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[Ryukon]

Sempai, I have a question. What does it mean when someone says "desu wa" at the end of their sentence (and honestly, for some reason I find it annoying that way)?

[edel]

What does this mean....somebody PM'd me this though i dont understand it at all....weird..

私はここにいる新しい... 私はこのフォーラムの日本語か英語で話す必要がある... 私をここに歓迎する希望...

[Cream Soda]

wait you can do that????

[Ryukon]

What does this mean....somebody PM'd me this though i dont understand it at all....weird..

私はここにいる新しい... 私はこのフォーラムの日本語か英語で話す必要がある... 私をここに歓迎する希望...

It goes something like this:

I'm new here...when necessary I can speak English but I'm from Japan...I hope I'm welcomed in here.

I'm a bit iffy on the second sentence, but I think that's the jist of it (I can feel Senpai and my school sensei cringing now).

Was it from Saiko-san?

To Cream-san: yeah. You can use the Japanese IME Pad here.

[geishaboy]

No, it seems like an ok translation

And as for the whole "desu wa" thing, that is a sentance ending used mostly by females and sounds very girly. Gay guys have been known to use it quite alot too. There are how ever, a few instances where ayone can use it, like "kaeru wa" would mean "i'm going home", I heard that one used a few times

[Ryukon]

So it's kind of like how sometimes old men use "desu ja"...alright. Thanks. That explains some.

And I didn't see that form of sentence before, so I just made due with what parts I did know.

[roxaskeyblademaster63]

I need these words translated to English:

koraekirenai
korae
kirenai
sugoku
sobani
miteru
wo
wa

It may sound like a lot, but the dictionary I use doesn't have translations for them. Tyvm.

[geishaboy]

koraekirenai
korae
kirenai
sugoku
sobani
miteru
wo
wa

koraekirenai -　堪え切れない - not really sure, I think it means "cannot be defeated" because it literally means "endurance that cannot be cut"
korae - 堪え - to endure
kirenai - 切れない - cannot be cut (can also mean "cannot wear" as in clothing　着れない)
sugoku - 凄く - amazingly
sobani -　そばに - next to
miteru - 見てる - looking
wo - を - sentance particle, marks an object
wa - は -sentance particle, marks a topic

[cuzman]

I have a question. Does ragnarok mean anything? Or is it just a made up word.

I don't know if ragnarok means anything in Japanese, but in Norse (Viking) mythology it was the term for the end of the world.

[geishaboy]

Thanks cuzman, I didn't know thsat, very interesting

[AmayaChan]

Hi people^^
I don't know if someone had already ask it, but, what's de difference between wa and ga?...
Sometimes I see (for example) kimi wa and sometimes kimi ga. Does it has some special meaning?
Onegai desu, tell me... I'm a little bit curious

[AmayaChan]

By the way, I forget to ask you another thing!
When I want to say "I love..." like: "I love Tsubasa Chronicles" how do I say it?
I know that the verb "to love" is daisuki and I've heard sometimes aishiteru, but I don't know to use it at phrases...
Well, I don't know to use any verb in any phrase
If you can give me a "little lesson", I'll appreciate it

[Ryukon]

"ga" and "wa" can be used at about the same level, or switched around and replaced with the other...as to give you a definate answer of when one can appropriately be used and exceptions, I don't know. I haven't had much experience with "ga" from what I've learned.

"aishiteru" is more on relationship terms instead of liking/loving a tangible thing. If you want to say "I love Tsubasa Chronicles", you'd use the "daisuki" or "totemo suki(which is to "live very much")":

I love Tsubasa Chronicles = tsubasa kuranikurusu ga daisuki = ツバサクラニクルスが大好き

I know the "Tsubasa" part is suppose to be in katakana for the show, but I'm not too sure about the "Chronicle" one, so I just put that in katakana as well.

[AmayaChan]

Thanks
Arigatou Gozaimasu!
Muito obrigado!:P

[geishaboy]

It should also be noted that "daisuki" is an adjective, not a verb, "aishitru" is a verb however

Also, the word tsubasa 翼 in Japanese means "wings", so it suprises me that it's supposed to be written in katakana

[Ryukon]

Tsubasa Chronicles does deal with wings since basically the generl point is to gather feathers in different worlds for a princess since they contain her memories.

They liked to use the katakana in the title though, that's one thing I noticed.