Want to confirm Meishi Doushi

Jericho Desu

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• 9 Dec 2008

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Hey guys, I'm at uni so can't type in Japanese so bare with me.

Anyway I want to know about Meishi and Doushi, my teachers were trying to explain it to me but they only speak in Japanese so its hard to get a straight answer out of them that I can understand. I believe Meishi is like the names of things and Doushi is the name of actions or something to do with 'doing things'. I would appreciate any help to clear this up.

 

undrentide

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• 10 Dec 2008

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I think you got them right.
Meishi = noun
Doushi = verb

 

Damicci

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• 10 Dec 2008

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fukushi = Adverb
keiyoushi = Adjective

 

Mike Cash

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• 10 Dec 2008

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Nice job undermining the instructors' teaching method.

 

nice gaijin

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• 10 Dec 2008

• #5

It helps to look at the characters for the words:
Meishi = 名詞
Doushi = 動詞

 

Damicci

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• 10 Dec 2008

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Meh this info is all over the internet. We just helped him be a little bit more lazy. :/

 

Jericho Desu

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Mike Cash said:

Nice job undermining the instructors' teaching method.

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Yes well since I pay for the classes I'd rather spend 1 min understanding something alittle difficult using english then half the class on that one thing, btw thanks for posting.

Damicci said:

Meh this info is all over the internet. We just helped him be a little bit more lazy. :/

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Yes, thanks for that helpful comment.

Oh and thank you (really) to those who helped.

 

Last edited: 10 Dec 2008