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Chigau houhou de benkyou shite kudasai.
 
I'm proud to say that I'm finally on the 5th chapter!

Thanks to everyone who has helped!

Anyways, please help me with this question:

Doraemon: あべこべクリームを'塗ると、熱いものに触ると、冷たく感じるんだ。そして、寒いときは、暖かく感じるんだよ。
Nobita: こんなのぬいじゃえ。脱げば脱ぐほど、暖かくなる。

What does "え" mean? is it some sort of sentence-ending particle?
 
Kirakira1232 said:
.UMA WA SUDENI SHITA E ARUITE ITTE SHIMAI MASHITA

The horse already walked underneath.

Shimai mashita indicates an action that has already been completed.
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Thank you. I just have a few more things to clear up on this one/

SUDENI = does that indicate past tense, like already, too late ??

E = does it have any importance or is it just a particle?

ARUITE ITTE = what does ITTE represent?


Thank you
 
That has the nuance like "改めて言うけど; I'm repeating myself but..." Probably both the speaker and the listener have the shared awareness about the difficulty of Japanese. (depending on context, of course)

脱いじゃえ is the contraction of 脱いでしまえ; the imperative form 脱いでしまう. The liked thread below might be helpful. It's the quite same case.

-chae ending on verbs question | Japan Forum

82riceballs said:
I'm proud to say that I'm finally on the 5th chapter!
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So your avatar is chaged to Doraemon.;-)
 
SEYZJP said:
Thank you. I just have a few more things to clear up on this one/
SUDENI = does that indicate past tense, like already, too late ??
E = does it have any importance or is it just a particle?
ARUITE ITTE = what does ITTE represent?
Thank you
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Sude ni
Yup you're right, its an adverb.

e or he
This is a particle and in this case it serves a similar function to "ni". It's not quite the same though.

Itte
This is the -te form of "ikimasu" which means "to go". In this case the "itte" modifies aruite and indicates the horse is walking away from the the speaker. Conversely Aruitekite (-te form of Kuru) means the horse is walking towards the speaker.

Chigau houhou de benkyou shite kudasai.
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lol yeah I agree!
 

Erm.. Anyone? Thanks in advance!
 
I have a small question.

The word だめ means "too bad", right? Well, I was wondering which "too bad" it was:

as in:

A: I don't speak Japanese!
B: Aw, that's too bad! (in other words, "that sucks", "thank sticks", etc.)

or

A: You can't go to the store!
B: Well, That's too bad! I'm going anyway!

よろしくお願いします。＾＾
 
I dont see the point of starting with the English word 'bad', since that is just going to throw you in many different directions depending on the context, but here are my suggestions:

For the first (that's too bad !) that means "what a shame"

もったいないな
残念だな。
For more serious times (something bad happened to someone) お気の毒に

Though I will say that if you say "日本語が話せない" in Japan, the answer that you receive will not be an equivalent of "That sucks!" It will be something like "そんなことないよ！Tomiさんはとても上手だよ！じょうず！"


For the second one, I don't really know how to say that exactly (as an adult, you dont really come across these situations much in Japan).

Personally I would probably say something like

余計な世話しないでくれ （大きな世話だ） which is more like 'mind your own business' OR

あなたがなんといっても、僕は行く。 Whatever you say, I am going.

あなたが許してくれないなんて、僕には関係ないだろう。僕は行く。 You think I need your permission? I am going.
 

I don't think ダメ fits in the sentence you mentioned...
Basically ダメ means "no", or something is in a state that it should not be (thus "not good", "shoudn't", "mustn't"...)
It implies sense of prohibition and/or unacceptableness. (The degree really varies depending on the context, from a strong prohibition to or mild "no" just light-heartedly said.)
It can be replaced with いけない／いけません.

e.g.

男の子： 「遊びにいってもいい？」
お母さん： 「だめ！」

Boy: Can I go out now?
Mum: No!

(Someone tried something, but failed and said.)
「だめだ～」

It doesn't work...
It's hopeless...
I cannot do that...
etc.

(A parent is scolding his child)
「だめじゃないか、こんなことしちゃあ！」
You mustn't do that!

I think you can use だめ for "(it) sucks", like
That shop sucks
あの店は駄目だな

but I think it is a bit different in nunance from "too bad".
If it is to express disappointment or disgust, I think words like these would more appropriate:
ひどい
最低
残念
そんなぁ～

I hope the above answers to your question.
 
Oh, thanks. Apparently the meaning I thought it was, was the wrong word anyway o_o;;
I guess I should've checked to book in it meaning "no good" instead of "too bad" LOL
Thank you both so much anyway x]
 
Kirakira1232 said:
I always thought "Thats too bad" was "Zannen desu ne.."
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I think he meant in a sarcastic way.
More or less the equivalent of "それはいけないな・いけません）" (Oh, that's too bad...but you really should have done XYX to prevent it" for other people in talking about one's own feigned sympathy.

気にするな・しないで など。。is enough of a "let it be" response in my opinion.
 
AJBryant said:
Not in the sentence being asked about it's not.
Tony
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While "ni aruku" doesn't exist grammatically, were it around there's every reason to believe it would serve the same function as "e aruku"...
 
Man, this is embarrassing... I don't know what I was thinking about. I must have been mixing up posts somehow. You're quite right.

I really don't know where my brain was then. Man... I really need to get back on the caffeine.

Tony
 


『Journey to the Center of The Earth』という映画を見ました。
『The X-Files: I Want To Believe』という映画を見ました。

Where is the mention of friends for both of these sentences ?

Bought a Kanji dictionary.
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漢英字典 ??

After that, even though Im sleepy, I studied Japanese.
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ねむかったのに（けれど。。）、日本語を勉強しました。


These are just the most basic corrections. There are better, more natural, ways of putting your ideas of course but at least it was fully understandable.
 
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Hi everyone, I need help on these few phrases please

1.TORIDE DAKE GA TA NO TATEMONO KARA HANARETE SABAKU NI TATTE IMASU

2.SHIRO GA TA NO TATEMONO NI KAKOMARTE IMASU.

I believe they have some relation to the building and castle and their location but I am not sure what exactly. Can anyone give me a translation please?


Thanks in advance


Seyzjp
 
I really need help with verbs!! | Japan Forum

What is your OWN idea about the dictionary form of HANARETE, TATTE, KAKOMARTE?
 

The key words here are Tatemono, Hanarete, Sabaku, Tatte imasu (verb root = Tatsu). Look up what these mean and see if you can work it out. Toride and Shiro mean Fortress and Castle respectively.

As for Kakomarte...do you mean Kakomarete?
 
Thanks for the quick reply. Yea it was Kakomarete.

Just a few exact translations needed:

What does TA NO, HANARETE, and TATTE mean?


Thanks a lot


Seyzjp
 
SEYZJP said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Yea it was Kakomarete.

Just a few exact translations needed:

What does TA NO, HANARETE, and TATTE mean?


Thanks a lot


Seyzjp
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What do you guess the original form of "hanarete" and "tatte"?
You should try first by youself...

"Ta no" is the same as "hoka no".
Did you look up the word "ta" in your dictionary?
 
ta (no) - other, another'
Hanarete - to leave; to get free; to cut oneself off;
Tatte - to pass; to lapse;

I don't really see how they would fit into the context of the phrases that I have.
That's what I got for the root forms of the verb when looking them up online. I really am not sure what they'd be in root forms which is why I came on here. I do try on my own first. I do not come on here to waste anybodies time, if I am really stuck with things I'll post them, but only after I've looked the word up in the dictionary, look in an online dictionary, and looked at my own personal notes on verbs.

For some reason I think tatte means "to stand" but i thought the phrasing had "tatta". or vice versa. I am getting confused with the ending of verbs in E or A....

I do not know the word "hoka no".


Thank you

seyzjp
 

Now you posted what you interpret these words, it is much much easier for us to offer you help!

We do understand that you have difficulties, but unless you state it clearly (with your own try like the above post), it looks like as if you were just asking "translate it for me" (without bothering to try it youself) instead of "please help me to learn Japanese grammar".
That's the reason many members quoted the past thread and/or ask your try first. I hope you'll understand the point.

1.TORIDE DAKE GA TA NO TATEMONO KARA HANARETE SABAKU NI TATTE IMASU
2.SHIRO GA TA NO TATEMONO NI KAKOMARTE IMASU.
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ta (no) - other, another'
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ta and hoka, both means "other" "another" (noun).
The particle no here makes this noun into adjective.
Normally Japanese adjective modifies its following noun, thus in your sentence ﾂ"ta no" modifies "tatemono".
I trust that now you can understand it means "other buildings".

Hanarete - to leave; to get free; to cut oneself off;
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Hanarete - original form is hanareru.
Hanareru has rather a broad meaning, to leave, to stand off, away, etc.
The key is "to make distance" from something.
You can guess from the context that toride distances itself from other buildings. (kara = from)

I strongly recommend to learn about various te-form, the meanings and how to use it.
Compound Sentences - Tae Kim's Japanese grammar guide

Tatte - to pass; to lapse;
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No - it is different "tatsu". ﾅ弛窶堙?
The most common and basic verb "tatsu" is 窶板ｧ窶堙 to stand and ﾅ椎｡窶堙 to stand (but used only for buildings).

It is correct that you felt it means "to stand".

And now you have to learn special usage of te-form i.e. "~te iru".
Various uses of the te-form - Tae Kim's Japanese grammar guide
 
Don't worry about us. For sure you're only frustrating yourself, wasting your own time trying to get a foothold on advanced forms, kanji and grammar/sentence structure without any kind of foundation in the simple stuff like "hoka no" (much more basic than "ta") or even Japanese kana ??? That is a crazy, backwards, totally unworkable idea of the learning process of ANY language imho.
 

ahh ok! then TA/HOKA NO TATEMONO would be like the "other buildings". it would literrally be like "the building's other". Like watashi no uni would be "my dog". thank you


Elizabeth, what you would recommend I do as different study habits?
 
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