How do I say "I want to be free"?
Watashi ......-tai jiyyu.
Wat shud I add in front of "-tai"? And, is the sentence correct? Pls help me to correct it. Domo.
Watashi wa jiyuu ni naritakute "kotsuboe" kaze.
Is this correct? I'm trying to say "I want to be free just like the wind.". Now the sentence I juz built above is really getting strange. Plz help me. Thanks!
Tada is "merely as" or "only like."undrentide said:Hmmm what do you mean with "kotsuboe"???
Anyway, "just like the wind" can be translated as "kaze no you ni" ~ no you ni means "like ~".
I cannot think of good translation for the word "just" - maybe "tada"?
Whether it fits or not depends on the context.
Watashi wa kazeno you ni jiyuu ni naritai.
I want to be free like the wind.
Thank you Elizabeth san for your nice follow up.Elizabeth;460991 said:Tada is "merely as" or "only like."
Just like I think should be "全く。。。のよう" "まるで。。。のよう。。"
Domo.Is there a spacing between "kaze" and "no"?
Watashi wa kaze no you ni jiyuu ni naritai.
or
Watashi wa kazeno you ni jiyuu ni naritai.
It may be because it comes out as if it were "thoroughly/completely/entirely like the wind," or "I want to be free (to act) as if I were the wind"undrentide said:Thank you Elizabeth san for your nice follow up.
I agree that "just like the wind" can be translated as まるで風のよう（に）.
But when "I want to be free" is added,
（私は）まるで風のようになりたい does not sound right to me....
Same about まったく.
They are two words so 'Kaze no you' is correct. But no worries, we can understand either perfectly!koruru;460998 said:Thanks a lot for the explanation. I'm happy with the sentence even the 'just' is omitted.
Anyway, can anyone help me with this?
Domo.
風と同じように / 'kaze to onaji you ni' would fit 'just like the wind'.Anyway, "just like the wind" can be translated as "kaze no you ni" ~ no you ni means "like ~".
I cannot think of good translation for the word "just" - maybe "tada"?
Two purposes:... what nuance would "just" add...?
風と同じように is more akin to "similar to the wind" in my opinion.Supervin;461070 said:Two purposes:
a) 'Just like' increases the extent of similarity and exactness. 'Like' is merely similar.
b) Using 'just like' gives more focus on the object of comparison, i.e. the wind. It also shifts emphasis of the sentence to the end.
This was why I wrote 風と同じように for 'just like the wind'. If it were 'like the wind', it would be 風のように.
How much did you pay for this dictionary ?How to say 'my room'?
Watashi no ......
I found 'yutori', 'kutsurogi', 'ru-mu', 'yoyuu', 'kuuseki', 'heya', 'ma' from the dictionary but which one to use? I only know 'ru-mu' is the loan word for 'room' and not sure about the rest. Pls guide me. Thanks!