Originally Posted by MMM (Post 554688)

I hear Japanese people call it a Spoon more often than a Saji...

Originally Posted by Wasabista (Post 554161)

Both sentences are wrong, as you've figured out.

In principle "de" means "with/using" and "ni" is a general locative or dative particle.

Saji de shiru o tabeta. I drank my soup with a spoon.
Hon no naka ni wa mushi ga ita. A bug was inside the book.


But Japanese uses "de" when describing an action, in places where we would say "in," not "with":

Watashi wa Ikebukuro de hataraite imasu. I work in Ikebukuro.
O-sento de kaminoke o aratta. I washed my hair in the public bath.

Originally Posted by Wasabista (Post 554823)

Not me, maybe it's a Saitama thing. I've come to think of a teaspoon as a supuun and a ramen spoon as a saji.

Originally Posted by SSJup81 (Post 554824)

So, what would you use to say...

I wash my hair with shampoo (I'll say strawberry scented)? What is the equivalent particle for "with"? Would you still use "de" in this instance? Sutoroberii Shampuu de kami o araimasu. <= Is this even correct for what I was trying to xay?

Edit: I know "ichigo" is strawberry, but decided to stick to katakana since I used katakana for shampoo since I don't know the word for Shampoo.

Originally Posted by Wasabista (Post 554823)

Not me, maybe it's a Saitama thing. I've come to think of a teaspoon as a supuun and a ramen spoon as a saji.

Originally Posted by MMM (Post 554830)

I would probably say

ストロベリーのシャンプーで髪の毛を洗います。

OR

ストロベリーのシャンプーを使って、頭を洗います。

Originally Posted by chryuop (Post 554911)

MMM you left me here wondering now hee hee. What was that word in the anime that was translated as "correct"? After 20 minutes listening to it and trying to translate it, would be mean not to tell me LOL.