[goodvibrations]

May someone give me an informal translation of the following?

"I'm so glad that you're here to listen to me"

[sagejin.]

right

Hiko means prince?

and what does setsuni mean?

thanks bye.

[Silent Tears]

anata no koto daisuki basically means " I like you ". I dont know what "shitiru" means, but it's probably a typo, so I'm guessing, you're saying "shiteru no ka", which means, don't/do you know ?

anata no koto daisauki, shiteru no ka? = Don't/Do you know that I like you?

Ore ja nai , means " [It's] Not me"(said by a guy, as some guys say "Ore", instead of the more polite "Boku").

Thanks so much ^^

[azuGurl]

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習う方法って人にもよるけど、せっかく日本にいるんだから遠慮なく一生懸命日本人と話したりするように頑張った方がたしかだと思います、、漢字とかはオーストラリアにいるときでもいつでも勉強できるもんだし、必ず先生がいなきゃならないってわけでもないですから。テレビを見たりすることも聞き取れる力に役に立つけど、やっぱり最も必要なのは話せるかどうかってことだと思います。　とにかく帰国してから日本に半年以上もいたことがあるって経験があるから、また大学ででも日本語の授業を取ればきっとそういう経験をしてない人よりずっと優れるはず : ]

さて、ちょっと訂正させてもらいます！
文歩　－＞　文法　「ぶんぽ」じゃなくて「ぶんぽう」　
嬉しいだ　－＞　「嬉しい」だけで良い、または「嬉しいです」、でも「嬉しいだ」「楽しいだ」「忙しいだ」とかは言わない

素晴らしい日本語 : D

お返事ありがとう！文法も分かった！＝）　一所懸命分けるように電子辞書を使った！（ところで、ホスト親はよく冗談をかわして、私が日本語を読むとき、英語を読んでる日本人に見たいと言われてる。。。ハハハ）

私もたくさん日本語で話したいだけど、今は夏休みだから、家ではホストブラザが二人にいるんだけだ。。。その二人は、まだまだ難しいと思う。話したくないと、まだ恥ずかしいそうだ。態度もちょっと変　（例えば、家の仕事を何も手伝わないと、よく両親に怒られる）。ちょっと残念よね？もったいない。

でも、できるだけ、たくさん話したらいいね。　＝）

　

[keczianthei]

how do you type .. "ore wa homo ja nai" (is this right?) in japanese characters? thanks..

[rikuu]

how do you type .. "ore wa homo ja nai" (is this right?) in japanese characters? thanks..

ah, a quote from hana kimi.

umm, if I'm not wrong - the MOST BASIC from of typing this would be 「おれは ほも じゃない」.
somebody can correct me by putting in the appropriate kanji. ^___^

about kanji, I have a few questions; -
when do you know EXACTLY when to convert the basic characters to kanji?
like,「せかい」 as compared to 「世界」?
do you have a way of learning kanji quickly?

[Debussy]

rikuu: I think most of the time kanji is used for nearly everything, where as hiragana is only used when the kanji is being conjugated (yes, it can be) to past tense for ex., where there is the kanji with hiragana trailing after it, or as particles. If you look through mangas or read the paper, you'll be able to see what I'm talking about.

I have Tuttle's flashcards, which help somewhat. But reading manga and a kanji dictionary seems to be more helpful than that.

Also, how do you type in Japanese characters on this board???? I can see the characters, but don't know how to be able to type them.

and what does setsuni mean?

do you mean setsunai?, which just means "lonely".

May someone give me an informal translation of the following?

"I'm so glad that you're here to listen to me"

anata ga koko ni kittekurete honto ni yokatta.

I guess that's less polite/informal. Usually I'd use the ndesu form for yokatta.

anata ga koko ni kittekurete honto ni yokkatta'n desu.

If I'm wrong, someone correct me :/

[maboroshi]

about kanji, I have a few questions; -
when do you know EXACTLY when to convert the basic characters to kanji?
like,「せかい」 as compared to 「世界」?
do you have a way of learning kanji quickly?

it helps if you know another asian language cuz theyre mostly pretty simular

example 1: world
japanese: sekai
korean: segye
chinese (canto): saigai

example 2: time
japanese: jikan
korean: shigan
chinese (canto): sigan

example 3: sugar
japanese: satou
korean: solttang
chinese: satang

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programs for inputting kanji:
NJStar Communicator

[Debussy]

I think rikuu means memorizing them, or learning how to write them, though... , you really have the choice to pick and choose when to write kanji. If you know the kanji, use it. If you don't, it's safe to just spell it out in hiragana.

[Tamago86]

anata ga koko ni kittekurete honto ni yokatta.

I guess that's less polite/informal. Usually I'd use the ndesu form for yokatta.

anata ga koko ni kittekurete honto ni yokkatta'n desu.

If I'm wrong, someone correct me :/

kitte is cut (kiru)
kiite is listen (kiku)

kiitekureru hito ga ite ureshii

[FISHSELLS]

こんばんは。

あたしは　ｼﾞﾝです。　二十歳です。　誕生日は　11月２２日です。　
あたしは　日本語が　とても　大好きです。でも、　たくさん　べんきょうがいりますね。

みんなさん、日本語をれんしゅうしましょう！



ど～ぞよろしく♪

[onewhite lie]

How do we say 'I'm a genius" in Japanese?

[Psychotic Otaku]

^ Watashi wa tensai desu.

[luppy3]

７月２５日の日記でダイエットマニュアルについて日記を書きました。

その後、沢山のコメント、質問メッセージを頂きまして、みなさんとても関心を持たれたようです。


その後、何人もの方が購入された様で、みなさん頑張ってられます。

私としてはこれらのマニュアルを使ってみて分からない事がありましたら、できるだけアドバイスできたら良いなと思っています。

私はこれらのマニュアルで順調にダイエットが進んで１月で約－５Ｋｇを達成することができました。

目標までにはあともう少しですが、このまま頑張りたいと思います。

luppy3さんも一緒にがんばりましょうね！

can anyone translate this for me?
is it something about diet?

[maharu.]

Well i understand japanese so...

'I wrote a diary about a diet manual on july 25th.

After that, it seems many people took interest in it because there were a lot of comments and messages that asked questions.

After that, couple of people purchased the product and everyone is trying their best.

For me, I would like to give as much advices as possible if there were questions when using this manual.

I actually used this manual and I did my dieting and in a month, I lost about 5 kgs.

It's almost to my goal point, but I would like to continue doing this.

Let's work hard together lubby3!

[luppy3]

thanks a lot~!^^
now i know what she is trying to tell me

[onewhite lie]

Psychotic Otaku - Thank you!
I've always wondered about that.

[twinkle_l0ve]

would someone like to translate a letter into Japanese for me?
my japanese skills arent that great yet >_<;
because its private i'd rather not post it just yet~
if you're interested please pm me
thanks!

[fwnc_b!]

こんばんは。

あたしは　ｼﾞﾝです。　二十歳です。　誕生日は　11月２２日です。　
あたしは　日本語が　とても　大好きです。でも、　たくさん　べんきょうがいりますね。

みんなさん、日本語をれんしゅうしましょう！



ど～ぞよろしく♪

i think you mean わたし (watashi) instead of あたし(atashi) ?

[dr jung]

i think you mean わたし (watashi) instead of あたし(atashi) ?

atashi is a step down from watashi. less formal. like ore is less formal than boku.