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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I asked a native and this is what it means basically: "chance (e.g., to win a free drink) with every ¥100 purchase (or more)". |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-10-15, 10:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Sex ratio of this forum? Post: Sex ratio of this forum? 32:17 |
turvy | Off topic | 148 | 26,501 | 2012-09-12, 6:47 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Where did you look up 消ゆ? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-09-06, 7:27 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread What do kids do when they see that? Geez… Man, is Japanese infinite? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-09-06, 6:56 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 星になって消ゆ That's the title of one episode of the anime I'm watching. It's translated as "Become a star and disappear". What's going on in 消ゆ? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-09-06, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: How to sell my iMac? Post: How to sell my iMac? I'll try that or I'll hang an iMac for-sale on my apt.'s door. |
turvy | Off topic | 4 | 886 | 2012-08-29, 11:50 pm | ||
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Thread: How to sell my iMac? Post: How to sell my iMac? I am looking to sell my iMac (2011). Yahoo Auctions seems like a pain unless I plan to make it a business. I just want to trade cash for the machine and walk away. I live in Nagoya. Is anyone intere... |
turvy | Off topic | 4 | 886 | 2012-08-29, 8:20 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks, that certainly makes perfect sense. |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-25, 7:02 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread When I give out homework to my students and say, for example, "listen to your CD" I've heard something like "聞いてくる？", I tried asking a native the other day but she couldn't explain it to me well, but ... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-24, 5:36 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Sorry, I didn't read it properly. Thanks. |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 6:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Why 今日にも? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 6:01 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread JimmySeal Wrote:turvy Wrote:This is so weird. So I might as well just learn さんばかり all together as "on the brink of ~". Right? Yeah, something like that. Except it's not さん, it's 未然形 + ん. For the ve... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 3:19 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread This is so weird. So I might as well just learn さんばかり all together as "on the brink of ~". Right? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 9:20 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread JimmySeal Wrote:さん is just the negative suffix with the ない contracted to ん. Ok, but then… ん〜ない 雨が降り出さないばかりの空模様だ The sky looks like it's *not* about to rain. Why is it wrong? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 9:03 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Right off ADOJP: 雨が降り出さんばかりの空模様だ The sky looks like it's about to rain. I just need to know what is さん in 降り出さん? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-23, 8:28 am | ||
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Thread: Explanatory particles「のだ」 and 「んだ」 Post: Explanatory particles「のだ」 and 「んだ」 The thing is more like, I can see why it makes sense now. Neither DOBJG or ADOJP could do the job on me. EDIT: Also I was misguided by native speakers who didn't have a clue about how to explain thei... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 26 | 13,011 | 2012-08-21, 10:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Explanatory particles「のだ」 and 「んだ」 Post: Explanatory particles「のだ」 and 「んだ」 I've been trying to understand the idea of the explanatory んだ for a long time, seriously. But now I get it: iSoron Wrote:To understand the explanatory のだ, just remember its other form, ので: 「私の部屋... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 26 | 13,011 | 2012-08-21, 10:00 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread One more thing, about the direct passive and how I think I have found a way to make peace with the following type of sentences (actually the same example which I posted perhaps a month ago): {past pa... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-17, 5:03 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread This one about the infamous のだ／のです and more. For example here: そのため皮膚が伸びるのです。 Why not そのため皮膚が伸びます?. Well, I am not sure but here is my take: そのため皮膚が伸びるのです。 And for that reason the skin grows/expand... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-17, 12:45 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Another but different question, is んだよ used as a command in the following quote: 覚えてくんだよ |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-16, 7:08 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread 地面 the ground; 〖(空に対する)地〗the earth. Does に対する mean "as opposed to" here? |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-16, 6:48 pm | ||
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Thread: best textbook for teach 6 year old? Post: best textbook for teach 6 year old? Try Anki. |
turvy | Learning resources | 9 | 2,679 | 2012-08-16, 7:06 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread ええ、so より is modifying この本のなか見 ? EDIT: Ah, ok I think I got it. 検索 (which by the way, what a weird word) means I guess something like index and この本のなか見！検索より means [この本のなか見！検索] より. |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-16, 6:58 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread nadiatims Wrote:It just means by/according to the search. (ie reporting the result of a (presumedly web) search). What search? I haven't searched for anything, so are you saying it doesn't mean "by me... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-16, 6:41 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread What's the difference between 中央, 中, 中心? And I am sure there are more. |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-15, 10:23 pm | ||
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Thread: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences Post: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences Downloaded Anki 1 -> the deck, imported it to Anki 2, worked fine. There are 950 mp3 files with the spoken Japanese only. The hero who put this deck together had to split the mp3 files and do a l... |
turvy | Learning resources | 9 | 2,678 | 2012-08-15, 9:32 pm | ||
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Thread: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences Post: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences I have the shadowing ones. Can you download shared decks in Anki 2 already? |
turvy | Learning resources | 9 | 2,678 | 2012-08-15, 8:40 pm | ||
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Thread: LOST in Japanese Post: LOST in Japanese Of course (although apparently obvious only to me), I meant what do you think of it in Japanese. During its prime I was very into it and know the story pretty well so I figured that would be a great a... |
turvy | General discussion | 13 | 3,829 | 2012-08-15, 3:31 pm | ||
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Thread: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences Post: The-Ultimate-Japanese-Phrasebook-Sentences Quote:English phrase followed by Japanese. Is that good or bad? What do you think?. |
turvy | Learning resources | 9 | 2,678 | 2012-08-14, 10:24 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Very interesting, but what does 検索より? I asked a native speaker and he said "by means of", but maybe he was brushing me off, can anybody verify this?. @Tori-kun, regards from Kitsuki? Is that it? Wha... |
turvy | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,433 | 2012-08-14, 3:57 pm | ||
