G grandkodiak 先輩 Joined 21 Jan 2009 Messages 36 Reaction score 0 4 Jan 2010 #1 How would you use shindoi as a personal expression... would しんどい be enough or would you have to end it with desu?
How would you use shindoi as a personal expression... would しんどい be enough or would you have to end it with desu?
Harvey 先輩 Joined 10 Jun 2002 Messages 466 Reaction score 9 4 Jan 2010 #2 If you're feeling really tired you can just say, しんどい！ Since しんどい is such a casual expression it is rarely followed by です which is a formal ending. I have heard, しんどいねん a lot in Kansai. Or, しんどいな。
If you're feeling really tired you can just say, しんどい！ Since しんどい is such a casual expression it is rarely followed by です which is a formal ending. I have heard, しんどいねん a lot in Kansai. Or, しんどいな。
nice gaijin Resident Realist Moderator Donor Twenty-year veteran Joined 8 Aug 2005 Messages 7,316 Reaction score 3,727 4 Jan 2010 #3 the usage of desu is a matter of formality. Shindoi by itself would just be understood as "I'm tired"
the usage of desu is a matter of formality. Shindoi by itself would just be understood as "I'm tired"
G grandkodiak 先輩 Joined 21 Jan 2009 Messages 36 Reaction score 0 4 Jan 2010 Thread starter #4 gracias amigos