Purrlsta
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From: 沖縄
Registered: 2012-01-06
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I fell off my horse today and realised that I'm quite unable to describe the pain/my symptoms to people, so I was wondering if someone would be able to help me with a few sentences for future use (hopefully I won't need them). I know the grammar in a few of these is probably going to be quite simple, but I'm lacking the key vocabulary/not sure if perhaps it would normally be said a different way. お願いします
- I fell off my horse
- I winded myself when I landed
- It hurts when I breath and I coughed up some blood
- I'm worried I may have broken a rib
Also, out of curiosity does anyone know what shipo(?) is? (Can't remember the word exactly sorry) It's like a white tape thing that feels really cold and you put it on sore muscles, etc.
Last edited by Purrlsta (2012 June 12, 6:08 am)
Purrlsta
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From: 沖縄
Registered: 2012-01-06
Posts: 33
Thanks everyone for your help. I'm reallllyyy hoping I won't have to use them again in the future though. ^.^
vix86 wrote:
JimmySeal wrote:
- I winded myself when I landed
What does this mean?
When I landed it made it hard to breath. / I couldn't catch my breath.
If you wind yourself really badly it's actually impossible to breath for a bit. If you a play a sport like soccer and get the ball kicked really hard into just above your stomach, then you've probably experienced it. Do you use a different word for this where you come from? (I'm from Australia)
captal wrote:
Welcome to Japanese, where there is a word for everything big_smile
Haha so true
Purrlsta
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From: 沖縄
Registered: 2012-01-06
Posts: 33
JimmySeal wrote:
I'm familiar with "winded" being used to express exhaustion from physical exertion, as in:
"He's been at it for 3 hours and he's not even winded." or
"I was really winded after that 10 mile run."
Oh that's interesting, I don't think I've ever heard it used that way before. For "I was really winded after that 10 mile run." we'd use something like "exhausted" or "wrecked" instead of winded.
JimmySeal wrote:
I would've never thought of that as such a significant occurrance that I'd repeat it to people after the fact.
It's nice to be able to tell people what was wrong with you when you've been lying on the ground unable to breath or talk for a little while. 