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lucagalbu 11-07-2007 05:29 PM

strange kanji
 
Hi all!
Please, what this kanji: 々 stands for? i can't translate it.
I found it in the sentence: この世界の仲間達と過ごした人々に
Please don't tell me the translation of the whole sentence (I have to manage to translate it by myself)

Tsuzuki 11-07-2007 05:34 PM

this is " ma" ^^

Kasomi 11-07-2007 05:34 PM

This means the kanji before is being repeated, so this: '人々' is read 'hitobito'.

masaegu 11-07-2007 05:38 PM

’々’ is used to avoid writing the same kanji twice in a row.

We write 人々 and not 人人. It's read as ひとびと.

Other examples:

木々 = trees. Read as きぎ

花々 = flowers. Read as はなばな

Gorotsuki 11-07-2007 05:43 PM

***

If you go to that site you will see the symbol for rai then that symbol that you wern't sure of. Then take notice of the site name.

lucagalbu 11-09-2007 02:12 PM

and what does hitobito mean? It's a sort of plural? It shouldn't be then Hito tachi?

GaijinInvasion 11-09-2007 05:15 PM

人たち and ひとびと both mean men, people, everybody..

lucagalbu 11-09-2007 09:01 PM

so there is no difference? If hey are the same, which would a japanese native use the most?

enyafriend 11-11-2007 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lucagalbu (Post 290346)
so there is no difference? If hey are the same, which would a japanese native use the most?

What word does a native japanese use is not important here. For you to be asking this question, what you need to do first is to thoroughly learn up your japanese basics. Once you have done that, the answer will automatically be there.

lucagalbu 11-11-2007 09:26 PM

ok.
do you know where on the net I can find something about the plural forms in japanese?


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