Need a word or phrase translated?
- Thread starter Buntaro
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歳 means "age" in this case. いい歳/年（を）して is a set phrase, meaning "behaving childish considering one's age".
いい歳してクリスマスに浮かれて･･･
getting carried away with Christmas in spite of your/his/her/my age...
綾波レイ・フォーエヴァーThetered;694743 said:
Ayanami Rei fooevaa
Ayanami Rei Forever
キミに逢えて良かった！
Kimi ni aete yokatta!
I'm glad to meet you!
The creator seems like a fan of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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Rei Yahya
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Thank you for your help in making things sound more natural, I'll take note of it all, it will help me to not sound like a textbook. I just have one question, what purpose is 'nan' serving in the sentence "kurisumasu purezento o tomodachi ni okuru tsumori nan desu ga,"? Is it making the sentence softer? Yoroshiku!
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Giving an explanatory tone; "the reason I ask for help is...".
Rei Yahya
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Ahh, what would be the difference between this and the explanatory no?
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Rei Yahya
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:emoji_blush: I guess I'm just wondering, where's is 'nan' necessary as opposed to no, or are they entirely interchangeable? I think 'nan' is 'na no', and I have yet to find the explanation for 'na no' on Tae Kim's grammar guide, I'm probably not looking at the right place!
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Yeah, due to mojibake. I've just revised the link.
As I wrote in the linked page in the thread, な is from the copula だ/です.
noun/na-adjective
送るつもりだ --> 送るつもりなんです
静かだ --> 静かなんです
verb/i-adjective
送る --> 送るんです
高い --> 高いんです
As I wrote in the linked page in the thread, な is from the copula だ/です.
noun/na-adjective
送るつもりだ --> 送るつもりなんです
静かだ --> 静かなんです
verb/i-adjective
送る --> 送るんです
高い --> 高いんです
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Same thing, it's just that the "desu" may get left off when using "na no", while it is not left off while using "nan".
Rei Yahya
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Ahh, it's finally coming to light! So use of the explanatory no depends on what type of word is preceding it?
Noun
BAD: 箸のだ。
GOOD: 箸なんです。 （箸なんだ。）（箸なの。）
Verb
BAD: 心配するなんです。
GOOD: 心配するのです。 （心配するんだ／です。）（心配するの。）
~Na Adjective
BAD: 新鮮のです。
GOOD: 新鮮なんです。 （新鮮なんだ。）（新鮮なの。）
~I Adjective
BAD: 安いなんです。
GOOD: 安いのです。 （安いんだ／です。）（安いの。）
Noun
BAD: 箸のだ。
GOOD: 箸なんです。 （箸なんだ。）（箸なの。）
Verb
BAD: 心配するなんです。
GOOD: 心配するのです。 （心配するんだ／です。）（心配するの。）
~Na Adjective
BAD: 新鮮のです。
GOOD: 新鮮なんです。 （新鮮なんだ。）（新鮮なの。）
~I Adjective
BAD: 安いなんです。
GOOD: 安いのです。 （安いんだ／です。）（安いの。）
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need help translating this
今日は私の大事な友だちのお誕生日。遠くにいるから直接お祝いはできないので、手紙とささやかなものだけど贈りました。すごく親しい子は偶然皆１２月生まれの奇跡
I managed to understand this much:
"Today is the birthday of my precious friend. Congratulations from far away........something about December......."
今日は私の大事な友だちのお誕生日。遠くにいるから直接お祝いはできないので、手紙とささやかなものだけど贈りました。すごく親しい子は偶然皆１２月生まれの奇跡
I managed to understand this much:
"Today is the birthday of my precious friend. Congratulations from far away........something about December......."
Half-n-Half
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すごく親しい子は偶然皆１２月生まれの奇跡
It's miraculous that such close friends happened to both be born in December.
It's miraculous that such close friends happened to both be born in December.
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Sorry to ask for more, but could you translate the sentence in whole?
My understanding of it is rather fractured and incomplete.
Particularly this part: 遠くにいるから直接お祝いはできないので、手紙とささやかなものだけど 贈りました
My understanding of it is rather fractured and incomplete.
Particularly this part: 遠くにいるから直接お祝いはできないので、手紙とささやかなものだけど 贈りました
Half-n-Half
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"Since we live far apart we can't celebrate together, but I sent you a letter and a small/modest gift."
もの is literally "thing" but in this case it's probably safe to translate it as gift, since "small thing" sounds kinda awkward in English.
もの is literally "thing" but in this case it's probably safe to translate it as gift, since "small thing" sounds kinda awkward in English.
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Something like that. Remember that the な part of なの should be thought of as だ (with a different pronunciation) and it should be more clear.
Expanding on my earlier comment about "same thing", it may help to illustrate the idea by considering something like "it is not" in English. We can contract it to "it's not" or "it isn't"....but never to "it'sn't".
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こんにちは、シロナガスクジラです。私の友達の鳥さんに会いたいですか？
I don't know why the machine translator interpreted "want to meet" as みたす...
トラヘ ウル モノ
捕蝗 〻〻 者
蝗(いなご)を捕（とら）え蝗を捕うる者
the one who catches locusts
Seems like a verse of Bai Juyi's poem.
Rei Yahya
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Thank you, I'll try to keep that in mind. It's a little tricky, because then saying 'nanda' is like saying 'da no da'. Seems a little odd at first. I'll think of it as da instead of another explanatory no though. All my examples were accurate, I hope!
