Need a word or phrase translated?
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Tomii515
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Hey, I have another question!
So how would you say like, "That sounds...."
for example:
A: Im eating ice cream.
B: omg I'm so hungry. ice cream sounds sooo good right now!
I was thinking maybe to use:
アイスクリームがおいしそうですよ。= the ice cream looks good.
アイスクリームがおいしいそうですよ。= i hear the ice creams good
however Im not sure if either of those have the same effect of "ice cream sounds
delicious"
maybe one of them carry that effect and I just dont know, or maybe its a different way to say it completely?
よろしくお願いします。
So how would you say like, "That sounds...."
for example:
A: Im eating ice cream.
B: omg I'm so hungry. ice cream sounds sooo good right now!
I was thinking maybe to use:
アイスクリームがおいしそうですよ。= the ice cream looks good.
アイスクリームがおいしいそうですよ。= i hear the ice creams good
however Im not sure if either of those have the same effect of "ice cream sounds
delicious"
maybe one of them carry that effect and I just dont know, or maybe its a different way to say it completely?
よろしくお願いします。
undrentide
Japa'n vagyok
- 18 Jan 2006
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おいしそう：looks(or sounds) delicious
おいしいそう：heard that it is delicious
～そう (i-adjective w/o the last i + sou) means something looks/sounds so and so to the speaker.
～そう (i-adjective + sou) means hearsay. The speaker does not know if it is really so.
If you hear about a special ice cream, people are talking how good it is, then you'd say おいしいそう (heard that it is delicious).
If your friend tell you how good the ice cream is and that makes you feel to try one, then you'd say to the おいしそう (sounds delicious)
Does it make sense?
Ashikaga
もちもちした食感
- 19 Feb 2008
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Since the example you gave us was somewhat casual in tone, so I will try to come up with something in a similar tone in Japanese.
A : 今アイスクリーム食べてる。
B : あぁ～お腹すいたなぁ～。 アイスクリーム食べたぁ~い！
You can also use in the place of アイスクリーム食べたい the following.
アイスクリームいいなぁ～。
アイスクリーム、いいね。
A copple more examples.
A : ブラピの新しい映画が公開になるんだって。
I hear that Brad Pitt's new movie is opening.
B : あ、テレビのCMで見た！ 面白そうだよね。
Oh, yeah. I saw the TV spot for it (I saw that in a TV
commercial). Sounds interesting.
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Brad : ただいま～。
I'm home!
Angelina : おかえりなさい。 疲れたでしょう？ 先にお風呂（に）入る？ それとも
食事にする？ 今日、料理教室でお湯の沸かし方を習ったから挑戦してみた の。 えへっ。
Hi, honey. You must be beat. You wanna take a bath first or
you wanna have your dinner? They taught us how to boil water
in the cooking class today, so I tried making it. aha
Brad : おぉ～ 熱いお湯かぁ。 いいね。
Ahhhh~ a nice bowl of hot water... sounds good!
Elizabeth
先輩
- 22 Apr 2003
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Maybe いく気がしない。 いく気になれない even 気がある ?? in place of the last one, though.
calihimawari
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Hi!
This is more of an English question than anything I suppose...
But I'm wondering what the correct English phrase is for ９回間で投げきる. This is a baseball phrase that refers to completing 9 innings (?), but I don't know anything about baseball so if someone could tell me what is usually used in English, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks!
This is more of an English question than anything I suppose...
But I'm wondering what the correct English phrase is for ９回間で投げきる. This is a baseball phrase that refers to completing 9 innings (?), but I don't know anything about baseball so if someone could tell me what is usually used in English, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks!
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9回間で投げきる does not make much sense. I suppose what you wanted to say would be 9回まで投げきる. If so, that is "to pitch into the 9th inning."
"To pitch a complete game" refers to 完投する, which is used not only for 9-inning games but also for extra-inning games. (9回まで投げきる would be same as 完投する in most cases, though.)
Sukotto
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- 9 Jul 2003
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"small claims court" o Nihongo de nani to iimasuka?
Ashikaga
もちもちした食感
- 19 Feb 2008
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簡易裁判所 かんいさいばんしょ kan i sai ban sho といいます。
Elizabeth
先輩
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myawr
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- 21 Apr 2008
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Hi everyones,
Can you teach me how to translate the following sentence:
彼は電話をかけてくれかけた。
According to my grammar book, it can be translated as "He nearly has called me" (but in fact he has not).
But one of my friends told me that it should be translated as "He has just called me" in which Vます～かけた has similar meaning as Vた～ばかりだ
Thank you.
Can you teach me how to translate the following sentence:
彼は電話をかけてくれかけた。
According to my grammar book, it can be translated as "He nearly has called me" (but in fact he has not).
But one of my friends told me that it should be translated as "He has just called me" in which Vます～かけた has similar meaning as Vた～ばかりだ
Thank you.
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彼は電話をかけてくれかけた is grammatically correct, and exactly means "he nearly called me (for the sake of me, but in fact he didn't)." But it sounds a bit awkward to me. I would say 彼は電話をかけてくれようとした/かけようとしてくれた for the same situation.
"Pre masu-form of a verb + かけた" means "a movement/action was almost started" or "a movement/action was started and then stopped." Thus, the movement/action is not completed in both cases.
On the other hand, "ta-form of a verb + ばかりだ" means "a movement/action has just been finished/completed" or "it hasn't been long since a movement/action was finished/completed." They have different meanings.
Hi guys! This is my first post here! I've been trying to learn japanese and I find a very interesting thread on tim ferriss blog. But in order to help me I need someone to translate these sentenses for me:
The apple is red.
It is John's apple.
I give John the apple.
We give him the apple.
He gives it to John.
She gives it to him.
I must give it to him.
I want to give it to her.
**
The apple was red.
It was Jonh's apple.
I gave john the apple.
We gave him the apple.
He gave it to john.
She gave it to john.
I should have given it to him.
I wanted to have given it to her.
**
The apple will be red.
It will be john's apple
I will give John the apple
He will give it to john
She will give it to John.
I will have to give it to him.
I will want to give it to her.
Could someone translate them in the present, simple past (or japanese equivalent) and future tense?
Many thanks!
EDIT:
Oh, and please don't do it just with the characters, because I can read only some hiragana nad katakana, if possible in romaji
The apple is red.
It is John's apple.
I give John the apple.
We give him the apple.
He gives it to John.
She gives it to him.
I must give it to him.
I want to give it to her.
**
The apple was red.
It was Jonh's apple.
I gave john the apple.
We gave him the apple.
He gave it to john.
She gave it to john.
I should have given it to him.
I wanted to have given it to her.
**
The apple will be red.
It will be john's apple
I will give John the apple
He will give it to john
She will give it to John.
I will have to give it to him.
I will want to give it to her.
Could someone translate them in the present, simple past (or japanese equivalent) and future tense?
Many thanks!
EDIT:
Oh, and please don't do it just with the characters, because I can read only some hiragana nad katakana, if possible in romaji
Elizabeth
先輩
- 22 Apr 2003
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日本は、常に自分の人生で大きな部分を占めてきました。
いつも日本は私の人生の大きな部分を占めてきました。。。。。
myawr
先輩
- 21 Apr 2008
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Ha ha, again, Toritobe san, you are my savior. Actually, I tried to play with word when using example with 電話をかける。 But definitely I failed
Elizabeth
先輩
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彼は電話をかけてくれようとした/かけようとしてくれた That's interesting. Can these also give the feeling of "started and stopped" ? I mean not 彼は電話をかけてくれようとしたが。。。
Whereas I guess 彼は電話をかけてくれかけた could definitely mean a process by which he actually began the call and it didn't complete. The basic idea was either something was interrupted or going to begin but never did.
もう一度、とりとりべさん、どうも！
Tomii515
やった～！
- 16 Feb 2006
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algo:
Normally on this website, when you ask for a translation, no one will help you unless you've given it an honest try. So for future reference, if you ask for a translation, give it a try, even if you think its COMPLETELY wrong.
However, I'm stuck at school for the next hour and I need something to do in order to kill time, I can help you with those sentences with my best effort. Im going to edit your original sentences so you can get a better feel,okay? Might sound a bit repetative or textbook-y though haha.
also before I start, let it be known that in Japanese, the setence order is generally SOV ( subject object verb) whereas English is SVO. However its probably better and easier that the verb ALWAYS comes at the end of a setence/clause/etc. Also Japanese generally doesnt use pronouns. When you want to say he or she or you, you just say the persons name. Also its also quite common to leave out the subject of the subject, such as "I" in most of these setence , if it is known or obvious what the subject is.
The apple is red. = ringo wa akai desu.
This apple is Johns (apple). = kono ringo wa john-san no (ringo) desu.
I give John the apple. = (watashi wa) john-san ni ringo o agemasu.
I have to give Mary the apple. = (watashi wa) mary-san ni ringo o agenakute wa ikemasen.
I want to give the apple to Mary. = (watashi wa) mary-san ni ringo o agetai desu.
As for making the past tense, everythings the same except for the verb. Change "desu" to "deshita". Change "agemasu" to "agemashita". then change "ikemasen" to "ikemasen deshita".
Then finally the future is the same as the present tense. Actually there is no future, but when we would call the future they would use the present. You can add words like tomorrow (ashita), next week (raishuu), etc to show its in the future tense. I hope this helps!!!
-Tommy
Normally on this website, when you ask for a translation, no one will help you unless you've given it an honest try. So for future reference, if you ask for a translation, give it a try, even if you think its COMPLETELY wrong.
However, I'm stuck at school for the next hour and I need something to do in order to kill time, I can help you with those sentences with my best effort. Im going to edit your original sentences so you can get a better feel,okay? Might sound a bit repetative or textbook-y though haha.
also before I start, let it be known that in Japanese, the setence order is generally SOV ( subject object verb) whereas English is SVO. However its probably better and easier that the verb ALWAYS comes at the end of a setence/clause/etc. Also Japanese generally doesnt use pronouns. When you want to say he or she or you, you just say the persons name. Also its also quite common to leave out the subject of the subject, such as "I" in most of these setence , if it is known or obvious what the subject is.
The apple is red. = ringo wa akai desu.
This apple is Johns (apple). = kono ringo wa john-san no (ringo) desu.
I give John the apple. = (watashi wa) john-san ni ringo o agemasu.
I have to give Mary the apple. = (watashi wa) mary-san ni ringo o agenakute wa ikemasen.
I want to give the apple to Mary. = (watashi wa) mary-san ni ringo o agetai desu.
As for making the past tense, everythings the same except for the verb. Change "desu" to "deshita". Change "agemasu" to "agemashita". then change "ikemasen" to "ikemasen deshita".
Then finally the future is the same as the present tense. Actually there is no future, but when we would call the future they would use the present. You can add words like tomorrow (ashita), next week (raishuu), etc to show its in the future tense. I hope this helps!!!
-Tommy
Thank you so much! You make it sound simple!
I'm actually going to print your info so I can study from there.
I cannot use links because I'm a new user, but if your search google for: "tim ferriss learn but not master language 1 hour" it is the first result. In there he speaks about using this questions to deconstruct the grammar so that you can get a feel for the basic sentence structure of any language.
And I'll folow your advices for my following postings!
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"Volitional form of a volitional verb + とした" often implies that the doer didn't complete the action even if without an adversative conjunction.彼は電話をかけてくれようとした/かけようとしてくれた That's interesting. Can these also give the feeling of "started and stopped" ? I mean not 彼は電話をかけてくれようとしたが。。。
Whereas I guess 彼は電話をかけてくれかけた could definitely mean a process by which he actually began the call and it didn't complete. The basic idea was either something was interrupted or going to begin but never did.
もう一度、とりとりべさん、どうも！
e.g.
私が聞いた話では、彼はほんとに電話をかけようとしたそうです。(実際はかけていない)
As for a non-volitional verb, it simply express the movement was going to begin.
e.g.
ちょうどそのとき、夜が明けようとしていた。
こんな説明でどうでしょう？
Tomii515
やった～！
- 16 Feb 2006
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Hey! Quick question: what is the meaning of どんな時? At first it seems like "what kind of time/when", but that doesn't seem to make too much sense... at least in English. Anywho, ive seen it used in a couple different situations, and I'm not sure what it means/conveys.I've tried looking it up, but no luck; maybe it's obvious and I'm just oblivious haha
よろしく
よろしく
Elizabeth
先輩
- 22 Apr 2003
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It depends, of course. どんな（どの）ときでもくもはながれている. The clouds continue rolling no matter what (time/occasion) どんなときでも言える。Able to say any time...どんなときに使いますか？When do you use it ? etc.
myawr
先輩
- 21 Apr 2008
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Regarding the word どんなとき、if I want to use it as a complaint, for example, "どんなときでも遊んでいる"-You play all the time, does it sound natural?
Thank you.
undrentide
Japa'n vagyok
- 18 Jan 2006
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It is OK and sounds natural enough - though it depends on the context and in case of speech, the tone.
Generally speaking, どんな～ can mean either what ___ or any ___, and if you add でも that narrows the meaning to any ___.
In case of complaint, it would sounds more complain-like if you use いつだって for me, but it could be just a question of taste.
e.g.
A mother scolding her child or complaining about her child to someone:
いつだって遊んでばっかりいるんだから！
いつも遊んでばかりいて！
どんなときでも遊んでいるのよ。
