Sentence Structure

junlove323 · (#1 (**permalink**))

Ok i was wondering how do i say that girl is pretty. In japanese as a translation/ I am confused. I got

Kono onnanoko wa kireina desu. Is that rite?

kirakira · (#2 (**permalink**))

その・あの女の子はきれいです。
Sono/Ano Onnanoko wa Kirei desu.

Use Sono if the listener doesn't know the girl. Use Ano if the speaker knows the girl as well.

junlove323 · (#3 (**permalink**))

Thanx so much for the help.

Sangetsu · (#4 (**permalink**))

Your sentence is essentially correct, but no one in Japan really speaks that way. The simple/common way to say it would be to look in the direction of the girl and use "kirei-na...".

Yuusuke · (#5 (**permalink**))

I would just say

sono kanajo (onna no ko) wa kirei na

alanX · (#6 (**permalink**))

You could also simply say...onnanoko kirei na

And the listener would know what/who you're talking about.....Since it's not rocket science, you know?

kirakira · (#7 (**permalink**))

It depends on the context. And as for the previous 3 posters, neither one of you got it right. It all sounds awkward.

alanX · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by kirakira

It depends on the context. And as for the previous 3 posters, neither one of you got it right. It all sounds awkward.

Um...hate to tell you buddy but "onna/onnanoko kirei na (na is optional)" is a perfectly common and casual Japanese sentence.

MMM · (#9 (**permalink**))

I think some of you are mixing up きれいな（人）and きれいなぁ

The first NA is used when きれい is placed before a noun. The second is a more colloquial phrase, more common in Kansai, but basically has country-wide usage and is used the same way as ね.

So きれいねぇ～　and きれいなぁ～ have the exact same meaning, but different people would use one or the other.

MMM · (#10 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by alanX

Um...hate to tell you buddy but "onna/onnanoko kirei na (na is optional)" is a perfectly common and casual Japanese sentence.

"Onna kirei na" sounds like something a monkey or 1960's robot would say.