imabi Wrote:Delta: Yes. ので・んで are just のだ・んだ inside a sentence, and sentence inversion or sentence cut-off makes them exposed at the end of sentences in this lighter speech style.

delta Wrote:Thanks.

皆大人なので節度のある変態なのです。
Since everyone is an adult, they are all hentais with composure.

Did I get it right?

undead_saif Wrote:I've a question about a sentence in TK. I'm past the lesson in which this sentence is, but I'm still having problems with it, it seems to me as a typo now.
The sentence (and the relevant context) is:
"アリス：その人が買うんじゃなかったの？
Alice: Wasn't it that that person was the one to buy?

ボブ：ううん、先生が買うんだ。
Bob: No, it is that teacher is the one to buy." (example 4)*
The の at the end of the first sentence seems to me, as far as I understand the lesson, to be superfluous and should be removed.
Also, shouldn't the translation be "Wasn't it that that person is the one to buy?"

An example that doesn't contain the の:
"アリス：今、授業がないんじゃない？" (example 3)*

Thanks in advance!

*Ref: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/nounparticles

undead_saif Wrote:Thanks for replying.
Doesn't "んじゃなかった" give the sense of seeking an explanation? The second example doesn't include that "の".

I'm aware of the literal translation, that's why it supposed to be more adhering to the Japanese sentence, and so it stands out as wrong.

Betelgeuzah Wrote:夏子は和夫に酒を飲まれられた。
Natsuko was made to drink sake by Kazuo.

Right now these grammar structures make my brain melt. If there is a make/let grammar in there somewhere why is there no saseru in the sentence? Further, why is Natsuko the one being made to drink sake and not the other way around?
Thanks

SendaiDan Wrote:

Betelgeuzah Wrote:夏子は和夫に酒を飲まれられた。
Natsuko was made to drink sake by Kazuo.

Right now these grammar structures make my brain melt. If there is a make/let grammar in there somewhere why is there no saseru in the sentence? Further, why is Natsuko the one being made to drink sake and not the other way around?
Thanks

Are you sure it's not 「夏子は和夫に酒を飲ませられた」?

～させられる is a combination of caustive and passive grammar. In this example you can break it down to 飲ませる (causative) + ～られる (passive). If you only had the causative there ie. 夏子は和夫に酒を飲ませた。 it would mean Natsuko made/let Kazuo drink sake (depending on the context). However because the verb is in the passive form, the verb is being done to the subject, which in this case is Natsuko - so although a bit clunky it has the meaning of "Natsuko was the one made to drink". に indicates who it was that made her drink, which is Kazuo, translating to Natsuko was made to drink sake by Kazuo.

CloverJoker Wrote:早く起きて朝御飯食べないとぉ (sentence is directed at someone)

From what I understand, と at the end usually indicates sort of a casual question.
Is that all it is? When is it usually used?

Inny Jan Wrote:というわけで is a te form of というわけだ which in turn can mean "I take it that ~; naturally".

For example:
先生というわけだ。 I take it that/naturally someone is a teacher.

Well, that's at least what DoBJG has on this subject.

delta Wrote:On videos on YT, I keep hearing というわけで right at the beginning or before the speaker starts his discourse. I read everywhere it means "therefore" or "for this reason", but you don't start a topic saying "for this reason", right?.

EDIT: Just had a sudden realization, is it like saying 今日はですね?, meaning "the reason (for today's video) is" or "we are here today for/because…".

kajimaster Wrote:Greetings. I'm a long time observer/enjoyer of the Japanese culture. I love the language and the style of Kanji. I want to get my first tattoo on my left arm in Kanji. I've done a bit of research and want to be sure i convey the message I want to portray correctly. So far this is what i've come up with.

愛 . 尊敬心 . 敬語

Can any Japanese native translate what this truly comes across as? I'll explain what I think it should say after a bit of input.

Thanks!
kaji

kajimaster Wrote:Greetings. I'm a long time observer/enjoyer of the Japanese culture. I love the language and the style of Kanji. I want to get my first tattoo on my left arm in Kanji.