Hi everyone !
I need your help to translate the imperative form of "live" like :" Live !" in japanese. It would be wonderful for me to have this translation.
Hi! I'm just a begginer in Japanese. And I have a doubt. I was starting to read Chi's sweet home manga and Chi always use おうち in what he says. ie. おうちしってう?; おうちわかんない I would like to know what that means. Thanks
Thank you. I thought it was something like this.Without context my first assumption would be just masu-stem (e.g. 理解する→理解します→理解し). This has several uses, one is as an alternate to the te-form to connect clauses in a sentence (more formal/written language, often seen in newspaper articles for example).
The former.いまは まいにち もち かえって いるのだ.
I think it means something like this: Now, (I'm) bringing it home (with me) everyday. But I'm not really sure, the もち かえって parts got me confused between もち かえって いる + noda or もち かえって+ iru noda...
Chain letter is correct.And does anyone know what 不幸のてがみ meaning? I check in dictionary literally it means "ominous letter", "misfortune letter", and in google translate it's "chain letter". But is there a more common term in english? Threat letter / blackmail maybe? (If it's any help, the context revolved around being bullied, the person thought the letter was a part of bullying scheme)
様(よう)の意味 - goo国語辞書よう【様】
6 動詞の連用形の下に付いて複合語をつくる。
㋐ありさま、ようすなどの意を表す。「喜び―」「可愛がり―」
たらの意味 - goo国語辞書たら
[係助]《「といったら」の音変化》名詞、活用語の終止形・命令形に付く。多く「ったら」の形をとる。
2 ある状態・性質を取り上げ、それが普通の程度を超えていることを表す。「つまらないっ―ないんだ」「彼の秀才ぶりっ―抜群だ」
"The -masu stem of a verb + よう(= 様)" means "the look / appearance / state of doing", i.e., 変りよう means "how it is changed" or something like that.
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/226111/m0u/よう/
~(っ)たら means "~ is extreme / extraordinary".
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/139153/m0u/たら/
Thus, 変りようったら expresses the speaker/writer is amazed at the change of something.