kudasai (don't be suprised).
"Eigo wo hanashimasuka?"
Question: I was told you should use 'ga' after using the name of a country in a sentence e.g. Nihongo ga wakarimaska? But you used 'wo', I want to know when I'm supposed to use that.
Thanks
please translate to me in english "soreja ne"
Question: I was told you should use 'ga' after using the name of a country in a sentence e.g. Nihongo ga wakarimaska? But you used 'wo', I want to know when I'm supposed to use that.
Thanks