Yeah, yeah. Context, context, context. Thus, the beauty of Japanese.


I've always thought of the phrase "I like you" as something a 3rd grader would say to his crush on a playground.

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You are over analysing some very simple ideas. You'd be much better off advancing a few more chapters in grammar.

That's not the "beauty of Japanese" but the beauty of language.

What would you say to a girl you were interested in, Alan, to tell her you like her?

Hm. Good question. Something like..."ayo girl, lemme' get 'cho numba"


Just kidding. I don't really know. I've never thought about it.


I'm interested to hear about what you would say, MMM. ;)

僕は日本語を大好きです。:rheart:

So basically "daisuki" is like saying "I love you" in English,
it's just the tone in your voice that implies how you mean it, right?

D: Gotta be careful. You'd say 僕は日本語が大好きです。
Reason being that 大好き is an adjective and you never (to my knowledge) use を with adjectives because it indicates a direct object.

Also, for anyone using windows, can someone tell me the shortcut to go between hiragana and roman characters? It's a bit of a hassle having to go down and switch it manually when I'm writing a mixture of kana and letters.

Alt+` (left of 1)

Edit: Sorry. Read that as alt + 1. Not alt + ` ありがとうございます

So, what I've learned from this is:
1. never say 'aishiteru'
2. say '(name) ga daisuki' if it's only a really serious relationship
3. 'suki' is used for not so serious relationships
4. 'daisuki' depends on the context

Got it:glasses: Arigatou!!!

p.s. any corrections?