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How would I say a person singing is good. - 03-22-2008, 02:13 AM

If I wanted to say her singing is really good!

how would I say that

彼女の歌う本当にすごいだよ。そして彼女は可愛いだよ !

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03-22-2008, 02:46 AM

That sentence isn't correct - a person's singing voice is 歌声 (utagoe)

I probably would say

彼女の歌声は(とても)綺麗 > Kanojyo no utagoe wa (totemo) kirei > Her singing voice is (very) beautiful

I'd get a second opinion though lol
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03-22-2008, 05:49 AM

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If I wanted to say her singing is really good!

how would I say that

彼女の歌う本当にすごいだよ。そして彼女は可愛いだよ !
We Japanese never place だよ drectly after an adjective. If you do you will sound VERY foreign. Directly after a noun, you can.

Use んだよ if you want to use a form of だよ.

Example: すごいんだよ。可愛いんだよ。高いんだよ。うまいんだ よ。

But just in case you are still unfamiliar with the use the more formal ですよ form, don't even bother with this colloquial んだよ form. Just a native speaker's opinion.... I'd get pretty irritated if a stranger much younger than me came up to me and used the んだよ form.
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03-22-2008, 05:57 AM

この子の声はすごく優しいで、美しいで.........

Just my opinion. May not be right lol XD
You want to describe her voice using adjective other than good?


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03-22-2008, 06:06 AM

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この子の声はすごく優しいで、美しいで.........

Just my opinion. May not be right lol XD
You want to describe her voice using adjective other than good?
Nice try, but we don't put で right after an adjective.
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03-23-2008, 12:48 AM

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Nice try, but we don't put で right after an adjective.
Awww,  is It 優しくで、美しくで? not sure lol


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Awww,  is It 優しくで、美しくで? not sure lol
te is used with a -i adjective and most verbs.
優しくて
美しくて
可愛くて
de is used with a -na adjective, a noun and mu/nu/bu-ending verbs.
美人で
綺麗で
好んで

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te is used with a -i adjective and most verbs.
優しくて
美しくて
可愛くて
de is used with a -na adjective, a noun and mu/nu/bu-ending verbs.
美人で
綺麗で
好んで
Ah, I always mix up the de and te, haha , Ty


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