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#4352
Posted 24 July 2008 - 02:20 PM
'do i know you?'
or
'are we friends?'
Are we friends?
私たち友達ですか
watashi tachi tomodachi desu ka
My Japanese is rusty so I might be wrong. >_<
#4354
Posted 24 July 2008 - 10:52 PM
友達になりましょう :)
Tomodachi ni nari-mashou :)
Note: The smily face is of great importance
#4355
Posted 25 July 2008 - 04:32 AM
also how do you write
1. This is my niece
2.this is my nephew
3. that is my brother
4.that is my brothers girlfriend
5.that is my friends daughter
also how do you write
would you like to go out for some milk tea with pearl?
#4356
Posted 25 July 2008 - 03:22 PM
Tomodachi ni nari-mashou :)
Note: The smily face is of great importance
Thank you =) I've always wanted to know when to change verbs into different forms. なる means "become" right? Why is it changed to nari in this case? Or is なります a ます verb itself?
#4357
Posted 26 July 2008 - 08:27 AM
私たち友達ですか
watashi tachi tomodachi desu ka
My Japanese is rusty so I might be wrong. >_<
I don't think I'd say 「私たち友達ですか」 If you actually don't know the person it sounds kinda weird lol.. if you are trying to ask like, do I know you from somewhere? you should say something like すみませんがどこかで会いましたか? which is like "excuse me but have we met before?" But you need to explain more of the situation though so I can't say if it's right haha.
And I'll try to help explain mashou.. it's the same verb naru which in masu form is = narimasu .. when you add "shou" on the end of the masu verb form it means "lets _ " . or So, you just changed the su part to shou. tabemashou, nomimasu, shimashou etc.
ってかなんか会話を始めましょうか?質問だけを答えるのはつまらないでしょう? 自己紹介(じこしょうかい)とかしましょうか? (and that's all in shou form LOL) it's used a lot! (but deshou isn't lets, it means isn't it)
#4358
Posted 26 July 2008 - 04:17 PM
And I'll try to help explain mashou.. it's the same verb naru which in masu form is = narimasu .. when you add "shou" on the end of the masu verb form it means "lets _ " . or So, you just changed the su part to shou. tabemashou, nomimasu, shimashou etc.
ってかなんか会話を始めましょうか?質問だけを答えるのはつまらないでしょう? 自己紹介(じこしょうかい)とかしましょうか? (and that's all in shou form LOL) it's used a lot! (but deshou isn't lets, it means isn't it)
oo thanks for the explanation ^^ i always wondered doesn't the shou part mean "isn't it?" haha
#4359
Posted 27 July 2008 - 01:45 PM
and whats this im referring to whether its hirigana katakana kanji
im taking a guess and saying is katakana omgggg i need help studying because im a self studier until i find a online class to take because i work
久々にシャワーではなくお風呂入りました。
また後でー。


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#4361
Posted 27 July 2008 - 02:21 PM
Because translating Korean to Japanese is so much easier than translating English to Japanese. If anyone wants to help me with this message I'm trying to write, Please PM me.
Thank you! <3
#4362
Posted 27 July 2008 - 03:44 PM
#4363
Posted 29 July 2008 - 01:51 AM
can anyone please type "japan" in japanese characters? thanks much!

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#4364
Posted 29 July 2008 - 03:59 AM
I think it would be "tsuyoku nareru: 強くなれる"
二本: nihon; Japan
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#4365
Posted 29 July 2008 - 04:06 AM
can anyone please type "japan" in japanese characters? thanks much!
二本: nihon; Japan
--angel
Wrong, sorry
日本
二本 would mean two objects. But only certain objects, like pencils. But I digress.
Japan is Nihon; 日本
#4366
Posted 29 July 2008 - 04:49 AM
#4367
Posted 29 July 2008 - 05:05 AM
-bon is not a generally used suffix. It is more like a diminutive, usually used when forming nicknames, and such.
Ever heard like the -rin/-chin suffix? It's also not a general-purpose suffix like -chan/-san/-kun, but like -bon, a diminutive one.
They're mostly used in nicknames, and really, don't mean anything. Used a lot by fans for their idols (or whoever), & friends' nicknames
Hope that helps :]
#4368
Posted 29 July 2008 - 05:07 AM
日本
二本 would mean two objects. But only certain objects, like pencils. But I digress.
Japan is Nihon; 日本
thanks so much!!

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#4369
Posted 29 July 2008 - 07:10 AM
日本
二本 would mean two objects. But only certain objects, like pencils. But I digress.
Japan is Nihon; 日本
Opsie
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#4370
Posted 29 July 2008 - 08:07 AM

my japanese friend didn't have enough confidence in his english when he was writing in my yearbook. haha.























