JM's Japanese class.

[Xehanort]

Okay Suseto means help right ???????(My PC cant read your name. )

as in "Suseto!I am drowning!Right ??????? ?

[geishaboy]

I'm not sure abou that, it is probably most likely a slang word or from a differnt dialect

The Japanese verbs for "Help" is "Tasukeru" 助ける and "tesudau" 手伝う.

Saying "Help me!" is "Tasukete kure!" 助けてくれ！.
Saying "Help me, I'm drowning!" Would be "suishi sasete iru, tasukete kure!"　水死させている、助けてくれ!.

The Kanji for drown 水死 literally means "Water Death". I just thought you would like to know.

So yeah, I'm not saying you are wrong, I just have not heard that word before.

[Xehanort]

Cus on Hi hi Puffy Ami Yumi when they wher falling off a clift they where screaming SUSETO!hmmm...That is strange.

[geishaboy]

Like I said, it very well could be, but I have never heard that before. But I am have not mastered the language yet, not even close. Hell, I have only been learning Japanese for about 8 months.

So yeah, I'm guessing this will remain a mystery for a while yet.

[Xehanort]

Okay.but how did you get a Japnese keybord?like on your username.

[geishaboy]

I dont have a "Japanese" keyboard. I have a normal one, but with windows you set it up to type in Japanese.

Have you read the Japanese writing system thread yet?

[Xehanort]

Ohhh cool! You are pretty smart ya know that?

[Hiroko-Hanae]

doesn't KASKETE mean HELP in Japanese? or did i spell it wrong?

[Hiroko-Hanae]

Oops never mind that!

[Xehanort]

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[Xehanort]

Ni=2 or a place.
as in there are ni girls playing in the park. or as in:
Ni is Burger king.

[geishaboy]

Ni=2 or a place.
as in there are ni girls playing in the park. or as in:
Ni is Burger king.

Well, kind of.

There are things in Japanese called "counters", used for various things and objects. In english we say things like "2 bars of saop" or "two packsof smokes. These words are kind of like "counters" in Japanese. The Japanese counter for people is "nin" but is different for one or two people.

So you dont say "ni girls in the park" you have to use the counter for people in Japanese.

One person - hitori 一人
Two people - futari　二人
Three people - san nin　三人
Four people - yo nin　四人
five people - go nin　五人

And so on and so on. So the correct sentance for "two gilrs playing in the park would be

koen de onnanoko ga futatsu wo asondeiru
公園で女の子が二人を遊んでいる

The key part of that is "onnanoko ga futatsu" meaning "two girls"

If you want to learn more about location and the particle "ni" and "de", wich are both location particles, it is going to need it's won thread, so let me know.

[Xehanort]

Okay.and you just toght me that nin means people.thank you very much ?????.

[geishaboy]

Okay.and you just toght me that nin means people.thank you very much ?????.

No problem.

[Xehanort]

you should make this your living.^_^

[geishaboy]

you should make this your living.^_^

Well, when I am finished my Japanese degree I probably will

Untill then, there is nothing wrong with me teaching anime fans the correct way to use tha language.