Need a word or phrase translated?

[Damicci]

maybe
ほか に だれか
Basing this of of
ほか に なにか which is anything else

 

[Andromedashun]

白髪が少ないおかげで若く見られることが多い。

Thanks to having little white hairs that the things which are young that I've seen are many.

I can't understand the second phrase (from 若く...) What is it that the speaker try to explain?

 

[Toritoribe]

白髪が少ないおかげで（自分が/は）若く見られることが多い。

What form do you think 見られる is?
Haven't you learned the structure ～ことが多い?

 

[Andromedashun]

What form do you think 見られる is?
Haven't you learned the structure ～ことが多い?

Ofcourse 見られる is passive. ことが多い means ''often'' as I check an online dictionary.

Maybe something like: ''I often seen myself young (in the mirror)''?

 

[Toritoribe]

The target of 見られる(i.e., the subject of 見る) is not "I". How about this?

白髪が少ないおかげで（自分が/は他人から）若く見られることが多い。

 

[Andromedashun]

Oops OK then it should be: I am often seen/consider young by other people.

Thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yes, that's right. 若く means more likely 年より若く "younger than my real age" in this case, though. (A man who could have white hair is usually not "young", isn't he?;-))

 

[Elizabeth]

Yes, that's right. 若く means more likely 年より若く "younger than my real age" in this case, though. (A man who could have white hair is usually not "young", isn't he?;-))

年より若く Is that the same implication as 年 no wari ni ha 若く ?

 

[Andromedashun]

先に行ってて

I go first.

I knew that 行ってて is actually 行っていて but is it a simple slang or an abbreviation of something?
I find it's strange that a sentence end in て form. Isn't it suppose to connect sentence?

 

[Glenn]

I'm pretty sure that's "you go first," with an implication that the listener is being told to arrive first.

 

[Elizabeth]

先に行ってて

I go first.

I knew that 行ってて is actually 行っていて but is it a simple slang or an abbreviation of something?
I find it's strange that a sentence end in て form. Isn't it suppose to connect sentence?

It's the 'command' version of どうぞお先に行ってください.

 

[mrvonungarn]

Hello!
How to say: It's possible to (you can) see the fish swimming in the clear water.
the fish swimming = oyogi sakana - is it right?

 

[Toritoribe]

No. What do you translate "the fish is swimming"? You can get the answer by nominalizing it.

 

[Mike Cash]

It's the 'command' version of どうぞお先に行ってください.

There must be another name for it. It is an abbreviated polite statement. The command form is something else entirely.

 

[Glenn]

I think you're thinking of the imperative. A statement can be a command without use of the imperative, like "now!" or 速く！ At least that's what I remember from a discussion held years ago at the TYJ message board.

 

[Toritoribe]

先に行ってて

I go first.

I knew that 行ってて is actually 行っていて but is it a simple slang or an abbreviation of something?
I find it's strange that a sentence end in て form. Isn't it suppose to connect sentence?

Usage

• As a simple command:
  • 食べて Tabete: "Eat."
  • 読んで Yonde: "Read."

Japanese verb conjugation

先に行ってください is different from the OP's original sentence 先に行ってて. Unlike 行って（ください）, 行ってて is the -te form of 行っている and implies "I will go later", as Glenn-san pointed out.

 

[mrvonungarn]

I wanted to translate the whole phrase, I just tried to translate by myself, but it's still rather difficult

 

[Toritoribe]

You are learning Japanese and want to improve your ability, not just want the answer, don't you? To answer my quetion is a way to reach your goal.

年より若く Is that the same implication as 年 no wari ni ha 若く ?

In that sentence, yes.

 

[mrvonungarn]

You are learning Japanese and want to improve your ability, not just want the answer, don't you? To answer my quetion is a way to reach your goal.

hmmm, I translated it like
泳ぐ魚 が良く見える
but I'm not sure whether it's possible

 

[Elizabeth]

Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

先に行ってください is different from the OP's original sentence 先に行ってて. Unlike 行って（ください）, 行ってて is the -te form of 行っている and implies "I will go later", as Glenn-san pointed out.

Oh, yes. I totally wasn't thinking. It means I have something to stop for go ahead without me. お先にどうぞ or a variation would be more like you first at a 公共の場 or some kind of line situation.

 

[Toritoribe]

hmmm, I translated it like
泳ぐ魚 が良く見える
but I'm not sure whether it's possible

Not bad, but 良く modifies 見える in your sentsence. Thus, it means "You can see clearly".
Haven't you learned the nominalizer の/こと?

 

[Elizabeth]

You are learning Japanese and want to improve your ability, not just want the answer, don't you? To answer my quetion is a way to reach your goal.

hmmm, I translated it like
泳ぐ魚 が良く見える
but I'm not sure whether it's possible

(In the clear water ....水中 Is this what you meant by 良く? )で魚が泳いでいるのが見えますか :?

 

[mrvonungarn]

Not bad, but 良く modifies 見える in your sentsence. Thus, it means "You can see clearly".
Haven't you learned the nominalizer の/こと?

"you can see clearly" is just what I need
I had much more hesitance 'bout "swimming fish"

 

[Toritoribe]

Really? It seems to me that "You can see it clearly in the water" is different from "You can see it in the clear water".
How about my question about the nominalizer? The answer could change depending on it.

 

[mrvonungarn]

I try to do translation according to my studying plan from russian via english ('cause there are only English sites and forums which can help)and version with "clearly" is much closer to the original text
I studied "no"
and I'm not very sure about ''koto"