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Thread: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s grammar? Post: Methods and resources on how to activate one’s gra... Why don't you try cloze deleting sentences from those books. That's what I am doing. Also, thinking yourself "fluent" makes you worry when you see your faults/holes. It's not your thing, it's a gener... |
delta | The Japanese language | 12 | 2,654 | 2013-01-03, 2:32 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread mizunooto Wrote:Sorry to interrupt the above crystal blue sky... "なんか名前だけ呼ばれているけど、どうかした？？" Can you help me with the meaning of this? Thank you! (Hey!) but (if) it was only your named (which was) cal... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 8:35 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks @yudantaiteki and @partner55083777. |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 2:41 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread わ〜 Thanks man! :) But… if you still have some more time, see that my original question = "what's the difference?" (and nothing else). I see you are trying to help, but I already know who's modifying ... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 1:58 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread @partner55083777 What's with that と next to 家主? In my 'parser' the と can only be next to the previous clause (支払いや約束を履行する). I missing something here (probably) or you are running a different (non-ort... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 1:03 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I knew it, but I still don't quite "get" it. What about 支払いや約束を履行するのは家主に保証する人のことである。? Would that be an equivalent? and if not, what's the difference? |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 12:15 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread From http://eow.alc.co.jp/search/example?q=ある...dk=JE&pg=1: （保証人とは、あなた（賃借人）が家主（賃貸人）に家賃を払えなくなったり、約束を守れなかったりしたときに（あなたの代わりに）支払いや約束を履行すると家主に保証する人のことである。） A guarantor is a person who guarantees to the... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2013-01-01, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: Synonyms Post: Synonyms Well, to tell you the truth, this http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/thsrs/ is actually pretty damn good. If you can't quite use it yet, then you probably don't need it anyway. But in any case, check 13 Sec... |
delta | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,166 | 2012-12-31, 11:48 pm | ||
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Thread: On Language Learning Post: On Language Learning @Stian Go to: Profile -> Privacy -> (and check) [ x ] Save username and password between visits. |
delta | The Japanese language | 31 | 7,983 | 2012-12-31, 12:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Goals for 2013? Post: Goals for 2013? HonyakuJoshua Wrote:study triz stay positive get better at chess not to drink till i black out and almost get killed not buy any weapons, deliberately harass or blackmail women develop a tool for und... |
delta | Off topic | 54 | 10,184 | 2012-12-31, 12:37 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread But doesn't this mean "are you cleaning?". |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-30, 2:00 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I mean words that behave syntactically like the hearsay そう. For example: sentenceだと〜 But also does そう sentenceだそうだ EDIT: I just noticed だから, can also function like this, ~だからだ。 |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 7:26 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I am asking for words that behave like the hearsay そう, not for any words that can appear after the copula. Myself Wrote:In short, I am looking for another word that behaves as uniquely as the hearsay... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 7:07 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Call them whatever you like, but they don't behave like そう syntactically (which is what I am looking for, だから is conjunctive, だそうだ is predicative) so I don't know what you are trying to get at here. ... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 7:00 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks @fakewookie, but… notice:delta Wrote:(besides particles) In short, I am looking for another word that behaves as uniquely as the hearsay そう. |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 6:13 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Tzadeck Wrote:delta Wrote:Another question: I realized そうだ (the 'hearsay' quotational auxiliary verb) seems pretty unique in that I can't think of any other word that attaches to the copula (besides p... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 5:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent Post: Video on Japanese Pitch Accent So basically your advice "go listen out for it". |
delta | The Japanese language | 39 | 10,243 | 2012-12-28, 4:23 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Thanks @Thora. Another question: I realized そうだ (the 'hearsay' quotational auxiliary verb) seems pretty unique in that I can't think of any other word that attaches to the copula (besides particles).... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-28, 1:12 am | ||
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Thread: My Wishlist of Japanese Grammar Books Post: My Wishlist of Japanese Grammar Books @kitakitsune No, no :lol: but I'm currently taking donations per/via "links". Thanks @uisukii, that'd be great. |
delta | Off topic | 3 | 618 | 2012-12-26, 11:10 pm | ||
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Thread: My Wishlist of Japanese Grammar Books Post: My Wishlist of Japanese Grammar Books I asked Santa to bring me these two, but he didn't answer any of my letters. ++ Samuel Elmo Martin: A Reference Grammar of Japanese ++ Susumu Kuno: The Structure of the Japanese Language ++ Francis G... |
delta | Off topic | 3 | 618 | 2012-12-26, 10:16 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread From inside a quote: 会話をしていても威圧感があるし。私って結構物事を気にするタイプだから、そういうのについていく自信がなくって。 Just in talking with them I feel pressure, and, since I tend to really worry about things, I didn't know if I could handle ... |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-26, 10:01 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread @Thora Ah, that's what it is. Since the last こと is acting as a head (or tail if you will) of the noun phrase it's written in かな. |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-26, 9:07 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread From the dictionary: 取り組み ① その事に取り組むこと。 Why is the first 事 in kanji, but not the last one? |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-26, 10:06 am | ||
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Thread: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dictionaries") Post: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dicti... I recommend the 日本語スピードマスター Series. They just released the last tome, that covers up to N1. :cool: Here: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%...096&sr=8-7 http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%... |
delta | The Japanese language | 7 | 1,782 | 2012-12-26, 8:40 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I was asking because I got caught up reading a bit about the nuance between ば and たら and it just seemed logical that は and ば should be related, but maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me. |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-25, 9:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Question: Are は (wa) and ば related? and what's the relation? |
delta | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,263 | 2012-12-25, 8:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar Aspect Post: Grammar Aspect @Zgarbas Continuous and progressive are two different aspects, most people use both terms to mean the same since English uses the same form to show it anyway. From Wiki: Continuous versus progressive... |
delta | Off topic | 11 | 2,073 | 2012-12-25, 7:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese for all, and all for Japanese Post: Japanese for all, and all for Japanese @adshap8 Nice, but where are the links? |
delta | General discussion | 6 | 1,241 | 2012-12-25, 7:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Grammar Aspect Post: Grammar Aspect Zgarbas Wrote:Because the past simple is perfective whereas the past/present perfect is perfect. Ah, misread. Thank you guys. I was familiar with the idea that perfect != perfective. The first being... |
delta | Off topic | 11 | 2,073 | 2012-12-25, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: Grammar Aspect Post: Grammar Aspect I hope we don't get off-topic before I get a satisfactory answer. :/ @ My question is: why is the simple past, i.e., "I came", "I finished" not considered to have/denote perfective aspect if it obvio... |
delta | Off topic | 11 | 2,073 | 2012-12-25, 5:14 am | ||
