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

YzN san,
sugoi!^^ you were correct.
BME san is correct too about taxi.
ganbatte kudasai

Doumo Minna,,
Doumo Sensei,
a question that has been bugging me for over an hour now...
when i say:

x-san wa gakusei desu (present)
x-san wa gakusei de wa arimasen (negative present)

x-san wa gakusei deshita (past)
?????????????????????????? (negative past)

NANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII???? (HEAD EXPLODING... literally)

M chan,
our friend X san wa gakusei dewa arimasen deshita
(..or x san wa gakusei dewa/ja nakatta..but this one is a little informal)

-x san wa gakusei dewa/ja arimasen(formal/polite)
-x san wa gakusei dewa/ja nai (informal/slang)
both sentences above mean : x san is not a student, but the 2nd is less formal.
So to turn them to past ==>x san was not a student :
-x san wa gakusei dewa/ja arimasen deshita(polite)
-x san wa gakusei dewa/ja nakatta.(slang)

hope this helps^_^

Arigatou YzN san

Ohayou Minna!
douitashimashite sensei.

When do we use arigato gozaimashita instead of gozaimasu ?
i just see it this way : " thank you / thanked you ???"

YzN san,
ohayou gozaimasu!
yes true! it's the way u said it.
When you want to thank for a favor already done for you, you use gozaimashita. (past)
When you want to thank for a favor not yet done for you (promised with it or you expect it) you use gozaimasu (^_^)

Konban wa sensei
I want to ask about ( wakatta ) , I heard it once in anime ( wakatteru ) , is there's any difference ?

bme san,
The masu form is WAKARIMASU = To understand.
The dictionary form is WAKARU
The TE form is WAKATTE
rememebr the TE form + IMASU that mean a progressive action?
WAKATTE IMASU = I know/understand that. (wakarimasu sometimes is used as to know)
remember the dictionary form from IMASU? it is IRU
So it can become WAKATTE IRU when being informal...to make things easier Japanese in informal conversations usually drop the 'i' from wakatteiru..so it becomes wakatteru
so when u say : wakatteru yo! = i know that!
ofcourse this dropping applies to all other verbs :
miteru (miteiru = miteimasu = im seeing)
tabeteru (tabeteiru = tabeteimasu = im eating)

wakarimashita ka?
mata ne!

Arigatou Amani Sensei ...
hai, wakarimashita .

But this ( dictionary form ) thing confuses me , what are its uses ? to search in dictionary ? or also in speaking ( like : wakatte iru ) ?

mata ne!

yea ofcourse it has its uses. you can always use dictinary form instead of masu form if you were in an informal situation, like with friends and so on.
Ofcourse there are also needs to use dictionary form even in formal speeches in some cases (in some sentence patterns and sometimes when the verb is not the main thing in the sentence).
i guess we will take some examples after we know more about the dictionary form.

Arigatou gozaimasu for the usefull info
but one more question .
you can ask for the price of something by saying ikura desu ka? and you can ask also by saying ikutsu desu ka?

thank you for your support
ganbarimasu

ra200sh san,
we use only "ikura desu ka?". we don't use ikutsu to ask about the price.
why are you so much interested into asking about a price?lol
ganbatte kudasai! ^^

This picture is taken from a western tv show (Heroes). This japanese guy believed he was different and was here for a reason, he belived he could manipulate time and place continum. Anyways, after some attempts he managed to transport himself to Timesquare in New York. There he yelled "YATTA" or something that sounded like it. The show translated it as "I did it", but I dont get it. Does it really mean "I did it" ? Whats the verb "do" in japanese (yatta ?) ? and can you please give me some examples.

Sorry if it looks toooo long!

Sensei,,, forgot to ask.... there isn't gonna be a class tomorrow (wednesday), right?

shado san,
yes. Yatta = i did it
let me explain more : so far we learned SHIMASU = to do
there is another verb which means TO DO. It is YARIMASU. (masu form) / YARU (dictionary form) / YATTA (past dictinary form)
YARIMASU(present masu form) --> YARIMASHITA (past masu form)
YARU (present dictionary form) --> YATTA (past dictionary form)
using the dictionary form makes your talk a little informal.
Yatta is used alot whenever u want to say : I DID IT!

Maramu san,
yes no class on wednesday ^^;

Konban wa minna!
Doumo sensei,

How was ur exam? i hope u did well ^_^

A question, when u wanna ask someone if they already ATE or not,
do you say, "anata wa tabemashita ka?" or "anata wa tabemashita desu ka?"... or is it something else? nani ??
now that i think about,,, a question.... IN GENERAL... how do u make a question from a senyence in the past?

x-san wa tomodachi deshita ----- x-san wa tomodachi deshita ka?
it sounds hoooooooooooooontoni wrong... plz someone tell me

forgot to ask,,,, how do u say:
1- ba3ad bukra/the day after tomorrow.
2- gabl ams/the day before yesterday.
3- next _____ (talking about days, like NEXT MONDAY or NEXT WEEK or NEXT YEAR/MONTH).
4- in ______(talking about time, like IN TWO MINUTES or IN 15 DAYS.. example: the bus will come in 5 minutes, we will have an exam in 5 days).

Arigatou gozaimasu!

konban wa minna!
urm, sensei, how can i write japanese language using my computer coz i still cant figure out how..

arigatou gozaimasu!


p/s: is it going to be only the 4 of us in the morning class like just now??

uchuujin san,
well i hope more people will join. The problem is that this new section is not well announced,, so if you think there might be anyone interested please invite them ^^

maramu san,
arigatou, well my exam wasn't bad..but i wanted to do better ^^;

For your questions :

1) "did u eat already?"..there is a word used here in the meaning of "already". This word is "MOU". So we ask :
"(anata wa) mou tabemashita ka?" = have u already eaten?
or just a question of the past :
"anata wa tabemashita ka?" = "did u eat?"
Notice we dont use "desu" with masu verbs.
..and yes : "Xsan wa tomodachi deshita ka?" is correct.

2)the day after tomorrow is : "asatte"

3)the day before yesterday is : "ototoi"

4) for the next thing :
*Next monday : It is said as "monday of the next week"..so it is "raishuu no getsuyoubi" , raishuu = next week
*Next week (literally COMING week): raishuu
*next(coming) year: rainen
*next(coming) month : raigetsu
* "next" alone is "TSUGi"..ex.: next station: tsugi no eki
next bus : tsugi no basu.

"Coming next,the sports news!" : "tsugi wa, SPO-TSU no NYUUSU desu!". (spo-tsu and nyusu are written in katakana)

5) IN : i prefer to express this as "AFTER 15days/2hours..."
After is ATO.
So we say : NI JIKAN NO ATO NI TESUTO GA ARIMASU : there is a test after 2 hours.
*juu go nichi no ato ni : after 15 days

Hope this helped^^
ganbatte kudasai!

HOOONTOONI ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!! it helped alot ^_^

konban wa mina!
arigatou admin san for the link u gave me..helped me a lot..silly me didnt notice it earlier..lol..

sensei, im thinking of going to japan one day...so, approximately how much does it cost 4 a ticket to japan from jordan? is it expensive?

arigatou gozaimasu!

uchuujin san,
great^^ but i think the ticket would be expensive (i dont know how much exactly but it is expensive).. ^^;

Ohayou minna !

In naruto if you focus on the village's door...there is a あ　＆　ん .
what does it mean?