Is this ok?

[mryang]

watashi wa ringo kuu tai. - romaji
わたし わ りんご くう たい。 - hiragana
i want to eat apple. - english

Is it ok to speak like that? I mean, does it even sound normal to Japanese lol...? I pieced it up using what i have picked up so far lol...

[masaegu]

No, it doesn't sound normal. But I like your post because you did your best.

Real Japanese : 私はりんごが食べたい。

Hiragana : わたしはりんごがたべたい。

Romaji : Watashi wa ringo ga tabetai.

Remember that the particle 'wa' is written as 'ha' in hiragana, but it's pronounced as 'wa'.

[Eomer]

Originally Posted by mryang

watashi wa ringo kuu tai. - romaji
わたし わ りんご くう たい。 - hiragana
i want to eat apple. - english

Is it ok to speak like that? I mean, does it even sound normal to Japanese lol...? I pieced it up using what i have picked up so far lol...

As Masaegu rightly suggests "taberu" is much more commonly used and the word you want to be worrying about as a beginner, but using the word "kuu" {extremely crude/casual} you would say:-

りんごがくいたい
ringo ga kuitai
"I want to eat an apple".

note: "kuu" is a very rough word, you should avoid using it in polite conversation.

[mryang]

Originally Posted by masaegu

No, it doesn't sound normal. But I like your post because you did your best.

Real Japanese : 私はりんごが食べたい。

Hiragana : わたしはりんごがたべたい。

Romaji : Watashi wa ringo ga tabetai.

Remember that the particle 'wa' is written as 'ha' in hiragana, but it's pronounced as 'wa'.

I see, no wonder konichiwa is written as こにちは. I've been wondering for a while and i thought the writer made a mistake lol.

Hmm... tabe does sound better than kuu.

ありがとう ございます!
arigatou gozaimasu!

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by mryang

I see, no wonder konichiwa is written as こにちは. I've been wondering for a while and i thought the writer made a mistake lol.

Hmm... tabe does sound better than kuu.

ありがとう ございます!
arigatou gozaimasu!

Sorry I'm correcting all the time, but the correct phrase is:

こんにちは ( five kana )

Konnichiwa ( double n )

[mryang]

Originally Posted by Eomer

As Masaegu rightly suggests "taberu" is much more commonly used and the word you want to be worrying about as a beginner, but using the word "kuu" {extremely crude/casual} you would say:-

りんごがくいたい
ringo ga kuitai
"I want to eat an apple".

note: "kuu" is a very rough word, you should avoid using it in polite conversation.

I see, maybe i can use it jokingly lol...

minna! ringo ga man kuu tai!
みんな! りんご が まん くう たい!
everyone! i want to eat 10,000 apples!

Here, ringo and ga is a noun each, man kuu tai are the verb, am i right?

Does that sound ok? I mean, in a less serious context like talking to a close friend. Of course i won't try to tell a stranger that i want to eat 10,000 apples lol...

[mryang]

Originally Posted by masaegu

Sorry I'm correcting all the time, but the correct phrase is:

こんにちは ( five kana )

Konnichiwa ( double n )

Ah yah your right, i missed out n ん.

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by mryang

I see, maybe i can use it jokingly lol...

minna! ringo ga man kuu tai!
みんな! りんご が まん くう たい!
everyone! i want to eat 10,000 apples!

Here, ringo and ga is a noun each, man kuu tai are the verb, am i right?

Does that sound ok? I mean, in a less serious context like talking to a close friend. Of course i won't try to tell a stranger that i want to eat 10,000 apples lol...

ga is a subject marker not a noun. but for this you want to say o which is an object marker.


mon, ringo o kuu tai.
まんりんごをくう たい!

[MMM]

Originally Posted by mryang

I see, maybe i can use it jokingly lol...

minna! ringo ga man kuu tai!
みんな! りんご が まん くう たい!
everyone! i want to eat 10,000 apples!

Here, ringo and ga is a noun each, man kuu tai are the verb, am i right?

Does that sound ok? I mean, in a less serious context like talking to a close friend. Of course i won't try to tell a stranger that i want to eat 10,000 apples lol...

Like Masaegu, I like your ambition.

One of the hardest things in Japanese for native English speakers is counters.

Five apples isn't ご　りんご

It is りんご　ごこ　（りんご五個）

Five people

ひと　ごにん　（人五人）

Five fingers

ゆび　ごほん　（指五本）

Fun stuff, huh?

[mryang]

Thanks for the reply guys, guess i need much much more practice, i'll be back... next time i'll be much better MUAHAHAHA!