John Lemon said:Thanks, Elizabeth! blade_bltz, the "-cha" is an informal contraction of "-reba", and in your case it means "you mustn't/may not demand things" or "you're not allowed to demand things". Not to be confused with "-kucha ikenai" which means "must".
Do you even need the "ikenai" part ? I vaguely remember reading somewhere that "cha" could stand as essentially a contraction for the entire suffix.CorDarei said:Actually, "motomecha ikenai" is a contraction of "motomete ha ikenai", although your translation is correct. "Must" is expressed by either "-nakute ha ikenai/naranai" or "-nakereba ikenai", which are contracted to "-nakucha" "-nakya", respectively.
Yeah, I use slangy stuff like "ikanakucha" (for mou ikanakereba naranai) and "dekakanakucha" all the time without giving a second thought to the image problems it may be creating.John Lemon said:I've heard many people leave out the naranai/ikenai in very informal speech. I'm guessing "-kya" comes across as really childish-sounding, though. I "earned" a couple of laughs from a native speaker in his early twenties when using it once.
I don't think there is any "image problem" here... :?Elizabeth said:Yeah, I use slangy stuff like "ikanakucha" (for mou ikanakereba naranai) and "dekakanakucha" all the time without giving a second thought to the image problems it may be creating.
Elizabeth said:Yeah, I use slangy stuff like "ikanakucha" (for mou ikanakereba naranai) and "dekakanakucha" all the time without giving a second thought to the image problems it may be creating.
Yes, you're right.Elizabeth said:So the 認めており bit refers to an admission of the charges under which he was arrested.
I only have layman knowledge of the Japanese judicial system and think that there is no room for negotiating a sentence, because the criminal code applies. Sentence is issued strictly by the judge, based on hearing arguments from both sides.I wonder for prosecutors to negotiate a sentence with his side (lawyers?) or will the judge need to rule on that after hearing all the testimony ?
I'd say:pika la said:how to say "i pretend that you are here" i couldn't figure the grammar right ><; like when someone's not here you pretend they are still there so you can still be happy?
I'm now officially confused. Isn't that the same つもり as つむりである meaning "planning to do something"? Could you say that "tsumori" used with が has the meaning of "pretending that something is there?"epigene said:I'd say:
あなたが（まだ)ここにいるつもりでいます。
If you add the part in parentheses, it will mean: I pretend that you're (still) here.
Hope it helps!
The only way I know to put that would be using ふりをする。 Correct as well ?John Lemon said:I'm now officially confused. Isn't that the same つもり as つむりである meaning "planning to do something"? Could you say that "tsumori" used with が has the meaning of "pretending that something is there?"
So does "友達がいるつもりです" mean "I pretend to have friends"?
家 （read 「け」） is the suffix that you're looking for to refer to "the (X) family" or "the (X)es". The Yamada family would be 山田家 ("Yamada-ke"), or if you were addressing them in a letter or something you'd probably want to say 山田家の皆さん or the like. 山田氏 ("Yamada-shi") would be "Mr. Yamada". (氏 is like さん, except it's more 硬い and is typically used to refer to males.)John Lemon said:Here's a new one: how do I say "the (family name) family", for example "the Yamada family"? Do I need to add a suffix like "氏" to the family name, or is there another way to do this? 山田という家族 somehow doesn't sound too good to me.
That's interesting, epigene. 著 is the character I've seen most after an author's name. Does that in some way signify a more serious work than Sosekis I wonder....Also, 作 can be used by itself on the cover or title page of a book:
我輩は猫である
作：夏目漱石 (or 夏目漱石作）
ちゃんとわかりました。 ありがとう。Additional usage of つもり： 知ってるつもりでいる means the person is confident he/she knows (which in reality he/she doesn't)
Hope you get the idea...
ちゃんと説明できたつもりです！(Translation: I hope I explained well!)