Location particles : に vs で
日本に行きたいなあ…
= Nihon ni ikitainaa…
= I wanna go to Japan.
日本でマギーと遊びたい…
= Nihon de Maggie to asobitai…
= I’d love to play with Maggie in Japan…
Archive for 'Grammar'
Request Lesson わけではない & わけがない = Wake dewa nai & Wake ga nai
「もう一週間も彼から連絡がないの。」
= Mou ishuukan mo kare kara rennraku ga nai no.
= He hasn’t contacted me for over a week now!
「まだふられたわけではないじゃない。」
= Mada furareta wake dewa nai janai .
= But that doesn’t mean you’ve been dumped yet.
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Request Lesson : それで & だから(=sorede & dakara)
「ねえ、私、１００グラムもやせたんだよ♪」
= Nee watashi hyaku guramu mo yasetandayo♪
= Hey, I lost “HUNDRED” grams!
「だからどうしたの？」
= Dakara doushita no?
= So what?
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「昨日、道で一万円拾ったの。」
= Kinou michi de ichimanen hirotta no.
= I picked up 10,000 yen on the street yesterday.
「それでどうしたの？」
= Sorede doushita no?
= And what did you do? / And what happened?
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Request : 気にする vs 気になる = kinisuru vs kininaru
「またでぶって言われた…」
= Mata debu tte iwareta…
= Somebody called me I am fat again…
「先生、あまり気にしないで下さい。」
= Sensei, amari kinishinaide kudasai.
= Don’t worry about it so much, Teach.
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「最近、ニノのことが気になる…」
= Saikin Nino no koto ga kininaru…
= Recently I think about Nino often…/ I kind of like Nino now.
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りゃ(あ）& じゃ(あ） =rya(a) & ja(a) – Casual contraction
「ねむ〜い！」
= Nemuuui!
= I’m soooo sleepy!
「じゃあ、もう寝りゃいいじゃない!」
= Jaa mou nerya iijanai!
= Then why don’t you go to bed already!
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“〜らしい”(=rashii) ＋Bonus song lesson♪「どんなときも」=Donna toki mo
「先生、失恋したらしいよ…」
= Sensei shitsuren shitarashiiyo.
= I heard Sensei has a broken heart.
「マギーらしくないよ！元気だして！」
= That’s not like you, Maggie. Keep your chin up!
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Is あなた(=anata) OK to use? 2nd-person pronouns + nicknames
「マギー先生の顔、まんまるだね。」
= Maggie Sensei no kao manmaru dane.
= Your face is really round, Miss Maggie!
「あんたに言われたくないわよ！」
= Anta ni iwaretaku nai wayo!
= Look who’s talking!
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Request Lesson : 私＋自分= watashi + jibun (First-person singular pronoun)
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Conditional : 〜たら = ~tara (*Request Lesson)
Maggie :「ゆかり、掃除が終わったらマッサージしてね。」
= Yukari, Souji ga owattara massaaji shitene.
= Hey, Yukari, when you finish cleaning, give me a massage, OK?
Yukari :「気が向いたらね。」
= Ki ga muitara ne.
= If I feel like it…
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~となる VS ~になる (= ~ to naru VS ~ ni naru)
「僕も日本語の先生になる！」
= Boku mo nihongo no sensei ni nau!
= I ‘m going to be a Japanese teacher,too!
「大変よ…」
= Taihen yo…
= It’s tough, you know..
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