Need a word or phrase translated?

[Glenn]

"imo mo kore kara mo"

Wouldn't that just be "now and in the future, as well?" It looks like the same usage to me.

 

[Elizabeth]

Wouldn't that just be "now and in the future, as well?" It looks like the same usage to me.

It is a more unambiguous expression of it, but the ima mo would be much the same then as "kore kara mo" alone (now and also continuing from now). Anyway, I maybe once I see a concrete example where kore kara (ha or mo) refers to 'continue,' it will make more sense, I just haven't seen that translation or heard it in that context to this point. Of course if there's absolute break point between 'now' and 'from right now' it could be my natural misreading as well...

 

[Glenn]

I was thinking of it as "now and from now on" as opposed to "from a ways back and from now on," which is what kore kara mo on its own means to me. In other words, the version without ima mo implies to me that someone is just starting to verb at the present moment, and will continue to do so in the future, whereas the version without it implies that someone has been verbing for some time and will continue to do so.

 

[Elizabeth]

"from a ways back and from now on," which is what kore kara mo on its own means to me.

It makes sense logically, all I can say again is that I've personally never seen it used that way and would need to see an example.

 

[REEM]

Salam

May you please translate the words which related to (iganu kabamaru) in this site?
伊賀野カバ丸 - Wikipedia


Thanks!

 

[Buntaro]

Hi everybody!

What are the correct renderings?

Kawaii desu. (She is cute.)

Kawaii ja nai desu. (She is not cute.) (I think I got this one right. Could it possiblly be, "Kawaikunai"?)

I haven't come across this in years, so I wonder how close I got....

 

[pipokun]

May you please translate the words which related to (iganu kabamaru) in this site?
伊賀野カバ丸 - Wikipedia

18. 嵐を呼ぶ男!
18. A Man (Boy) who Causes a Storm!

 

[Elizabeth]

Hi everybody!

What are the correct renderings?

Kawaii desu. (She is cute.)

Kawaii ja nai desu. (She is not cute.) (I think I got this one right. Could it possibly be, "Kawaikunai"?)

I haven't come across this in years, so I wonder how close I got....

かわいく（は）ない is correct.

 

[REEM]

pipokun

thanks alot

 

[Buntaro]

Thanks, Elizabeth.

So "She was cute" would be "Kawaikatta"?

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks, Elizabeth.

So "She was cute" would be "Kawaikatta"?

Yes. And the first syllable of course you really have to aspirate dramatically or it comes out "kowai" which takes some getting used to. Since everything in Japan is cute, there's obviously no way to avoid the word....

 

[Buntaro]

Thanks, Elizabeth.

I attended the Japanese New Year's festivities in Los Angeles. (By the way, they are not advertised, but they are a great event, so if anyone is in L.A. on any Jan. 1st, they should go.)

I saw several children in kimono at the festivities, which is how this "Kawaikatta" thing got started.

I participated in the Go demonstration in the New Otani Hotel on New Year's. There was an eight-year-old girl playing Go with one of the adult champions, and doing very well. Amazing! I guess there is hope for the human race after all!

 

[Damicci]

Just remember not to say Kawaisou >_<

 

[Tsuki_x]

Someone please translate this for me >_<

グリッタートロウペン

 

[Kuzzy]

Someone please translate this for me >_<

グリッタートロウペン

Well, I'm not really sure what it's supposed to mean. I would guess that グリッター is "glitter", but トロウペン doesn't really make sense. Romanized, I think it would read "tropen", although normally an elongated vowel is expressed by "ー" in Katakana. Tropen means "tropics" in German. Glitter Tropics?? Some context would help. It also seems to be the name of a song by the group "ayabie" - ★彩冷える（アヤビエ）オフィシャルホームページ★

Maybe someone else can provide better insight.

 

[epigene]

Someone please translate this for me >_<

グリッタートロウペン

I think it means "glitter & wax pens"

 

[J44xm]

Can the name Jonathan be romanized as ジョナサン or ヂョナサン? Is there any reason why one wouldn't use the latter?

 

[epigene]

Can the name Jonathan be romanized as ジョナサン or ヂョナサン? Is there any reason why one wouldn't use the latter?

If you're talking strictly about possibility, yes, you can write both ways. The latter is considered obsolete and is no longer used in modern Japanese.

 

[J44xm]

わかりました。「ジョナサン」を使うと思います。助けて、ありがとう。

 

[epigene]

わかりました。「ジョナサン」を使うと思います。助けて、ありがとう。

勉強がんばってくださいね！

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Wow, was I in for a shock. I read a very very difficult hard to read guide (Because they use college level english rules to describe the damn stuff, not in laymans terms) and I suck at english. They also said weird stuff like 'ta' verbs and stuff i never herad before.

anyway, this really discourages me. Mainly because i have reading comprehension problems, english was my worst subject, and most annoying, they use very advanced english phrases.

Basic Grammar - Tae Kim's Japanese grammar guide

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs - We will learn about transitive and intransitive verbs and how our usage of particles changes as a result.
Descriptive Subordinate Clauses - We will learn how to modify nouns with verb and conjugated noun clauses to create more complicated sentences.

Damn it, whats that mean? This is really pissing me off. Guess I'm gonna have to sign up for the very expensive "Japan-america" club to get lessons or hopefully find a community college that teaches it (Aint going to it if it doesn't teach it)

I need this translated though:

"Has any grand theft auto game (especially Grand Theft Auto: Liberty city stories for the PSP) been released in japan?"

Thanks....

 

[J44xm]

Keep at it, GCL. If a tutorial gives you that much trouble, just find one that suits you better. Me, I think I'll actually find the link you posted pretty useful, so thanks for mentioning it. As they say, different strokes for different folks.

But, er, sorry ... no help from me on the translation you requested.

 

[Elizabeth]

I need this translated though:

"Has any grand theft auto game (especially Grand Theft Auto: Liberty city stories for the PSP) been released in Japan?"

Thanks....

グランド・セフト・オートゲームのなかで、特に、グランド・セフト・オートゲー Liberty city stories for the PSP は日本ではどれかが発売されましたか？(されていましたか？）

It's understandable but someone will have to make the final corrections. It was a good challenge, though. Keep 'em comin' GCL. ☝

 

[GoldCoinLover]

グランド・セフト・オートゲームのなかで、特に、グランド・セフト・オートゲー Liberty city stories for the PSP は日本ではどれかが発売されていましたか？

It's understandable but someone will have to make the final corrections. It was a good challenge, though. Keep 'em comin' GCL. ☝

I still find it amazing that after all these years, your Japanese isn't perfect.

Is it really that hard to perfect?

 

[Elizabeth]

I still find it amazing that after all these years, your japanese isn't perfect.

Is it really that hard to perfect?

I'm not overly worried about perfection at this point since I also don't know anyone who has lived and studied there 5, 10, 15 years and still doesn't struggle with one aspect of it or another.