Verbs

Tomii515 · 19 Aug 2007

I was wondering

So you wanted to say a sentence with two verbs, but they are both verbs. Like, in 'I like to eat' (technically 'I like eating', so 'to eat' is turned into a noun) you'd use 'koto', right?

Well, but about something like...

I understand what you're saying.

Or something like that? Is there a special way? A special particle?

I know 'to' is used for like 'think' 'say' etc.

Is there any special way or special particle I should know to be able to do this?

Thanks

-Tommy

JimmySeal · 19 Aug 2007

I understand what you're saying.
あなたが言っていることはわかる。

Tomii515 · 20 Aug 2007

Oh wow really? I guess that answers my question XD

What confused me was because my Japanese friend said i said it wrong, and she corrected it as (I THINK):

I don't understand what you said
何を言ったか分からない

or something./.. i dont remember exactly

Elizabeth · 20 Aug 2007

JimmySeal said:
I understand what you're saying.
あなたが言っていることはわかる。

For some reason this sounds more natural...
あなたの（が）言っていることがわかる。

I was wondering. So you wanted to say a sentence with two verbs, but they are both verbs. Like, in 'I like to eat' (technically 'I like eating', so 'to eat' is turned into a noun) you'd use 'koto', right?

But in general conversation, you say 食べるのが好き。

I don't understand what you said
何を言ったか分からない

こと？

Because it's a totally different pattern with the negative "What did you say ?? I don't understand" (embedded question) and affirmative "The thing you are saying I understand."

Apheleon · 20 Aug 2007

eliz: 食べるのが好き。"I like what can be eaten(food)" ?? or 食べることが好きです。

What did you say? 何て言ったの or 何言ってんの ? or are these just for dialogue?

Tomii515 · 20 Aug 2007

Elizabeth said:
For some reason this sounds more natural...
あなたの（が）言っていることがわかる。

Yeah i know about 'no'.

and i understand what you mean now. thanks

Elizabeth · 20 Aug 2007

Tomii515 said:
Yeah i know about 'no'.

すみません....時々, 本当に文法やを間違っているのかよくわからないので..

Verbs

Tomii515

やった～！

JimmySeal

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Tomii515

やった～！

Elizabeth

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Apheleon

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Tomii515

やった～！

Elizabeth

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