Need a word or phrase translated?

Elizabeth · 13 Jul 2005

And how to say "Where should I put my stuff?" and "I hate not being able to meet you"

荷物はどこに置けばいいんですか
あなたと会えないのは大嫌いですよ。(It sounds very unnatural in Japanese to use 'hate' in this way, though....)会えなくてつらい。。。会えなくて淋しい。。。。
may be better.

I'll let someone lend a hand with the colloquial part.

Butterfly-Chan · 14 Jul 2005

☝ I thought that the words i asked about are easy to translate

☝ right???

why nobody is answering

Eve · 14 Jul 2005

How do u write "and" and "to" in Japanese? に and そして?

Elizabeth · 14 Jul 2005

Butterfly-Chan said:
Konnichiwa

it's me again ... i have a few words that i would like to know the meaning of ☝

1. Koishii

2. Waga Kokoro NO

3. OUJO

Arigatoooo for your help in advance

1. Darling, beloved, yearn for
2. My/our heart/spirit/minds
3. Princess (not sure which kind, sorry !)

Note : If you absolutely need to know immediately, there are still dictionaries when no one else is answering....

Butterfly-Chan · 14 Jul 2005

Thanx a lot Elizabeth .. you r soo helpful

oh yeah... I didn't really thought about using a dictionary... do u know a good English/Japanese online dictionary ?

Thanks again dear

Damicci · 14 Jul 2005

Eve said:
How do u write "and" and "to" in Japanese? に and そして?

Really depends on how it is being used in a sentence. Do you have any examples?

Eve · 14 Jul 2005

Like in a sentence, so "and" so is together

Damicci · 14 Jul 2005

Hmm
Maybe
これ「と」それが欲しい下さい。
Kore to Sore ga hoshii kudasai.
Ｉｗｏｕｌｄｌｉｋｅｔｈｉｓａｎｄｔｈａｔｐｌｅａｓｅ．
久美子さんとＥｖｅさんは友達だったと思った。＜－－Trick statement. Here と has 2 different meaning I think.
Kumiko-san to Eve-san wa tomodachi datta to omotta
I thought Kumiko and Eve were friends.

Eve · 14 Jul 2005

That explained a lot. Thanks man!

Glenn · 14 Jul 2005

と is used to show exhaustive listing. や shows inexhaustive listing (similar to とか). そして is mostly used in sentence-initial position (a lot like でも [but]). に used to mean "and" is pretty advanced, so I wouldn't worry about that for now. Anyway, on to some examples.

私は果物はイチゴとりんごが好きです。
"As far as fruits go, I like only strawberries and apples."
Here と is used, and it shows exhaustive listing, so that strawberries and apples are the only things in the list of things that I like.

私は果物はイチゴやりんごが好きです。
"As for fruits, I like strawberries, apples, and others."
Here や is used, and it shows inexhaustive listing, so that strawberries and apples are listed among other things that aren't explicitly stated. や can be replaced by とか here without a change in meaning.

私はイチゴが好きです。そしてりんごが好きです。
"I like strawberries. And I like apples."
Here we have two different sentences, so そして is used.

Also, I believe そして can be used at the end of a long list of nouns with a pause. An example would be something like 私が食べたのはイチゴ、りんご、魚、ビーフ、とこ焼き、そして桃です。 However, I believe the use of そして here has a somewhat narrative and literary feel to it, so I would advise against using it like this until you know exactly how to use it.

Damicci said:
これ「と」それが欲しい下さい。

Leave off the 下さい here, or use を and leave out the 欲しい. 下さい is used alone to mean "please give me" or with the -て form of verbs to mean "please [verb]." 欲しい is an adjective, so it doesn't take 下さい.

Eve · 14 Jul 2005

Whoa, so confusing :emoji_blush:

But I get it. It's kinda like French. Has its rules and stuff

Thanks for explaining!

*Laura* · 15 Jul 2005

Hi everyone, I'm afraid I speak no/very very little japanese and was wondering if anyone could help me translate a few sentences:
Oyasumi Nasai Tomodachi, watashiwa totemo atsui desukara, nemaranaidayo, zannen desune.

I have absolutely no idea about the content, so I do hop it doesn't turn out to cause offence!

Thankyou!!

Elizabeth · 15 Jul 2005

*Laura* said:
Hi everyone, I'm afraid I speak no/very very little japanese and was wondering if anyone could help me translate a few sentences:
Oyasumi Nasai Tomodachi, watashiwa totemo atsui desukara, nemaranaidayo, zannen desune.

I have absolutely no idea about the content, so I do hop it doesn't turn out to cause offence!

Thankyou!!

Goodnight, friends. Because it is very hot I won't sleep, unfortunately.ﾂ

Damicci · 15 Jul 2005

「私はとても暑いですから」英語で「ＢｅｃｕａｓｅＩａｍｖｅｒｙｈｏｔ」と思った。
でも、「Ｂｅｃａｕｓｅｉｔｉｓｖｅｒｙｈｏｔ」ほうが良いと思います。

Damicci · 15 Jul 2005

Glenn said:
と is used to show exhaustive listing. や shows inexhaustive listing (similar to とか). そして is mostly used in sentence-initial position (a lot like でも [but]). に used to mean "and" is pretty advanced, so I wouldn't worry about that for now. Anyway, on to some examples.

私は果物はイチゴとりんごが好きです。
"As far as fruits go, I like only strawberries and apples."
Here と is used, and it shows exhaustive listing, so that strawberries and apples are the only things in the list of things that I like.

私は果物はイチゴやりんごが好きです。
"As for fruits, I like strawberries, apples, and others."
Here や is used, and it shows inexhaustive listing, so that strawberries and apples are listed among other things that aren't explicitly stated. や can be replaced by とか here without a change in meaning.

私はイチゴが好きです。そしてりんごが好きです。
"I like strawberries. And I like apples."
Here we have two different sentences, so そして is used.

Also, I believe そして can be used at the end of a long list of nouns with a pause. An example would be something like 私が食べたのはイチゴ、りんご、魚、ビーフ、とこ焼き、そして桃です。 However, I believe the use

Leave off the 下さい here, or use を and leave out the 欲しい. 下さい is used alone to mean "please give me" or with the -て form of verbs to mean "please [verb]." 欲しい is an adjective, so it doesn't take 下さい.

Ｓｏｗｈａｔｉｓｔｈｅｕｓｅａｇｅｅｘｐｌａｉｎａｔｉｏｎｆｏｒｕｓｉｎｇと、って with certain words like:
例えば：
と思う
って思う
という
と言う
って言う
って伝う（私にはこの言葉が新しいですよ)

Elizabeth · 15 Jul 2005

Damicci said:
Ｓｏｗｈａｔｉｓｔｈｅｕｓｅａｇｅｅｘｐｌａｉｎａｔｉｏｎｆｏｒｕｓｉｎｇと、って with certain words like:
例えば：
と思う
って思う
という
と言う
って言う
って伝う（私にはこの言葉が新しいですよ)

In those cases it is the quotative, setting off a part of the passage that has been thought or said. To can also be "when" or "with." It's tough on learners, but most if not all the particles are required to carry more than one function in Japanese.

Elizabeth · 15 Jul 2005

Damicci said:
「私はとても暑いですから」英語で「ＢｅｃｕａｓｅＩａｍｖｅｒｙｈｏｔ」と思った。
でも、「Ｂｅｃａｕｓｅｉｔｉｓｖｅｒｙｈｏｔ」ほうが良いと思います。

Usually you say "it is hot" I think. "I'm hot" (to the touch) could also justly use 熱い -- the same as if you were down with a fever. :emoji_thermometer_face:

pika la · 15 Jul 2005

Thanks Elizabeth＾＾

So.. would this work okay?
会えないのはつらかった? or 会えなくてつらかった？どれのはいい？

EDIT: 行ってはいけません is it "itte wa ikemasen" or "itte haikemasen" ><; I can't tell

Butterfly-Chan · 16 Jul 2005

Konnichiwa

could anyone help me plz in translating this poem

tenkuu ni hoshi wa matataki
daichi ni wa hana ga saku
soshite ima boku no uchuu de
kimi e no ai ga hikaru

and

sora ni wa hoshi-tachi
daichi ni wa hana ga saite-iru
soshite boku no uchuu ni kimi ga ite

and

kimi ga suki sa

kokoro to kokoro o musubu

watashi ga iru yo Ah itoshii hito nee
Zutto daiteite ageru

Sora mo umi mo zenbu Ah kira kira kirei ne
Kimi o aishiteiru kara
Itsumo soba ni itsumo Ah itoshii hito nee
Zutto mm zutto zutto

gommen nasai if it's too much
Arigatooo

Butterfly-Chan · 18 Jul 2005

omg ... i give up.... i've been waiting for 2 days.. and no one helped me

:angryfire

i will look for another site to help me with the translation

Thank you anyway

209 · 18 Jul 2005

hey! sorry i didn't find this for ages, new here!
Can't promise wonders but I'll give it a try -

the twinkling stars in the sky,
the flowers that bloom on the ground
and in my universe
my love for you shines

and;

the stars in the sky,
the flowers blooming on the ground,
and you are here in my universe

and;

i love you
join our hearts together
i'm here, my darling,
i'll hold you forever

the sky, the sea, everything is shining, beautiful,
because i love you
always with you, always love you
forever, forever

Ok! Hope that helps, need to lie down to recover from all that sickly sweet love though! (ﾂ湘篠）ﾂ

209 · 18 Jul 2005

pika la said:
Thanks Elizabeth＾＾

So.. would this work okay?
会えないのはつらかった? or 会えなくてつらかった？どれのはいい？

EDIT: 行ってはいけません is it "itte wa ikemasen" or "itte haikemasen" ><; I can't tell

Hey pika la!

会えなくてつらかった? 会えないのはつらかった？that's a tough one! The second is a little more popular (judging by a google search) - maybe one of the native speakers could lend a hand there? Sorry!

But for the 2nd question, definitely "itte wa ikemasen" (you mustn't go) using te form + wa(は) + ikemasen to show "you mustn't (do something)"

食べてはいけません＝you mustn't eat it

You can also use negative te form to show you must do something;

行かなくてはいけません＝ "i have to go" (lit; not going is not allowed)

Hope that helps!

Butterfly-Chan · 19 Jul 2005

209 said:
hey! sorry i didn't find this for ages, new here!
Can't promise wonders but I'll give it a try -

the twinkling stars in the sky,
the flowers that bloom on the ground
and in my universe
my love for you shines

and;

the stars in the sky,
the flowers blooming on the ground,
and you are here in my universe

and;

I love you
join our hearts together
I'm here, my darling,
I'll hold you forever

The sky, the sea, everything is shining, beautiful,
because I love you
always with you, always love you
forever, forever

Ok! Hope that helps, need to lie down to recover from all that sickly sweet love though! (笑）

Thanks alot 209 that was really kind of you ...

oh yeah... these poems and lyrics are sooo sweeeeet ... that's why I love Japanese songs.... sooooo romantic. I wish i could understand it right away.. but am still a beginner (probably even less)

Arigatoo for your help

f0rk0 · 19 Jul 2005

Could someone help me out with translating this? All I know is that it's about "supagetti". . .

Butterfly-Chan · 19 Jul 2005

this ad looks really kawaiiii

yum .. now i really want supagetti

but sorry.... i can't translate it ☝ ... i didn't even understand a word ☝

gommen nasai :sorry:

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