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JM's Japanese class.

Posted: Nov 08, 2005 5:23pm
by Xehanort
Okay Suseto means help right ???????(My PC cant read your name. :heh: )

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

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Posted: Nov 08, 2005 8:20pm
by 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.

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Posted: Nov 09, 2005 4:43pm
by Xehanort
Cus on Hi hi Puffy Ami Yumi when they wher falling off a clift they where screaming SUSETO!hmmm...That is strange. :-k

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Posted: Nov 09, 2005 8:00pm
by 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.

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Posted: Nov 10, 2005 2:51pm
by Xehanort
Okay.but how did you get a Japnese keybord?like on your username.

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Posted: Nov 10, 2005 4:53pm
by 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?

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Posted: Nov 10, 2005 6:03pm
by Xehanort
Ohhh cool! 8) You are pretty smart ya know that? 8)

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Posted: Nov 10, 2005 9:08pm
by Hiroko-Hanae
doesn't KASKETE mean HELP in Japanese? or did i spell it wrong?

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Posted: Nov 10, 2005 9:10pm
by Hiroko-Hanae
Oops never mind that! :D

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Posted: Nov 11, 2005 10:43pm
by Xehanort
o-------------------k--------------------- :|

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Posted: Nov 18, 2005 11:08pm
by Xehanort
Ni=2 or a place.
as in there are ni girls playing in the park. or as in:
Ni is Burger king.

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Posted: Nov 18, 2005 11:40pm
by geishaboy
Zatchy wrote: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.

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Posted: Nov 18, 2005 11:44pm
by Xehanort
Okay.and you just toght me that nin means people.thank you very much ?????.

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Posted: Nov 18, 2005 11:50pm
by geishaboy
Zatchy wrote:Okay.and you just toght me that nin means people.thank you very much ?????.
No problem.

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Posted: Nov 18, 2005 11:53pm
by Xehanort
you should make this your living.^_^

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Posted: Nov 19, 2005 12:09am
by geishaboy
Zatchy wrote:you should make this your living.^_^
Well, when I am finished my Japanese degree I probably will :D

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