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Language Question - akrodha - 2007-07-17
I'm practicing my Japanese by reading the RSS feed on the Smash Bros. Brawl website on nintendo.com. I came across this today:
食らっちゃマズイので
Am I right in thinking that 食らっちゃ is a shortened form of 食べられてしまう?
Furthermore, are there message boards or other sites where I can ask these kinds of questions? I wouldn't want to flood the Koohii forums...
Language Question - JimmySeal - 2007-07-17
Probably a form of 食らう-くらう. You can ask questions like this on http://www.jref.com/forum
Language Question - Chadokoro_K - 2007-07-17
Hi akrodha,
The ちゃ in 食らっちゃマズイので is a colloquial contraction of ては.
So this is 食らってはマズイ which basically means the same thing as
食らってはならない or 食らってはいけない, that "it is no good (won't do) if you [do] s.t."
In addition to meaning "eat" or "drink," 食らう （くらう） also means to "receive" s.t. undesirable.
A fun example is:
この野郎、これでも食らえ！
"Take that, you bastard!"
(Said when punching someone in the face, etc.)
Language Question - akrodha - 2007-07-19
Hey Chadokoro_K, thanks for the explanation! I knew that construction, I just forgot the contracted version. And I like your example! It's going into my flash card program.
And JimmySeal, thanks for the link!