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12-14-2010, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxful View Post
But I thought おもしろい stands for interesting?
I must keep asking: Don't you have a good dictionary?
おもしろい means both "funny" and "interesting".

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Put it this way, what should I say in Japanese if I want to say "Scooby-doo is funny (comical way)" and "That person over there is strange"?

Can I say:
”Scooby-dooはおかしいだ。” Drop that だ. You never say おかしいだ、赤いだ、小さいだ、etc. Where did you learn that? As I stated above, you can say this but are you an upper-class person from many decades ago?

Just say スクービードゥーはおもしろい if you want to speak like us.

”Scooby-dooは変だ。” This means "Scooby-doo is weird."

”あの人はおかしいだ。” Again, why だ? Without that だ, this sentence means "The guy is crazy."

"あの人は変だ。” Finally, a good sentence.
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