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Brad 03-21-2010 09:22 AM

Japanese > English
 
It will be great if someone can help me to translate the following sentences to English. I guess it's a simple one :confused:


kore wa nan to I mas ka? e go deska?


Thanks a million! :vsign:

Harumaki 03-21-2010 09:24 AM

How do you call this? (what is this) Is it English?

Brad 03-21-2010 09:27 AM

thanks Haru!

then what does it mean? Any special meaning?
I don't really understand.. :)


How do you call this? I'm single because my parents-in-law don't have kids?

KyleGoetz 03-21-2010 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad (Post 805129)
thanks Haru!

then what does it mean? Any special meaning?
I don't really understand.. :)


How do you call this? I'm single because my parents-in-law don't have kids?

No, the translation he gave is
Quote:

How do you call this? (what is this) Is it English?
. The in-law comment is his sig, not the answer to your quesion.
To make this more native English (Haru is a Dutch),
Quote:

What does this mean? Is it English?"

chryuop 03-21-2010 11:42 PM

That is why romaji is bad :) I kept reading it これはなんといますか instead of いいますか and couldn't understand how "is this with what"? has a meaning (I was so stupid to think the error was いる instead of ある and not います instead of 言います duh).


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