Shitsumon ga arimasu ka? ..a topic to post your questions

Konnichi wa minasan!
Post your shitsumon here if you have any.
ganbatte kudasai!

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As for bme san no shitsumon about the use of "-sama" and "danna" :
Its the way you said it :
*Danna is used as :master/ husband (head of the house/master of the house)
*sama is also used as a high level of respect but not always in the meaning of "master".
For example imagine two big company owners meet together,(and they are not so familiar with each other), they will use sama to address each other...this applies to other businesses too.
If the situation wasn't sooo much honorofic, they can use -san.
"-sama" is also used with the word God "kami", so they say "kami sama" for "God".

There is another word "dono".."dono" is respectful too. Most likely used in certificates and formal(too formal) letters.
For example, you took a certificate of completing a course. You will find something like this :
"BME -dono has completed the course successfully and was given this certificate .... "

I hope this helped. don't bother too much with the details(since you wont need to use either sama or danna in daily life).
As a language learner, "-san" is always safe to use.

hi sensei ,
Dont worry ,i think you have the gift to make every one understand.
so ( sore wa shitsemon ga arimasen )

Konban wa Amani sensei
Arigatou for your efforts [ the translation of ( يعطيك العافية ) ]
I have another question if you don't mind :
when some one asks me : ki wa chiisai desuka ?
and I want to say yes I will say : Hai, sou desu
but if I want to say no ; Should I say : iie, dewa arimasen .
or
iie, sou dewa arimasen .
???


biraru san

bme san,
you say : "iie sou dewa arimasen"

ammar san,
"This/that is not a question" = "kore wa/sore wa shitsumon dewa arimasen"
"There is no question (there EXISTS NO question)" = "shitsumon ga arimasen"

minasan, feel free to ask any questions. ganbatte kudasai ne! (^_^)

Arigatou gozaimasu sensei !

i am ...
but yeeeah i feel like i got it !

Konban wa amani sensei
I want to ask you about ( wakarimasu )
if the past form is ( wakarimashita ) , is the command form ( فعل الأمر ) ==> wakarimashte ?
I mean like the verbs ending with ( te ) like ( ganbatte ) , so can I say ( wakarimashite kudasai ) ?

BME san,
konban wa~!
Af3al el Amer comes in a different form called the 'te form' because they all end in 'te','tte' or 'de'.
But you can't make them by simply adding 'te' to the 'masu' form. they have their own rules.
So: "please understand" is "wakatte kudasai"

*wakarimasu (present masu form) / wakaru (present DICTIONARY form)/ wakatte(TE form)

*For ganbarimasu :
Ganbarimasu(masu form) / Ganbaru(dictionary form)/Ganbatte(TE form)

*As another example, let's see yomimasu (to read)
Yomimasu(masu form) / yomu (dictionaru form) / yonde (TE form)

*Shimasu (to do)
Shimasu / suru(Dictionary form) / shite (Te form)

*kakimasu(to write)
Kakimasu / kaku(Dictionary form) / kaite (Te form)

..so this way you can see there is no one rule on how to form the 'te' form..there are several rules depending on the hiragana letter before the -masu

That's why u say:
-yonde kudasai = plz read
-shite kudasai = please do
( a better example : benkyou SHITE kudasai = plz study)
-kaite kudasai : plz write

..ganbatte kudasai! (^_^)y

Forgot to say that we will discuss the 'te' form rules soon inshalla

Arigatou gozaimasu Amani sensei
I have a better understanding now about (masu) and (te) forms , I didn't notice that I added (te) to (masu) .
maybe I shall know more examples like these to realize this topic better .

Please sensei don't hate me for my tooooo many questions , I hope I am not bothering you , the matter is I am not so good in verbs and sentences structure , and I want to know more about it .
waiting for the lesson about (te) soon in sha' ALLAH .

and Sensei ; What is the meaning of ( dattebayo ) that Naruto always say it in any sentence ?

If i was going to be bothered by questions i wouldn't have opened a topic for them so just relax and ask whatever u want, i don't get bothered by questions.

As for datte ba yo,,,its very close to " I say .... ".
Its not a verb but rather an expression. And people don't use it in every thing they say like naruto does :p
Example : sugoi datte ba yo! = I say this is great!

..people might use it like this :
Suppose im calling your name and u r not replying to me after i called ur name more than once, so i say "bme san datte ba!" = "I'm saying 'bme san'!"
And 'yo' is for emphasis, it makes the sentence stronger.

best of luck!

konnichiwa sensei i just want to make sure about few things:
kippu : ticket
sensu: fan
futteimasu: means to rain
furimasu:means fall
oboemasu: means to memorize something
to ask about the price of something you say:
ikuri desu ka?
but to ask about the age you say :
ikutsu desu ka?

i just wanna make sure that i am learning in a good way.

ra200sh san,
konnichi wa! ogenki desu ka? ^^
You are almost correct :
*sensu= fan (the Japanese one that u hold in your hand and can be folded)
*how much is it? (price) = ikuRA desu ka?
*now for furimasu and futteimasu :
both mean to fall (only for rain, snow..etc )
'furimasu' is the basic "-masu" form. "futteimasu" is a compound from the 'te' form + "imasu". These -te form + imasu compounds are used for progressive actions.

Furimasu(masu form)/ Furu(dictionary form)/futte( -te form)

So when we say : ame ga furimasu = rain falls
and when we say : ame ga futte imasu = rain IS FALLING

Hope that was clear.
I think you are learning in a good way since you know alot of things already!
ganbatte kudasai!

Domo sensei,
Ogenki desu ka.
I went to the place where we take our nihongo class today to ask about the new sections (mon-wed sections), and the secretary told me that they won't be starting now................. ............
so i just wanted to make sure from you...
second, WHY ISN'T THERE A CLASS ON TUESDAY!!...
that's what the secretary, again, told me today... there's a holiday that day or something??... anyways, plz let us know...
Arigatou Gozaimasu ^_^
Ja ne!

Doumo M chan!
kawaii pic u have there
As for the classes, the mon-wed sections will start next monday

And for tuesday,its a day off because of the elections mendoukusai ne~!
mata ne~!

Konban wa sensei
do you mean monday 26/11 ?

so sad for not taking nihongo lesson next Tue, it becomes one lesson per week !

yep. 26/11
yea it will be long before we take a lesson again.. 2 days without nihongo are very long for me

Will, for me I can't stay one day without nihongo , I am suffering now because nihongo still can't be installed on my laptop ( and I don't know why this is happening after last format ) . When I'm openning internet pages ; the japanese text looks as squares ! I even cann't use japanese dictionaries or open word documents .

My only consolation is these nihongo classes we are taking .

konbanwa minna,
Does anyone else feel like a sakana out of water?....
pritty boring week... omoshirokunai!!!...
i've already memorized the sheets we have,,, even the katakana... and i can finally say Atatakakunakatta... berabera ^_^...
Looking forward to thursday...

LOL!! M-chan! that was hilarious (sakana out of water) lool
For me maybe im lucky i wont have to give nihongo until thursday u know why? cuz i removed my wisdom tooth today and i have a temporary problem with my pronounciation now ..other than the headache (>_<)
ha ga itai .. even though its not there anymore, it still hurts
Let's hope things would be ok by thursday

minasan,tip of the day : something ga itai = something hurts me.
atama = head ==> atama ga itai = ???
guess urself:P
mata ne!

konban wa...
Finally Thursday is getting nearer "what a long long week that was" and what a boring Tuesday!

salamtek ya sensei...good thing u got rid of it...I've been suffering for ages and only half of my so called wisdom tooth "popped" out!
baka mendoukusai tooth!


sensei I have 3 questions :
1) will japanese people understand the meaning of any foreign word written in katakana ?
2) how can i know what are the foreign ones ? "maybe its early for me since the words i know are still below 35! but i just want to know"
3) (although this is not related to the topic here but its still a question!) from what anime is your avatar pic ? it looks cool!

YzN san,
konban wa!
1) I guess all of them can recognise all "used" katakana words..otherwise the need to be good at english to recognise other words.
For example, they can say the word "pool" as "puuru"..this word is widely used an can be recognised..but if someone like us come and tell them "baggu" for "bag" i dont think they will easily understand since there is no "baggu" word..unless they know english well and they knew the word u r telling them is english.

2)most of the foreign words are english words. when you know how to write a foreign word in katakana , you can easily do the opposite.
tenisu , te~buru, ime~ji, konpyuuta~, inta~netto ..these words are : tennis , table, image, computer and internet.
There are easy rules to make an english word into katakana..we will learn these one day
can you recognise these now? :
fasuto fuudo,takushi~,poketto, ge~mu, risetto, suta~to, hoteru ? try yourself first, i will answer later ^^
3)My pic is from "rurouni kenshin" the best samurai anime ever since it tells real events of the Japanese history. The girl is kamiya kaoru.
ganabtte kudasai!
mata ne!

arigato gozaimasu sensei!
as for the words i guess :
fasuto fuudo = fast food
poketto = pocket
ge~mu = game
risetto = reset ??
suta~to = start
hoteru = hotel ??
takushi~ = ????

English is really cool using japanese specially inta~netto