Sentence Correction and Translation

Iwark · 7 Jan 2007

Minna-san, konnichiwa. ogenki desu ka? koukai wa mou saikai(correct)saseru koto ga aru dake janai. kono sure ni wa mo honyaku shiteru yo.

Here is the sentence:

This lady is the best, but I'm nothing but an inferior. She's rich.
What does this lady has that I don't?

The key sentence is "what does this lady has that I don't ?".
Can anyone translate this? Rei wo shiteimasu.

Glenn · 7 Jan 2007

Funny, this just came up in another thread. Minna-san does not exist (except its use by foreigners); it's either mina-san or mina (I don't think this one's very common, though) or minna.

Don't you mean "what does this lady have that I don't?" Also, what are the two sentences before it supposed to mean? I don't really understand what you're asking for.

Elizabeth · 8 Jan 2007

What does this lady has that I don't?
The key sentence is "what does this lady has that I don't ?".
Can anyone translate this? Rei wo shiteimasu.

Sono onna no hito ha watashi ga motte inai nani wo motte imasuka?

Iwark · 8 Jan 2007

Elizabeth said:
Sono onna no hito ha watashi ga motte inai nani wo motte imasuka?

Naruhodo. arigatou.

Glenn said:
Also, what are the two sentences before it supposed to mean? I don't really understand what you're asking for.

otto. "sentence" janakute. "paragraph" da yo.

Mike Cash · 8 Jan 2007

You presented the three sentences as a single paragraph. Don't blame Glenn if he read it the way you typed it.

undrentide · 8 Jan 2007

edit: .... wrote something based on what I misunderstood. Sorry.
Oh, and the forum system asked me for more filler!!!

Elizabeth · 8 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
Naruhodo. arigatou.

Dou itashimashite. Nihongo de kakemasuka?

PaulTB · 8 Jan 2007

Elizabeth said:
Dou itashimashite. Nihongo de kakemasuka?

「かなで」もしくは「漢字で」
（無駄な文字を書いて投稿拒否を避けておきましょう）

Iwark · 12 Jan 2007

Elizabeth said:
Dou itashimashite. Nihongo de kakemasuka?

kakemasu=to ???????
Do you mean to "lack" nihongo, or to "write" nihongo? If you mean "write", iie nihongo wo kakekunai.
Oops, When I was typing, I though I was replying but I was making another post by mistake. gomen ne.

How can I delete a post? I don't see "delete" on it.

PaulTB · 12 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
kakemasu=to ???????
Do you mean to "lack" nihongo, or to "write" nihongo? If you mean "write", iie nihongo wo kakekunai.

かけくないって。
どのくらい日本語を勉強していますか。

undrentide · 12 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
kakemasu=to ???????
Do you mean to "lack" nihongo, or to "write" nihongo? If you mean "write", iie nihongo wo kakekunai.
Oops, When I was typing, I though I was replying but I was making another post by mistake. gomen ne.

How can I delete a post? I don't see "delete" on it.

kakemasu = to be able to write
negative form is : kakenai
polite form: kakemasen

Elizabeth · 12 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
kakemasu=to ???????
Do you mean to "lack" nihongo, or to "write" nihongo? If you mean "write", iie nihongo wo kakekunai.
Oops, When I was typing, I though I was replying but I was making another post by mistake. gomen ne.
How can I delete a post? I don't see "delete" on it.

Edit button wo tsukatte kudasai.

Iwark · 12 Jan 2007

Elizabeth said:
Edit button wo tsukatte kudasai.

No. I mean if I post another post by Accident. When I made another one by accident, there was no "delete" button. This thread must update a little.

Glenn · 12 Jan 2007

Only mods/advisors can delete posts. I've taken care of it for you.

Iwark · 13 Jan 2007

Glenn said:
Only mods/advisors can delete posts. I've taken care of it for you.

Hontou? Doumo Arigatou gozaimasu.

Iwark · 19 Jan 2007

I couldn't be able to edit the last one because I was too late, so I made another one.

Here's the sentence:

Dai 1 bun: Pokemon sekai no wa shima wa futatsu de aru.

Dai 1 bun (English): In the Pokemon World, there are two Islands.

Dai 2 bun: ore ga micchigattara ore wo shirasete.

Dai 2 bun (English): If there is a mistake, let me know.

If I made a mistake let me know.

bentenmusume · 19 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
Dai 1 bun: Pokemon sekai no wa shima wa futatsu de aru.

ポケモンの世界には島が二つある。
Pokemon no sekai ni wa shima ga futatsu aru.
In the Pokemon World, there are two islands.

...or possibly:
ポケモンの世界は二つの島から成（な）っている。
Pokemon no sekai wa futatsu no shima kara natte iru.
The Pokemon World is made up of (or 'comprised of') two islands.

Iwark said:
Dai 2 bun: ore ga micchigattara ore wo shirasete.
Dai 2 bun (English): If there is a mistake, let me know.

Mistake is 'machigai' (that's a noun, the verb form would be 'machigau' or 'machigaeru'), not 'micchi'-anything.

間違いがあったら教えてください。
Machigai ga attara oshiete kudasai.
If there are any mistakes, please tell me.

In Japanese, you generally avoid using pronouns when it can be understood from context who you're talking about. Otherwise it sounds strange, like you're emphasizing yourself unnecessarily. ("If ***I*** make any mistakes, tell ***ME*** -- not anyone else, ***ME***!")

(But I'm not a native speaker and am open to corrections as well.)

Iwark · 19 Jan 2007

jt_ said:
In Japanese, you generally avoid using pronouns when it can be understood from context who you're talking about. Otherwise it sounds strange, like you're emphasizing yourself unnecessarily.

Naruhodo. Doumo arigatou gozaiamsu.

Iwark · 26 Jan 2007

Here is the next sentences:

dai 1 bun : Masuta- bo-ru wa 2 ken desu.=You got two Master Balls.

dai 2 bun : Omae no hazu wa otona ni shiru koto da.=You're suppose to act like an adult.

If I made a mistake, let me know.

PaulTB · 26 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
Here is the next sentences:
dai 1 bun : Masuta- bo-ru wa 2 ken desu.=You got two Master Balls.
dai 2 bun : Omae no hazu wa otona ni shiru koto da.=You're suppose to act like an adult.
If I made a mistake, let me know.

Sentence 1. Grammar messed up and balls aren't counted in "ken".
Sentence 2. Grammar messed up.

Iwark · 26 Jan 2007

PaulTB said:
Sentence 1. Grammar messed up and balls aren't counted in "ken".
Sentence 2. Grammar messed up.

Then what is the correct translation? Can you please tell me?

Anyway Here is another sentence :

Kono ge-mu wa saiaku mazue-=this game is the baddest.

If there is a mistake, let me know.

PaulTB · 26 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
Then what is the correct translation? Can you please tell me?

I could tell you. However I don't like to waste my time so I would like to know, and see demonstrated, that you are actually trying to learn Japanese in a sensible fashion.

Anyway Here is another sentence :
Kono ge-mu wa saiaku mazue-=this game is the baddest.
If there is a mistake, let me know.

'Baddest' means 'good' (in young person casual slang). 'saiaku mazue' is misspelled and doesn't have the same slang meaning.

Iwark · 26 Jan 2007

PaulTB said:
I could tell you. However I don't like to waste my time so I would like to know, and see demonstrated, that you are actually trying to learn Japanese in a sensible fashion.
'Baddest' means 'good' (in young person casual slang). 'saiaku mazue' is misspelled and doesn't have the same slang meaning.

I mean "worst" as in "the worst of all time"(saiaku saite-).

this game is the worstest=kono ge-mu wa saiaku saite-.

undrentide · 26 Jan 2007

Iwark said:
I mean "worst" as in "the worst of all time"(saiaku saite-).

this game is the worstest=kono ge-mu wa saiaku saite-.

Both "saiaku" and "saitei" means the same, "worst".
You'd better use just one of them, if you just mean "worst", though "saiaku, saitei" is quite understandable.

Mikawa Ossan · 26 Jan 2007

Saiaku literally means "the worst" whereas saitei literally means "the lowest".

I often hear saitei used when referring to someone or something underhanded, like in "Man, that was low!" (Omae, saitei datta zo.)

I think that if you want to say that a game was the worst of all time, saiaku would be better, unless there's another nuance that you want to add.

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