Japanese Help Questions/Translations

[GitarisutoKao]

for trash talk you can always go onto nihongo bin.It has nastiness,chit chat,romantic..that kind of stuff,also rude.

[Asakura]

Well, I have two questions

One How do you pronouce Asakura? A-sakura or A-sa-ku-ra?

And what does Asakura mean?


I used it 'couse it's the last name of one of my favorate anime characters.

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by Asakura

Well, I have two questions

One How do you pronouce Asakura? A-sakura or A-sa-ku-ra?

And what does Asakura mean?


I used it 'couse it's the last name of one of my favorate anime characters.

To be honest, I fail to see the difference between A-sakura and A-sa-ku-ra.
Are you familiar with sound of each Japanese syllable? If not, it's hard to explain how to pronounce Asakura here. Try saying it as if it were a Spanish word and you won't be too far off. If you are familiar with our syllables, then just say it あさくら.

As for the meaning, no one can tell you unless you provide us with the kanji.
"Asakura" is merely the pronunciation of the name, and it can be written in many ways for as many meanings.

[canikizu]

Hi, it's me again. I got a couple of questions.

Sometimes there are some sentences end with きゃ like 飲まなきゃ.
Is it just expression word with no meaning?

And there is this sentences:

絶対だめってこたないし

Can you do a grammar breakdown, too ?

Thank you,

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by canikizu

Hi, it's me again. I got a couple of questions.

Sometimes there are some sentences end with きゃ like 飲まなきゃ.
Is it just expression word with no meaning?

And there is this sentences:

絶対だめってこたないし

Can you do a grammar breakdown, too ?

Thank you,

Where do you get these highly conversational phrases? They sound so Natural.

飲まなければならない　＞　飲まなければ　＞　飲まなきゃ　＝　I've got to drink.　 Those three phrases are in the order of formality.

verb + なきゃ = Gotta do something.

行かなきゃ、食べなきゃ、書かなきゃ = gotta go, gotta eat, gotta write　

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絶対だめってことはないし　＞　絶対だめってこたないし　＝　It's not that (something) is completely out of the question.

絶対　＝　utterly, completely, definately

だめ　＝　no way, no good, impossible, out of the question, etc..

~~ ってことはない（こたない） = it's not the case that ~~

The し ending is very common in casual speech. It means the same thing as です. But a foraml word like です doesn't belong in a live, informal speech like this.

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

Both なきゃ　and こたないし are originally pretty much Tokyo-style speech. But because of the large influence of the mass media, you will hear these all over the country now.




　

[mekisikojin]

Hello everybody!

I tried and tried but could not understand the second sentence at all...i would really appreciate it if somebody could help me with this one.
By the way i'm ラウール君

(i have included the other two because they were in the same paragraph)


私が買った雑貨は日本人がメキシコで買い付けたものを 日本で売っているよ。
ラウール君も目にしたことがあるかもしれないね?
あとで写真を送ってみようかな？

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by mekisikojin

Hello everybody!

I tried and tried but could not understand the second sentence at all...i would really appreciate it if somebody could help me with this one.
By the way i'm ラウール君

(i have included the other two because they were in the same paragraph)


私が買った雑貨は日本人がメキシコで買い付けたものを 日本で売っているよ。
ラウール君も目にしたことがあるかもしれないね?
あとで写真を送ってみようかな？

The second sentence means "You may have seen (those items bought in Mexico.)"

目にする = to see something. 目にしたことがある = (someone) has seen (something)

[majorheelhook]

Thanks Nagoyankee and MMM! Really appreciate the help, as usual.

[mekisikojin]

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

The second sentence means "You may have seen (those items bought in Mexico.)"

目にする = to see something. 目にしたことがある = (someone) has seen (something)

Nagoyankee san, thank you so much for such quick reply!!
I really appreciate it!
I learned something new in so little time!

deha mata

[canikizu]

Originally Posted by masaegu

Where do you get these highly conversational phrases? They sound so Natural.

飲まなければならない　＞　飲まなければ　＞　飲まなきゃ　＝　I've got to drink.　 Those three phrases are in the order of formality.

verb + なきゃ = Gotta do something.

行かなきゃ、食べなきゃ、書かなきゃ = gotta go, gotta eat, gotta write　

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ・・・・・・・・・・

絶対だめってことはないし　＞　絶対だめってこたないし　＝　It's not that (something) is completely out of the question.

絶対　＝　utterly, completely, definately

だめ　＝　no way, no good, impossible, out of the question, etc..

~~ ってことはない（こたない） = it's not the case that ~~

The し ending is very common in casual speech. It means the same thing as です. But a foraml word like です doesn't belong in a live, informal speech like this.

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

Both なきゃ　and こたないし are originally pretty much Tokyo-style speech. But because of the large influence of the mass media, you will hear these all over the country now.

　

I get them mainly from manga actually.

Thank you for your fast and clear answer again . It is so easy to learn from asking question like this.

Thank you you guys so much