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08-11-2008, 03:51 AM
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うわ、ちょっと恥ずかしい・・・ まじめに聞いたと思 っていました。 ちょっと馬鹿な間違いですね。 すみ ません! Quote:
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What are some examples of the non-Japanese names Japanese parents are giving their children nowadays? Are western names popular? |
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08-18-2008, 02:25 PM
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08-18-2008, 04:05 PM
I will help a bit. Here's a basic summary of the differences in grammar and structure:
--------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Has: | Past | - | Present | English Has: | Past | - | Present | - | Future | --------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Has: Kore(これ)" means "this." "Sore(それ)" means "that." "Are(あれ)" means "that over there." Japanese has three separate indicators. English Has: "this" and "that." --------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Is: Subject-Object-Verb Language English Is: Subject-Verb-Object Language --------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The initiation of a sentence/speech regarding its topic. A subject defines topic of the sentence/speech. Verb: Verb is a word (part of speech/sentence) that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand). A Verb defines the meaning of the sentence/speech Object: It denotes somebody or something involved in the subject's "performance/action" of the Verb. An Object needs to relate back to the Subject and Verb and therefore define the course of the sentence. --------------------------------------------------------------- I hope it helps. Cheers, Bureda |
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08-18-2008, 04:10 PM
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A good example would be to disallow your class to use anything but Romanji and to promote role playing and speaking in class. |
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08-18-2008, 04:27 PM
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私の方こそ わかりにくくて すみませんでした。 Quote:
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文法や単語を調べないで書く事は 難しいですか? 今度、何も調べないで書いてみてはどうでしょう? そのうち、ここのフォーラムのみんなで 直接話せるチ ャットをしましょうね。きっと勉強になると思います。 Quote:
「優しい言葉を言ってくれて・・・」というと 本心じ ゃないかもしれない、と聞こえるかもしれません。 もし、相手が本心からそう言っていると感じて、それを 伝えたい時は 「嬉しい言葉を言ってくれて・・・」の等が良いかも・ ・・。 Wow, this is a very good question. Japanese use a lot of expressions to be (or to make it sound) "modest", so it could make Japanese language very complicated sometimes! Quote:
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Here are some examples, Rina(Lina),Risa(Lisa),Kento(Kent),Reito(Rate),Rizu(Liz), Kanon,Sara(Sarah)... They also have their names in Kanji. I guess their parents must LOVE to use unusual kanjis, sometimes it's so hard to figure out how they are supposed to read, so ふりがな is necessary for their names. I have no idea if it's a good thing or not very good thing... Some parents told me the reason why they didn't want any Japanesy name. The mom said cos they wanted people to think their son wasn't a Japanese. They don't like Japan.She feels even ashame of Japan.I don't know what made her and her husband (Japanese) think like that. I know the only reason why they don't look down on me because I speak English better than they do. She could be very cold and unfriendly to other Japanese. There ARE people just like her. I remember a Japanese guy who was working for a big company, making a lot of money, used to come to the restaurant where I worked. He was not very nice, could be rude when he talked to us(the restaurant staffs),but once he saw me talking with some customers from the USA, he changed! He tried to get my name and number, and tried very hard to talk with me. He wanted a girlfriend who can speak English because he can show off! He once asked me why I didn't put more make-up and wear something more girly like mini-skirt and high-heels and all. I knew he didn't want to know me at all, but he wanted to make me look like what he wanted, so that he can show off to his friends. I never get attracted by this type of boys, very "shallow". I usually don't put any make-up on, cos I don't have to get any attention from boys (haha), so I know that my husband liked me just the way I am. You know, many Japanese girls are very good at "making-up"? Without their powder and lipstick and false eyelashes and all, they could look like a totally different person. This isn't a joke! My friend (boy), used to date with a girl who never show him her "real face"(without putting make-up). A few months later at a gym (swimming pool), SHE found him, so she called his name loudly, but HE didn't notice and almost walked away, so SHE ran and came up to him and said "hey, you didn't hear me?" but HE didn't smile or anything, cos HE COULDN'T RECOGNIZE HER FACE! She suddenly realized that her face wasn't the "making-up" one, so she said "Sorry, it was a mistake, I don't know you and you don't know me, bye!" and running away. They broke up in a few months later. He told me that while the girl was calling his name he was trying to remember who she was, but he couldn't think of anyone with " no eyebrow". When she came up to him, he saw them closely and realized that there WERE eyebrow but they were totally shaved. When he saw the girl very close, but still didn't know who she was. It wasn't her shaved "eyebrow", the reason he broke up with her. He said he felt like she was "lying". After the day he saw her real-face, he said SHE changed. She kept asking him "Don't you love me anymore?" too many times. She lost her confident and sounded+looked like a different person to him. Recently, some young boys put on make-up, did you know that? |
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08-18-2008, 05:19 PM
Don't use the term 'Shaved Eyebrows' the correct term is 'Plucked Eyebrows".
Your friend simply met the wrong person. Even if she presented herself without make up he should have had the decency to respect her for who she is. To me it does not sound like the girl is at fault. The male is simply a scrutiny. This is a good lesson for the girl, hopefully she will find the right person and then teach her to love herself for who she is. Life's one big learning experience. Never say never! Every race has rude people who like to show off. London (England), Japan and China really like the idea of status and hierarchy. Just because someone shows off it does not mean they are bad people, they were simply raised that way. If you look down or detest them then you're just as bad. |
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08-18-2008, 05:34 PM
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Unfortunately for you, she is not here. "Ride for ruin, and the world ended!" |
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Hi Koir -
08-22-2008, 06:23 PM
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I don't think Japan is the best or perfect at all, but I don't dislike it the way they do. Quote:
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haha. The other day some boys on TV said, "What's wrong with it? Girls put make-up on to make their faces look better, why can't boys?" |
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