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Tsuyoiko said:
Ahh, now it makes sense. When I looked it up in the dictionary it said 'counter for large animals', which hurt my brain! Thanks Ralian.

BTW, how do you pronounce it in this case?

It is "atama".
 
how would you use and with, lets say drinks.... like biiru shushte(romanji spelling off) osake ga nomitai desu.... trying to say I'll have a beer and sake to drink.... where does the and go, also the ga if their are two topics...? Thx, japanese is fun!!!
 
ralian said:
Oh, I would love to hear,
ใ€Œไผšใ„ใŸใ‹ใฃใŸใ‚ˆใ€

ไผšใ„ใŸใ‹ใฃใŸใ‚ˆใ€ใƒฉใƒชใ‚ขใƒณใ€‚

๏ผˆๆฌฒใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸๅฝฑ้ŸฟใŒใชใใฆใ™ใฟใพใ›ใ‚“ใญใ€‚๏ผ‰ :sorry:

Elizabeth said:
Ze is used as a command/imperative mood ? I didn't realize.... :sorry:

I think there was a misunderstanding here. It seems that LBL thought you were saying that using ze is wrong, and didn't realize that you meant that it's wrong to use it as an imperative construction. That's what I'm gathering from the situation, anyway.
 
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If your ordering in a restaraunt you can simply say:
watashi ni ha biiru to [atsui*hot* tsumetai*cold*]sake wo kudasai
็งใซใฏใƒ“ใƒผใƒซใจๅ†ทใŸใ„ใŠ้…’ใ‚’ไธ‹ใ•ใ„ใ€‚

to = basically equals "and"
 

That's soshite.

You could say biiru to sake ga nomitai desu for "I want to drink beer and sake." If you're ordering I think it would be better to say biiru to sake ga moraitai'n desu ga, but I'm not absolutely certain on that one.

Also, this brings up a question from me: how would I say "I'll have a beer and a sake?" Would it be biiru to sake o ippon kudasai, or is there a way to say "each" (as in "one of each") that has to be used for the sentence to make sense when specifying number? Also, when saying "three beers and two sake," would you have to say biiru o sanbon to sake o nihon kudasai, or is there another way of saying that (assuming that that's right in the first place)?
 

Well I use the way I order here at my fav Jp restaraunt. But it seemed to work in japan I don't know either.

As for ordering in multiles mayb it works the same way as counting animals
sanbon no biiru to nihon no sake o kudasai. I'll ask my friend if I see her online tonight.
 
There may be other ways, but I've personally always used Glenn's method (biiru wo sanbon to sake wo ippai kudasai (onegai)) for different counters. For "each" you can add "zutsu" after the amount so I suppose "biiru to sake wo nipon zutsu kudasi" is workable when there is that yen for sake by the glass.
"Morau" sounds more like a request than an order, "ga mortaitain" is closest to "I want to ask for this and this from you so comes with a really strong feeling for most situations. Best to stick with kudasai or onegai shimasu, although there may be times you can leave off the "wo"....that always confuses me.
 
My friend said:
ๆœฌใฏใƒœใƒˆใƒซBottle ใจ ๆฏใฏใ‚ฐใƒฉใ‚นGlass
ใƒ“ใƒผใƒซใ‚’ไธ‰ๆœฌ๏ผˆ๏ผ“ๆฏ๏ผ‰ ใจ ้…’ใ‚’ไบŒๆœฌ๏ผˆไบŒๆฏ๏ผ‰ใ‚’ไธ‹ใ•ใ„
ใใ‚Œใ‹ใ€ใƒ“ใƒผใƒซไธ‰ใคใจใ€้…’ใ‚’ไบŒใคไธ‹ใ•ใ„ใ€‚ใ‚’ใƒปใฏใ„ใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ‚ˆ

These are ok to use she said. and even using tsu would be an easier counter.
 
Glenn said:
ไผšใ„ใŸใ‹ใฃใŸใ‚ˆใ€ใƒฉใƒชใ‚ขใƒณใ€‚ :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
๏ผˆๆฌฒใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸๅฝฑ้ŸฟใŒใชใใฆใ™ใฟใพใ›ใ‚“ใญใ€‚๏ผ‰ :emoji_bow:
ใปใฃใปใฃใปใ€‚ใ†ใ‚Œใ—ใ„ใ“ใจ่จ€ใฃใฆใใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‚ใญใ€‚ใชใ‚“ใฆใ‚„ใ•ใ—ใ„ใ‚ฐใƒฌใƒณใ•ใ‚“ใ€‚
ใ€Œใ‚ใŸใ—ใ“ใใ€ใจใฃใฆใ‚‚ๅฏ‚ใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸใ‚ใ€‚ใ‚ใ‚“ใพใ‚Šๅฏ‚ใ—ใ‹ใฃใŸใฎใงใ€
ใŠ้…’้ฃฒใ‚ใชใ„ใฎใซใ€็„ก็†ใซ้ฃฒใ‚“ใงใ€็›ฎใŒๅ›žใฃใกใ‚ƒใฃใŸใ€‚ใฒใฃใใ€‚ใ€ :emoji_rage:
 

Interesting. I thought it just meant "I'd like to have..." so it seemed evasive enough for me. I remember reading about it as a way to ask for service in a book that I have, that's why I brought it up. It seems to me that saying "I'd like to have..." is softer than "please give me..." but maybe it's just me.


Thanks, Damicci. That more than answers my question.
 
ralian said:
ใปใฃใปใฃใปใ€‚ใ†ใ‚Œใ—ใ„ใ“ใจ่จ€ใฃใฆใใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ‚ใญใ€‚ใชใ‚“ใฆใ‚„ใ•ใ—ใ„ใ‚ฐใƒฌใƒณใ•ใ‚“ใ€‚

ใ„ใ„ใˆใ€ใ„ใ„ใˆใ€‚ใƒฉใƒชใ‚ขใƒณใ•ใ‚“ใŒใ†ใ‚Œใ—ใ„ใฎใชใ‚‰ใฐ็งใฏใ†ใ‚Œใ—ใ„ใงใ™ใ‚ˆใ€‚ :

ใ€Œๆœฌๅฝ“ใซใใ‚Œใปใฉๅฏ‚ใ—ใ„ใฎใ‹ใ€‚ใใ†ใชใ‚‰ใฐใ€ใ‚ชใƒผใ‚นใƒˆใƒฉใƒชใ‚ขใซใ™ใ่กŒใใ€ใŠๅ‰ใจไผšใฃใฆใฟใ›ใ‚‹ใžใ€‚้…’ใŒ้ฃฒใ‚ใชใ„ใฎใชใ‚‰ใฐใ€ใ‚„ใฏใ‚Š้ฃฒใ‚“ใงใฏใ„ใ‘ใชใ„ใ‚“ใ ใ‚ˆใญใ€‚ใ“ใฎๅ ดๅˆใ€ใŠใ„ใ‚‰ใŒใŠๅ‰ใ‚’ๅŠฉใ‘ใซ่กŒใฃใฆใฟใ›ใ‚‹๏ผใ€ :emoji_flushed::emoji_grinning:

๏ผˆๅฎŸใฏ็งใฏไปŠใ€ใกใ‚‡ใฃใจใ ใ‘้…”ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใŒใญใ€‚ :emoji_slight_smile:๏ผ‰
 
ๆ—ฅๆœฌใงใฏ็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใชใ„ไบบใจใ‚ใพใ‚Šๅฃใ‚’ๅˆฉใใพใ›ใ‚“ใญใ€‚ :emoji_slight_smile: I think for a lot of English speakers "Beer, please" or "Do me the favor of a beer"... doesn't comport with Japanese politeness. ใŠ่Œถใ‚’ไธ€ๆฏ้ ‚ใใŸใ„ใฎใงใ™ใŒใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚๏ผˆใ‚‚ใ‚‰ใŸใ„ใ‚“ใงใ™ใŒใ€ๆฌฒใ—ใ„ใ‚“ใ ใ‘ใฉ๏ผ‰are all "I'd like to receive/have," (More directly I want = ้ ‚ใใŸใ„ใ€่ฒฐใ„ใŸใ„ใ€ใปใ—ใ„๏ผ‰but in a restaurant situation they are too unclear to be used for ordering I think. ่ฒฐใ„ใพใ™ใ‹๏ผŸ would be "Can I have/get?" if you weren't sure they had or could fulfill it, so you could say like "็ช“ๅดใฎๅธญใ‚’่ฒฐใ„ใพใ™ใ‹๏ผŸ" or "ใ‚ใ•ใณใ‚’ๅฐ‘ใชใ‚ใซใ—ใฆใ‚‚ใ‚‰ใˆใพใ™ใ‹๏ผŸ :angryfire: :emoji_blush:
 
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ใƒ“ใƒผใƒซใฏใ€ๅคง็“ถใ‚’ไธ€ๆœฌใใ ใ•ใ„ใ€‚

ใพใŸใฏใ€ใ‚ฐใƒฉใ‚นใงๆณจๆ–‡ใงใใพใ™ใ‹๏ผŸไปŠใพใงใ€ใฎใฉใŒใ‹ใ‚ใ„ใŸใ ใ‚ใ†ใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚
 
I am struggling with this sentence.
ใŸใ ใ€ๅ‰็ทšใซใ‚ˆใ‚‹้›จใฏใ“ใ“ใพใงใงใ€ๆ—ฅๆœฌๆตทๅดใงใฏใ€ใ—ใ ใ„ใซๅผทใ„ๆ—ฅๅทฎใ—ใŒๆˆปใฃใฆใใ‚‹ใ€‚
I know it is about rain due to a weather front and strong sunlight will gradually return to the Japan sea side, but I can't make it into a proper sentence.
ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™!
 
ๅ‹‰ๅผทใ—ใชใ„็‰ฉใซ้™ใฃใฆใ€่ฉฆ้จ“ใซๅ‡บ้กŒใ•ใ‚Œใ‚‹ใ€‚ :emoji_flushed:

้›ถๆˆฆ(ๆณจ1)ใฏๅ…จ้ƒจใงๆ•ตใƒ˜ใƒซใ‚ญใƒฃใƒƒใƒˆ(ๆณจ2)ใจ้—˜ใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใซ้™ใฃใฆใ€TBF(ๆณจ3)ใŒ็ฉบๆธฏใ‚’็ˆ†ๆ’ƒใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใ€‚

(ๆณจ1)

ไธ‰่ฑ ้›ถๅผ่‰ฆไธŠๆˆฆ้—˜ๆฉŸ

(ๆณจ2)

ใ‚ใ‚‹็ฑณๆˆฆ้—˜ๆฉŸ

(ๆณจ3)

ใ‚ใ‚‹็ฑณ็ˆ†ๆ’ƒๆฉŸ
 
Due to the front, rain reaches us where we are and strong sunlight gradually returns to the Sea of Japan side.
 
ใซ้™ใฃใฆ means "limited to" or "just looking at"
 
Elizabeth said:
Due to the front, rain reaches us where we are and strong sunlight gradually returns to the Sea of Japan side.

ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™ Elizabeth! Can you explain what the ใŸใ  is, as I still don't get how it fits into this sentence. ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ† ใพใŸ!
 
Tsuyoiko said:
ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™ Elizabeth! Can you explain what the ใŸใ  is, as I still don't get how it fits into this sentence. ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ† ใพใŸ!
It's like "simply" or "however" but you can't really tell without knowing the sentence or context that came before.
 
Elizabeth said:
ๆ—ฅๆœฌใงใฏ็Ÿฅใ‚‰ใชใ„ไบบใจใ‚ใพใ‚Šๅฃใ‚’ๅˆฉใใพใ›ใ‚“ใญใ€‚

ใƒใƒฌใกใ‚ƒใฃใŸ๏ผ


Ah. Maybe I should throw that book away, then.
 
Elizabeth said:
It's like "simply" or "however" but you can't really tell without knowing the sentence or context that came before.

Then it will be 'however', because the previous sentence was about weather somewhere else. I only found the 'simply' or 'usually' meaning in the dictionary, which didn't make sense.

ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™ Elizabeth!
 
Tsuyoiko said:
Then it will be 'however', because the previous sentence was about weather somewhere else. I only found the 'simply' or 'usually' meaning in the dictionary, which didn't make sense.

ๆœ‰ใ‚Š้›ฃใ†ใ”ใ–ใ„ใพใ™ Elizabeth!
Here is another instance of 'but, however' from the story in the papers this morning on a bomb planted near the Japanese Defense Forces in Iraq. It may have come about as a shortened "tadashi," I'm not really sure.


็พๅœฐใฎๆฒปๅฎ‰ๅฝ“ๅฑ€ใซใ‚ˆใ‚‹ใจใ€็พๅ ดไป˜่ฟ‘ใ‹ใ‚‰ใฏ่ตคๅค–็ทšใŒใคใ„ใŸ้ ้š”่ฃ…็ฝฎใŒ่ฆ‹ใคใ‹ใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ใ“ใฎใŸใ‚ใ€่‡ช่ก›้šŠใ‚’็‹™ใฃใŸ็ˆ†ๅผพไบ‹ไปถใจใฎ่ฆ‹ๆ–นใŒๅผทใใ€ๆฒปๅฎ‰ๅฝ“ๅฑ€ใฏ็พๅ ดไป˜่ฟ‘ใซใ„ใŸไฝๆฐ‘ใชใฉๆ•ฐไบบใ‹ใ‚‰ใ€ๅ‚่€ƒไบบใจใ—ใฆไบ‹ๆƒ…ใ‚’่ดใ„ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚ใŸใ ใ€ๆ”ฟๅบœใจใ—ใฆใฏใ€ไปŠใฎใจใ“ใ‚ใ€ใ‚ตใƒžใƒฏใฏ้žๆˆฆ้—˜ๅœฐๅŸŸใงใ€่‡ช่ก›้šŠใ‚’ๆ’ค้€€ใ•ใ›ใ‚‹็Šถๆณใซใฏใชใ„ใจใ—ใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚
 

ใ€ŒใŸใ ใ€ usually means "simply, only"
ใ€Œ็งใฏใ€ใŸใ ใ€ใ‚ใชใŸใจ่ฉฑใŒใ—ใŸใ‹ใฃใŸใ ใ‘ใชใ‚“ใ ใ€
However, in this story in the papers, it means "but, however". It must be a shortened "tadashi".

ใ‚ใ‚ŠใŒใจใญใ€ใ‚ฐใƒฌใƒณใ•ใ‚“ใ€‚ใ‚ใชใŸใฎใ‚„ใ•ใ—ใ„่จ€่‘‰ใฎใŠใ‹ใ’ใงใ€ใ™ใฃใ‹ใ‚Šๅ…ƒๆฐ—ใซใชใฃใŸ็งใงใ™ใ€‚
ใ‚„ใฃใปใƒผ๏ผ
 
1)ใ—ใชใ‘ใ‚Œใฐใชใ‚‰ใชใ„ as I know is verb form for "must".. is there another SHORTER way to say it? What are some other alternatives to say: i must do, i have to do, im being forced to do, i really want to do (must do it!!), etc.

2)How to say "to" as in "in order to do"
ใฎใซ
ใ“ใ“ใซๆฅใ‚‹ใฎใซใ€ๆœ€ๅˆใซๆฏใซ่žใใฏใšใญ๏ผŸ (In my horrible japanese... ><; )
Is there another way? ? Like..

"I'm too tired TO sleep"
"I don't know how TO do that"

3)And a random thing I can't figure... "I don't know why" ^^;

4) How to change things from... to allow and to BE allowed?
to ask and to be asked?

Thank you. (Going to Japan at the end of July... so I need to learn more!!)
 
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