You need to choose the correct nominalizer for the verb in the main clause.Noobish question. How do I verb someone doing a verb? Hope that makes sense. Example, I'm watching my brother playing football. Would it be:
今弟がサッカーをするのを見ています。
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Something like that?
彼女が出て行ったことを彼に話した。
おもしろいですよ。 I didn't know there were more nominalizers other than の. Thanks for the information.
ところで、意味は何ですか。 "(I) Spoke to him about her departure (exiting and going)"? 全部ことばをわかります。 I'm just curious if I'm on the right track.
。。。私の日本語はちがったら、なおしてください。
出て行く indeed is a combination of 出る＋行く but in this context "to leave" sounds more natural, I think.
おもしろいですよ。
Grammatically correct.
But this sounds more like telling something you're explaining "it's interesting" (e.g. you saw a film and saying おもしろいですよ to your friend thus "you should see it")
When expressing your feeling (impressed, moved, etc.) おもしろいですね。 may sound more natural and common.
ところで、意味は何ですか。全部ことばをわかります。 →ことばは全部わかります。
You understand all the words but do not understand the meaning of the sentence.
Then particle は should be used to make contrast or limitation...
ことばは全部わかりますが、文の意味はわかりません。
(I can understand as far as all the individual words are concerned, but I do not understand when it comes to them as a sentence.)
undrentide;670507 said:私の日本語はちがったら、なおしてください。→私の日本語が間違っていたら
これからもがんばってくださいね！
Yeah, なら works perfectly fine.I still have issues with that sometimes...would なら also work here as in: 「ことばなら全部分かりますが、文の意味は分かりません。」
Without いく 出る just means "exit" (basically), but can also mean "appear in", as in 試合に出る. 出て行く means more specifically "leave (and go away from where the speaker is)." There's also 出てくる, which means "leave (and go towards where the speaker is)." It may be easier to think of them as "go out" and "come out", respectively.
About 私の日本語が間違ったら, here this が is the "neutral description が". It's not acting in a way related to topics or focuses, it's just more like "this happened" (although it's more like "if this happens" in your example). This is another reason they're tricky.
これからも means "also from now on", as in you've been sticking to it up until now, and she wants to you continue to stick with it from now on as well.
「これからも」というのはどういう意味ですか
I'm confused about the どういう意味 part....well actually it's all a bit confusing :sorry:
If you used は I think it gives the odd sort of impression that it is the Japanese that is making the error instead of a speaker in the language.I knew about the "appear in" meaning of 出る. How about using 去る in this case, would it mean the same or is there a different nuance?
So it's sort of like が when used with 好き then?
彼女が去ったことを彼に話した sounds like a literary(non-conversational) expression, and often connotes "she'll never come back".How about using 去る in this case, would it mean the same or is there a different nuance?
So then, the いう in どういう意味ですか, is like the という which defines how/what something is called(e.g. 明子という友だち)?
So could an incredibly literal translation of どういう意味ですか be "how is the meaning called"? I know that literal translations aren't the greatest things (usually), I'm just trying to see how the words fit together.
［4］ （副詞「こう」「そう」「ああ」「どう」に「いう」「いった」が付いて）…のような、の意の連体修飾句をつくる。
こう―・う病気にはこの薬が効く
「いう」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書３ 副詞「こう」「そう」「ああ」「どう」に「いう」「いった」が付いた形で体言に続けて、…のような、…の類の、の意を表す。「ああ―・う場所には近づくな」
◆3の、「こういう」「そういう」「ああいう」 「どういう」はまとまった一語として連体詞と考える。
Thus, こういう/そういう/ああいう/どういう can be considered as a single word (attribute), meaning "this/that/what kind of", as already pointed out.
The meaning is the same, but どういう is just much more common with 意味. I don't know anywhere you can absolutely not use one or the other.Then is it safe to assume that どういう has a different nuance or usage than どんな? This was the main reason why I wasn't sure of the meaning of どういう, because I've always seen どんな to be "what kind"...
たんごをもっと習わなくちゃいけませんよ。lol
The meaning is the same, but どういう is just much more common with 意味. I don't know anywhere you can absolutely not use one or the other.
どんな is more frequent between friends in some cases (although could also be slightly disparaging depending on context). Politeness is so important in Japanese even among friends, but people still use casual ways to say things - if that helps at all.Ahh okay. Then I take it that they're equivalent in politeness as well?
I've been taking over threads quite a bit lately...I hope that at the very least, the original topic creators are getting their questions answered.
By the way, I think you should have used ね instead of よ again in your たんごをもっと習わなくちゃいけませんよ。
When in doubt, try them together lol. よね is actually used a lot in combination to get the emphasis across and then soften it up a bit without coming across as talking down to your audience - especially online where it is difficult to asses the listeners knowledge.GAH!!! Really? lol Geez I'm really having problems with that. Have any tips on how to practice with ね and よ?
Except that いけません sounds somehow discordant with なくちゃ maybe because it is a more formal ending than です and なくちゃ is primarily conversational. I only know I don't hear it nearly as often as "~~なくちゃ(いけない).Haha, yeah, よね is good because it's like "I think this... what do you think?/do you agree?"
Although, I don't find 習わなくちゃいけません to be unnatural. It seems to be similar to そんなことやっちゃだめですよ. I think that perhaps 学ぶ or 勉強する would be better in this instance, though.