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[Toritoribe]

This is making me wonder about the use of 私に腹を立てるな。Or maybe since it's a command to not be mad at me it's OK in this case, but 私に腹を立てている？ would be strange. Or maybe that's OK, just not as common as 私のこと怒っている？
Just so you know, the reason I'm wondering is because 私に腹を立てるな was a translation in my 中日辞典.

Interesting. Both 私に腹を立てるな and 私に腹を立てている？ sound awkward to me. But あの時は僕に腹が立った？(the second person, past) or 彼は僕に腹を立てている(the thierd person, present) would be natural. Probably because （僕のこと）怒ってる？ is far more commonly used for the case.

 

[Glenn]

I see. Interesting indeed. Pft, translations!

 

[epigene]

This is making me wonder about the use of 私に腹を立てるな。Or maybe since it's a command to not be mad at me it's OK in this case, but 私に腹を立てている？ would be strange. Or maybe that's OK, just not as common as 私のこと怒っている？

Just so you know, the reason I'm wondering is because 私に腹を立てるな was a translation in my 中日辞典.

I agree with Toritoribe-san that the two sound awkward as they are.
But, I have a feeling that they may be "passable" depending on the flow of the conversation?
I'm imagining a scene (probably in a TV drama) where the speaker is angry himself and shouting 私に腹を立てるな！ at the other person...
In another scene, a woman, seeing that her BF/husband is grumpy, says coyly 私に腹を立てている？
Just a thought...

 

[TheAce]

"building"

romaji and kanji please

 

[Elizabeth]

"building"
romaji and kanji please

Something happened to your dictionary ?

 

[TheAce]

Something happened to your dictionary ? :emoji_fearful:

Well, actually I can't work with it very well yet :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

 

[Elizabeth]

I agree with Toritoribe-san that the two sound awkward as they are.
But, I have a feeling that they may be "passable" depending on the flow of the conversation?
I'm imagining a scene (probably in a TV drama) where the speaker is angry himself and shouting 私に腹を立てるな！ at the other person...
In another scene, a woman, seeing that her BF/husband is grumpy, says coyly 私に腹を立てている？
Just a thought...

But something like 私が言ったことに腹を立てているの ? is fine, right ? Otherwise, the whole sense and breakdown of these choices is sort of ridiculously complex. Maybe I should stick with 言ったこと頭にこない？

 

[Glenn]

I agree with Toritoribe-san that the two sound awkward as they are. But, I have a feeling that they may be "passable" depending on the flow of the conversation? I'm imagining a scene (probably in a TV drama) where the speaker is angry himself and shouting 私に腹を立てるな！ at the other person... In another scene, a woman, seeing that her BF/husband is grumpy, says coyly 私に腹を立てている？
Just a thought...

That gives me some food for thought. Perhaps that was the sense of the original too. I guess I'll have to find that out. Context is an interesting thing, isn't it? Thanks, epigene!

 

[Glenn]

I was thinking about this, and I've been wondering if this is something that would be said anyway, no matter the phrasing. For instance, would 俺のこと怒るなよ be natural (or 私のこと怒らないでよ, or whatever)? Or would that be something that no one would say normally?

 

[Toritoribe]

Hmm, I would say simply 怒るなよ. In some contexts, for instance, 失敗しても、俺のこと怒るなよ seems good, but 恨む might be better.

Now I'm thinking the difference between 腹が立つ/腹を立てる, 腹が立った/腹を立てた and 腹が立っている/腹を立てている...

 

[Glenn]

That just reminded me of イチロー's 『自分で無意識にやっていることを、もっと意識をしなければならない』quote.

 

[BigBoss4]

How would I go about translating this sentence

頼まれると断れないお人好しのアキラは、様々な部活動を掛け持ちしていた

I've tried "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when asked by someone, takes part in many extracurricular activities" but I'm tempted to change it to either "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked by someone, takes part in various extracurricular activities" or "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked a favor, takes part in various extracurricular activities" but I'm not sure if that will make it incorrect.

 

[epigene]

How would I go about translating this sentence

頼まれると断れないお人好しのアキラは、様々な部活動を掛け持ちしていた

I've tried "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when asked by someone, takes part in many extracurricular activities" but I'm tempted to change it to either "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked by someone, takes part in various extracurricular activities" or "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked a favor, takes part in various extracurricular activities" but I'm not sure if that will make it incorrect.

All three are basically correct. The nature of the request he receives is implicit in the sentence, so I think you can go with any of them. I prefer the third one, which I think is most natural?

 

[Half-n-Half]

I could be wrong, but since the sentence ends in していた shouldn't it be he "took part in" (the past form) instead of he "takes part in" ?

 

[epigene]

I could be wrong, but since the sentence ends in していた shouldn't it be he "took part in" (the past form) instead of he "takes part in" ?

Oh, yes! Missed that one...

 

[Elizabeth]

How would I go about translating this sentence

頼まれると断れないお人好しのアキラは、様々な部活動を掛け持ちしていた

I've tried "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when asked by someone, takes part in many extracurricular activities" but I'm tempted to change it to either "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked by someone, takes part in various extracurricular activities" or "Akira, a soft-hearted person who can't say no when it comes to being asked a favor, takes part in various extracurricular activities" but I'm not sure if that will make it incorrect.

I think "had taken" part in various extracurricular activities is most technically accurate, but as far as naturalness none of the three strikes me as particularly more correct than the others.

 

[Linn]

Hello....can you please tell me how to say "I'm here for vacation" in Japanese?
Thank you ^__^

 

[Yukiko chan]

「ここで休んでいます。」 (koko de yasunde imasu) is a possible way to say it.

Don't know if it's the best one though...

 

[epigene]

「ここで休んでいます。」 (koko de yasunde imasu) is a possible way to say it.

Don't know if it's the best one though...

That would mean "I'm resting here."

I'm here on vacation would be:
[ここに] 休暇で来ています。
The part in parentheses is omitted, if it can be understood implicitly.

 

[Elizabeth]

"休暇を過ごしにやって来ている" I think would also work if you're interested in impressing anyone with your wordy Japanese. :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

 

[Linn]

Can you please write that in English? I can read Hiragana and some Katakana so this is hard for me T__T

 

[Toritoribe]

Can you please write that in English? I can read Hiragana and some Katakana so this is hard for me T__T

Uh, maybe you wanted to say in ROMAJI?

[ここに] 休暇で来ています。/休暇でここに来ています。
[Koko ni] kyuuka de kiteimasu./Kyuuka de koko ni kiteimasu.

休暇を過ごしにやって来ています。
Kyuuka wo sugoshi ni yatte kiteimasu.

 

[Linn]

Uh, maybe you wanted to say in ROMAJI?
[ここに] 休暇で来ています。/休暇でここに来ています。
[Koko ni] kyuuka de kiteimasu./Kyuuka de koko ni kiteimasu.
休暇を過ごしにやって来ています。
Kyuuka wo sugoshi ni yatte kiteimasu.

lol yup Romaji it is thank you very much

 

[Yukiko chan]

That would mean "I'm resting here."

I'm here on vacation would be:
[ここに] 休暇で来ています。
The part in parentheses is omitted, if it can be understood implicitly.

Erm, I've seen the verb 休む used as an equivalent of having a vacation, does that work only in some contexts?

 

[Toritoribe]

Erm, I've seen the verb 休む used as an equivalent of having a vacation, does that work only in some contexts?

休んでいる has different connotation to 休む/休みをとる. ここで休んでいる means "I'm resting here" as epigene-san pointed out. 休みでここに来ている/休みをとってここに来ている can be used for this case.