Hey~! I was wondering if anyone can help me translate this sentence from my book.
国では、うめぼし、のりなどを見たことも聞いたこともありませんでした。
I think I get the basic meaning... But I'm not sure.
What I got is "In my country, I've never seen nor heard of dried plums, seaweed, and so forth."
I'm not sure... like
国では = 'in my country' or something
うめぼし、のりなど = I'm not really sure. Like I know what umeboshi and nori is, it's just i had to look up 'nado', and i got "and so forth" or something, so i though maybe "dried plums, seaweed, and so forth"
見たことも聞いたこともありませんでした = Well, I can see like that it comes from 見たことがあります and 聞いたことがあります. Since it's in the negative, and has も, I would think instead of 'too' it would be 'nor, neither', right? so like 'haven't ever seen nor heard (of)" im guessing.
Anyways, thanks for you helpz :]
国では alone is not quite enough to mean "in my country" but from reading what comes after it, it looks like whoever wrote this made a boo boo and forgot putting 私の in front of it.
As for the rest, your guesses are correct.
"there isn't much japanese food in (my) country" but I guess the "my" was implied... Does that make more sence,,,...?
And that's good ~! At least I know I'm improving ^^
Thanks!
わたしの cannot be implied. It definitely needs わたしの if it wants to say/mean "in my country".
A Japanese old timer might say くに meaning his/her place of birth (the prefecture or the region of Japan where they were born in) but in such instances, they would not use the kanji 国、and I highly doubt that this usage of the word くに would make an appearance in GENKI textbook.
Maybe you should post a little of what comes before that particular sentence so we can be sure.
Is it from a "book"?Alright.
I'll type down paragraph its in:
私の日本料理が大好きです。特にすき焼きや焼き鳥が好きです。国では日本料理は安くないからあまり食べられませんでした。今、毎日食べられるので、とてもうれしいです。日本にはめずらしい食べ物がたくさんありません。国では、うめぼし、のりなどを見たことも聞いたこともありませでした。私はめずらしい物に興味があるので、おいしそうな食べ物は、なんでも食べてみます。
That's the paragraph it's in.... make more sense...??? ☝
It's from GENKI II ☝Is it from a "book"?
The paragraph as a whole is not so coherent.☝
私の日本料理が大好きです。特にすき焼きや焼き鳥が好きです。国では日本料理は安くないからあまり食べられませんでした。今、毎日食べられるので、とてもうれしいです。日本にはめずらしい食べ物がたくさんありません。国では、うめぼし、のりなどを見たことも聞いたこともありませでした。私はめずらしい物に興味があるので、おいしそうな食べ物は、なんでも食べてみます。
１．I usually watch TV and listen to the news on the radio at night.
私はたいてい夜テレビを見てラジオのニュースを聞きます。
２．Do you have a small and cheap bag?
小さくて安い鞄はありますか。
OK３．I am very busy this week.
私は今週とても忙しいです。
４．That man buys a newspaper and a cup of coffee at the shop every morning.
その男の人は毎朝店で新聞とコーヒーを買います。
５．Mr Kimura bought a blue bag and a black sweater last Friday.
木村さんは先週の金曜日青い鞄と黒いセーターを買いました。
I'll type down praragraph its in:
私の日本料理が大好きです。特にすき焼きや焼き鳥が好きです。国では日本料理は安くないからあまり食べられませんでした。今、毎日食べられるので、とてもうれしいです。日本にはめずらしい食べ物がたくさんありません。国では、うめぼし、のりなどを見たことも聞いたこともありませでした。私はめずらしい物に興味があるので、おいしそうな食べ物は、なんでも食べてみます。
That's the paragraph it's in.... make more sence...??? ☝
You're right. "くにでは" is commonly used as the meaning of "in my hometown".Tomii-san!
I want to say one thing about the word 国 (kuni). It has two meanings. One is country, as in USA. The other meaning is in an area inside of a country, such a province, or "your neck of the woods." Japanese people ask each other about their 国, when they mean their hometown, etc. I remember being asked about my 国, and I would respond with, "My 国 is America." It was only later that I learned that they were asking more about my "neck of the woods" within America.
But, as ASHIKAGA-san already said, the kanji 国 would not be generally used as that meaning. Moreover, the context shows that 国 means "the country as in USA"... Probably the writer confused くに and 国.A Japanese old timer might say くに meaning his/her place of birth (the prefecture or the region of Japan where they were born in) but in such instances, they would not use the kanji 国、and I highly doubt that this usage of the word くに would make an appearance in GENKI textbook.
If I'll write "kuni" as the meaning of "hometown", I'll use the kanji "故郷" and put the yomigana "くに" on it such like "故郷(くに)", or at least not use "国".Toritoribe,
Do you write kuni (くに) (hometown) and kuni (国) (country) differently, one in kana and one in kanji? Wow, I never knew that before.
In that context, タメ is probably used as 同い年/同級生; the same age.Hi there!
Could someone please tell me what タメ in the following context mean? ☝
context:
A: なにがだ？
B:俺だって！
先輩とタメでタッパも同じくらいだったら
一緒にセットで売り出してもらえたかもしんないじゃん
and am I correct to asume that タッパ means height?
so the sentence would mean something along the lines "If I were the same height as Senpai..."
therefore タメ might be stature? looks? the Senpai he's talking about is a model, so that's my reasoning...
Thanks for any pointers