Some questions regarding the sentence structure

[xawntan]

Hello all, I am new to this forum.
I'm staying in Japan for 3 months and I'm currently learning the Japanese grammar.
Being here for a month, I'm still unable to communicate with the Japanese T.T
I have a few questions regarding the sentence structure. It always confuses me when I want to construct a complex sentence with two clauses.


For Japanese sentences with 2 clauses (C1, C2), are they always read as (C2, C1) in English?


For example:
泣いた方がいい急ぎ過ぎてるかな
*It's from the song 曖昧.
C1 [泣いた方がいい] (would it be better to cry)
C2 [急ぎ過ぎてる]かな (I wonder if it is too hurry)
My translation: I wonder would it be better to be too hurry to cry


Another example:
この恋諦めて終わりにすればいいの
C1 [この恋諦めて] (Give up this love)
C2 [終わりにすればいいの] (Is it better to end)
My translation: Is it better to end and give up this love.
Am I right? :s

One more question- How to say this sentence in Japanese?
"Being here (in Japan) for a month, I'm still unable to communicate with the Japanese"
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Mike Cash]

The first example isn't one sentence made of two clauses. That's two separate things run together.

 

[Toritoribe]

The order of words/clauses are often changed from the normal one, especially in lyrics. For instance, you can say 終わりにすればいいの この恋を諦めて without changing the meaning. In fact, the normal order of a verse サヨナラなんて 出来ない このままでは is このままではサヨナラなんて出来ない. The key is the conjugation of verbs/adjectives like 諦めて, or particles like では.

How to say this sentence in Japanese?
"Being here (in Japan) for a month, I'm still unable to communicate with the Japanese"

What's your translation?

 

[xawntan]

Thank you for your reply.
So it will still be the same meaning regardless of the order?
For example
いま、傘を買ってるコンビニに行ってる
いま、コンビニ行ってる傘を買ってる
Is that right?

Another question:
What does the まま in ままでは mean? I could not find its translation @@

My translation:
日本に一ヶ月いる、僕は日本人と話すできない
Not sure how to structure the first part. :/

 

[Toritoribe]

Thank you for your reply.
So it will still be the same meaning regardless of the order?
For example
いま、傘を買ってるコンビニに行ってる
いま、コンビニ行ってる傘を買ってる
Is that right?

I said about compound sentences and complex sentences especially the latter ones, since you used the term "clause". Those are just two simple sentences as same as 泣いた方がいい 急ぎ過ぎてるかな, as Mike-san pointed out, but yes, those are basically the same in meaning.

Another question:
What does the まま in ままでは mean? I could not find its translation @@

まま - goo辞書

My translation:
日本に一ヶ月いる、僕は日本人と話すできない
Not sure how to structure the first part. :/

話すできない is completely wrong. Haven't you ever learned how to make the potential form of verbs?

 

[xawntan]

Thank you!
Oh I forgot about that form, so it is日本に一ヶ月いる、僕は日本人と話せる。

ありがとうございます！

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[Toritoribe]

Don't you know what 僕は日本人と話せる means? Shouldn't it be the negative form?

Not to mention about it doesn't always mean it is correct. "Being here (in Japan) for a month" implies the adversative conjunction like "Although I have been here", isn't it? What conjunction is used for it?