A so ne? - Is that so? ( but insinuating to one's self with the ne)
A so^ desu ka? Is that right?
sayo^ = so^
so that
A sayo^ de gozaimasu ka can be used instead of A so^ desu ka when wanting to talk in ultra polite language.
To desu ka - used with base II of a verb as in
ikiyo^to^ desu ka? You are going?
Hakata dialect.
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Dec 20, 2008
Dec 15, 2008
Japanese grammar - Japanese Intensifiers
Intesifiers in Japanese
Japanese intensifiers
Put a Japanese verb into its extensor form, Base II, then add + any of these to make the verb easy or hard to perform:
1. yasui – easy; simple
2. tsurai – hard to deal with, handle; hardship; difficult.
3. nikui – difficult;hard
1a. add yasui to yaru
やりやすい – yariyasui - easy to play, do
1b. add yasui to suru
しやすい – shiyasui - easy to do
1c. add yasui to taberu
食べやすい - tabeyasui – easy to eat
1d. add yasui to noru
乗りやすい - noriyasui– easy to ride
2a. add tsurai to suru
しづらい - hard to do
2b. add tsurai to yaru
やりづらい - hard to play, do
3a. add nikui to hiku
引きにくい – hikinikui - hard to play, or pull
3b. add nikui to hanasu
話しにくい– hanashinikui - hard to speak
3c. add nikui to miru
見にくい– Minikui - hard to look at; ugly
* tsu becomes dzu or zu when compounded
or しづらい not しつらい.
dzu not tsu after the shi in shidzurai (shizurai). Yarizurai – hard to do, shitsurai or shizurai – hard to do*
Japanese intensifiers
Put a Japanese verb into its extensor form, Base II, then add + any of these to make the verb easy or hard to perform:
1. yasui – easy; simple
2. tsurai – hard to deal with, handle; hardship; difficult.
3. nikui – difficult;hard
1a. add yasui to yaru
やりやすい – yariyasui - easy to play, do
1b. add yasui to suru
しやすい – shiyasui - easy to do
1c. add yasui to taberu
食べやすい - tabeyasui – easy to eat
1d. add yasui to noru
乗りやすい - noriyasui– easy to ride
2a. add tsurai to suru
しづらい - hard to do
2b. add tsurai to yaru
やりづらい - hard to play, do
3a. add nikui to hiku
引きにくい – hikinikui - hard to play, or pull
3b. add nikui to hanasu
話しにくい– hanashinikui - hard to speak
3c. add nikui to miru
見にくい– Minikui - hard to look at; ugly
* tsu becomes dzu or zu when compounded
or しづらい not しつらい.
dzu not tsu after the shi in shidzurai (shizurai). Yarizurai – hard to do, shitsurai or shizurai – hard to do*
Dec 1, 2008
Its dangerous - Abunai
abunai
abunai da
abunai desu
abuno^gozaru
abuno^gozaimasu
o abuno^gozaimasu
bonus sentence - ancient Japanese grammar
base I + zaru bekarazu
iku in base I = ika
ika +zaru bekarazu
ikazaru bekarazu! - must go!
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Makurasuki
Nov 5, 2008
Some Japanese Words for The Day
.JPG)
tsumari - in summary,
awabi - shell fish
kaki - persimmon
butai - the stage
kuchibiru - lips
kuchibeni 口紅 ga eri ni tsuita 付いた - lipstick got left on the collar
tashika ni 確かに- for sure
ikanai kagiri 行かない限り- to the extent that (I) don't go.
chigau to omou - It's different I think.
chigau tomou - I think it's different.
iranai! - I don't want any!
so^ iu kako^ - that kind of dress
sugoku kiken - extremely dangerous
hijo^ ni abunai 非常に危ない - extremely dangerous
sore wa nenrei towa mattaku kankei (nai)aru それは年齢とは全く関係ない
- has something (nothing) to do with age.
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Ganbatte ne!
Do Your Best!
Makurasuki
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