Need a word or phrase translated?

[alizda]

domo arigato gozaimasu Golgo 13!!

which one of this words correct?

eigo ga dekimasu? or Eigo wo hanashimasuka?

if i'm not mistaken the meaning is "do you speak english?" am i right?

 

[Elizabeth]

Endtime,

Just that it should be henna hito, not hen no hito, as was already mentioned.

 

[PaulTB]

eigo ga dekimasu? or Eigo wo hanashimasuka?

if i'm not mistaken the meaning is "do you speak english?" am i right?

eigo ga dekimasu?
= Can you do English? [OK I suppose]
Eigo wo hanashimasuka?
= Will you speak English?

Eigo ga hanasemasu ka
= Can you speak English? [Probably the one you were thinking of]

 

[Elizabeth]

XXX ga dekimasuka? seems to be something picked up more from phrase books and intro courses than natural conversation. You could say about yourself, Nihongo ga dekimasu (Japanese is possible for me), Nihongo wo shitte imasu (I know Japanese), Nihongo ga wakarimasu (I understand Japanese -- I can read and interpret) but as an answer dekimasu is too vague to be really useful for any particular situation.

 

[alizda]

Thanks again PaulTB! and to u too Elizabeth.. :emoji_bow:

Actually these 2 words i got from my friends.. sometimes these 2 people had really made me :emoji_smiling_imp: but what to do.. they are my friends..

Itte Kimasu!!

 

[Golgo_13]

Yes, the Slang Master and Liz are both correct.

 

[nay]

Can someone translate this to English?

Gomen ne. Kimi ga yowai desu ne. Demo, watashitachi wa hanasuna.

Thanks.

 

[PaulTB]

Can someone translate this to English?

Gomen ne. Kimi ga yowai desu ne. Demo, watashitachi wa hanasuna.

Thanks.

もう投稿したじゃん？！

 

[PaulTB]

What sort of a 携帯 is a はよ携帯 I wonder?

 

[Golgo_13]

Can someone translate this to English?

Gomen ne. Kimi ga yowai desu ne. Demo, watashitachi wa hanasuna.

Thanks.

Gomen ne = I'm sorry

Kimi ga yowai desu ne = with "ga" as the preposition it's "You are the one who is weak". If you had "wa", then "You are weak."

Demo = but

watashitachi = us

wa hanasuna = If it was "wa hanasanai" we won't let you go. If "Watashitachi o hanasuna"= Don't let us go.

 

[Kentaro]

What sort of a 携帯 is a はよ携帯 I wonder?

はよ (はよう) in old days meant 早く and is still used in some Kansai dialects.
In standard Japanese おはよう(ございます) is the only example I can think of that uses はよ in it. As for はよ携帯, I've never heard of it. Maybe it's something like はよ携帯持って来い。 "Give me my or your Keitai. Quick!"

 

[PaulTB]

はよ (はよう) in old days meant 早く and is still used in some Kansai dialects.
In standard Japanese おはよう(ございます) is the only example I can think of that uses はよ in it. As for はよ携帯, I've never heard of it. Maybe it's something like はよ携帯持って来い。 "Give me my or your Keitai. Quick!"

Aha! That looks very likely. I didn't think of はよ as a possible adverb

Thanks for the info.

 

[Apple Bomb]

I've got one. My friend's mom somehow got the idea that she wanted to have the phrase "bite me" tatooed onto her shoulder in Japanese. She asked me to write it for her so she could get this done, but I tried to explain to her it's not really the same... So does anyone have any suggestions? I guess I could just give her the most literal translation from a dictionary, but does anyone know of the best way to do so, or better yet have any Japanese phrases that are equivalent or similar?

If anyone could help me out, I'm sure she'd be real thankful, and I would remain real confused. Thanks. :gohan:

 

[Golgo_13]

I think "Ajimi Shite!" (味見して!) might be cute. Especially if tattooed on a butt cheek.

As a tattoo it would mean "Have a taste of me!"

"Bite me" won't translate well literally.

Let me know if you need other help.

BTW, welcome to the forum!

 

[Golgo_13]

I've got one. My friend's mom somehow got the idea that she wanted to have the phrase "bite me."
If anyone could help me out, I'm sure she'd be real thankful, and I would remain real confused. Thanks. :gohan:

On second thought, "Kamitsuite!" 噛み付いて! (also 噛付いて! ; both are in the dictionary) (take a bite at me!) might work, too, provided there's also a smiley or something to indicate that it's just a joke. Otherwise, some Japanese person might see it and think your friend's mom is a psycho. There's no such expression as "bite me" in Japanese.

I was first thinking of the verb to bite "Kamu", but that's more like biting and chewing, so it wouldn't have worked. Then I thought of "kamitsuku", to take a bite at, so maybe that might work, too.

Give her the two choices. Maybe she'll use both, one on each shoulder!

 

[Apple Bomb]

Haha thanks a lot, that should help. Just to make sure though, those aren't especially sexually suggestive phrases are they? Also, are they actually used commonly?

 

[mdchachi]

They're used commonly but they're literal translations. One meaning "taste it" and the other meaning "bite it" (this one I hear most commonly when talking about animal bites). Neither of these terms have the "go to hell" or "bug off" connotation that "bite me" does.

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I have a question for this thread. My friend wrote me and said she is happy because she's in love but it's "kataomoi." Does this mean the love is not reciprocated at all? If so, it doesn't seem like much to be happy about.

 

[Kentaro]

I have a question for this thread. My friend wrote me and said she is happy because she's in love but it's "kataomoi." Does this mean the love is not reciprocated at all? If so, it doesn't seem like much to be happy about.

Yes, 片思い means unrequited love. But it doesn't necessarily mean that the person you're 片思いing hates you. It's usually that you're on good terms with that person but s/he just doesn't have the same feeling you have for that person. So there's a chance that you're friend can turn 片思い into 両思い（りょうおもい） and that makes her happy, I guess.

 

[Apple Bomb]

They're used commonly but they're literal translations. One meaning "taste it" and the other meaning "bite it" (this one I hear most commonly when talking about animal bites). Neither of these terms have the "go to hell" or "bug off" connotation that "bite me" does.

Any suggestions for natural japanese phrases with that connotation? Doesn't have to have a thing to do with biting :?

 

[Golgo_13]

All right, Apple Bomb, you're getting to be a . . . over a tattoo . . .

Anyway, if the intention is to say "Kiss off!" or "Screw you," there aren't very many equivalent expressions, but here are some more I thought of:

ほっとけ ! Hottoke! "leave me alone" in an angry tone.

てやんでい! Teyandei! (A contraction of "Nani itte yarundei") What the hell are you talking about! in a colloquial rude manner.

and

文句 有っか? ! Monku akka? (a colloquial form of "Monku aruka?") You gotta problem with that?

The first two might be easier to tattoo since their all in Hiragana

Happy tattooin' !

 

[rokken]

Haha thanks a lot, that should help. Just to make sure though, those aren't especially sexually suggestive phrases are they? Also, are they actually used commonly?

Generally speaking, they used commonly.
But in your friend's mom situation, they change to sexually suggestive phrase.

Especially "味見して" is. This phrase is very rudeness.
"噛みついて" sounds she has a particular taste.

Cheers.

 

[Glenn]

はよ (はよう) in old days meant 早く and is still used in some Kansai dialects.
In standard Japanese おはよう(ございます) is the only example I can think of that uses はよ in it.

めでとう in おめでとう(ございます) is another.

 

[Elizabeth]

めでとう in おめでとう(ございます) is another.

That uses hayo(u), though, not gozaimasu. I can't think of anything else either.

 

[Glenn]

Oh, I was just thinking of that pattern being used, not specifically はよ. Well then, never mind. :emoji_flushed:

 

[Apple Bomb]

All right, Apple Bomb, you're getting to be a . . . over a tattoo . . .

Ha, I know I'm sorry. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, that should do it. Honestly, I could write any random kanji down on a piece of paper and have her get them tatooed on her, and she would probably never find out that it didn't mean what she thought it did. But...I guess I'm just too honest for that

Also, for my own personal relief, I'd rather not have her walking around with some lewd sexual invitation written on her, in the off chance a Japanese person saw it. But again, thanks to all who responded