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Thread: ~ないで Post: ~ないで ～ないで : "without" (something which would have been done under normal circumstances has been omitted) ～なくて : "didn't ~ and..." (the non-occurrence leads to some result/consequence) In this sense ～ず is... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 10 | 2,902 | 2012-11-14, 5:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Double Negatives Post: Double Negatives This is a tricky phrase. Depending on your intonation, it could go either way. じゃない is often used at the end of a sentence to add a nuance of "I told you so" or "You should know this already". Maybe... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,061 | 2012-11-04, 11:57 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Doesn't always mean good things: 目には目を "an eye for an eye" But yeah, it's used a lot when wishing/praying for good things to happen. 何卒お許しを！ m(_ _)m Lloyd Vincentです。以後、お見知りおきを。 ...and so on. |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,701 | 2012-11-04, 8:08 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread As I said, this is like an ellipsis because grammatically there should be a verb and there isn't, but on the other hand there's not a specific verb that has been omitted. The reader is just expected t... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,701 | 2012-11-04, 7:24 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I don't know, 幸せを暮らせる sounds strange to me. Should be 幸せに暮らせる, nay? All the google results I got for を暮らせる were using time or location-related words (like 日々、日常、老後) I'm pretty sure 暮らせる is modifyin... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,701 | 2012-11-04, 1:42 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread delta Wrote:1. 川はこの地点で一番幅が広い。The river is widest at this point. *I don't understand how 一番幅が広い works, I've seen 一番 + adjective (e.g., 一番高い) but not something like this. I think you're just not mentall... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,701 | 2012-11-04, 12:02 am | ||
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Thread: ～ている vs ～中 Post: ～ている vs ～中 Yeah, ～中 is used mostly in formal/official (= 硬い) contexts. お取り込み中失礼ですが・・・ "sorry to interrupt what you're doing, but..." In Japanese, that's the tendency in general with kanji. More on-yomi reading... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,627 | 2012-11-02, 12:06 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread ならん is a reduction of ならない 恨んではならない: (you) mustn't allow (yourself) to hold a grudge/become bitter |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,701 | 2012-11-01, 5:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Post: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Informative post, thanks. I can't believe you're 18. Note that I'm not in Nagoya anymore. I came back to the US (Washington state) after spending 5 years there. |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 24 | 3,964 | 2012-10-31, 5:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Post: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? http://nihonshock.com/images/aisuru.jpg I went back and read this again and have to admit my understanding was flawed. I'm admittedly not a linguist (especially not a historical one), just an "exper... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 24 | 3,964 | 2012-10-31, 4:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Post: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? It was originally two verbs that over time become one irregular verb, similar to how "wend" became the past tense of "go" in English. Note that both 愛すれば and 愛せば are possible (though すれば is more comm... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 24 | 3,964 | 2012-10-31, 3:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Post: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? HonyakuJoshua Wrote:On the basic Japanese sheet http://minus.com/mbprMlD1bZ2j08 i don't really think that たら is after.... Also Ta is not strictly the past tense as a good grammar book will tell you ... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 24 | 3,964 | 2012-10-31, 3:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Post: Most comprehensive list of Grammar points? Perhaps you'd be interested in this: http://cheatsheets.nihonshock.com/ It's a set of 9 cheat sheets (the basic one is free to download). Together they contain in some form almost every grammar point... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 24 | 3,964 | 2012-10-31, 11:34 am | ||
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Thread: (accomplished speakers) What was your way of Speaking practice? Post: (accomplished speakers) What was your way of Speak... Hello, this is my first post on these forums. I lived in Japan for 5 years (4 of which spent as the only English-speaker at a Japanese company), so I'm very confident in my speaking ability. I had s... |
lloydvincent | The Japanese language | 9 | 2,424 | 2012-10-30, 12:31 pm | ||