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

YzN san,
yea i remember them..
In wikipedia they said:

"The hiragana あん (an) is painted on the entrance gates of the village (one hiragana on each door). This means hermitage or retreat. (kanji : 庵). "

It can also mean something close to "isolation"..so maybe they put it like safety and protection to the village.

Konban wa ,

Sensei , I have too many questions to ask , sorry for that
let's start with these :

1 - Everyone ; is it ( mina ) or ( minna ) ?

2 - The negative of ( kawaii ) ; is it ( kawaikunai ) ?

3 - What is the word they use for the Emperor ?

4 - What is the meaning of ( majide ) ? is it the same of ( hontou ) ?

konban wa!

1) u say either minna or minasan.. ya3ni when it is alone it is MINNA and when it is with san u say MINAsan.
same kanji ofcourse

2) correct
3)he is refered to as : Tennō Heika = "His Majesty the Emperor"
4)yep
mata ne!

Arigatou Sensei,

The second "package" of questions :

There are some words I'm not sure of their spelling or meaning , can you please correct them and add their meanings ?

yappari , sutereshimasu , shikashi , iikara ( don't worry ? ) , boya ( for boys , is it in katakana ? ) , masaka , moshikashitara , yamete ( stop ? ) .

arigatoo sensie
wht the meaninng of ( key ) in japaneese

well, i think its

キー = ki ~

<<in ktakana

Sensei,

If I want to say : new pictures , shall I say ( atarashii shashin ) or ( atarashii na shashin ) or something else ?
I wish you will teach us the 2nd type of adjectives which we add ( na ) to it .

And if I wanted to add ( douzo ) to the sentence how shall I say that ? ......... douzo , atarashii shashin ....... ?

ok minna! sorry i wasnt replying recently i had been very busy.

bme san,

*YAPPARI : well i took me sometime till i knew how and when to use yappari..but i will try my best to explain : it means "after all"..for example if you have a small doubt in something,,then u discover your doubts were correct.
Ex. : yappari omae da! = So it was u after all!

*i guess u mean SHITSUREISHIMASU : like excuse me,pardon me
*shikashi : however,but
*ii kara : Ex. : "ii kara, kite!" = "bas ta3al w ma 3alek!"
*bouya : yes it means boy, but i just checked it, it is written in kanji (Japanese word, ma elha 3alaqa bi "boy").
*masaka: no way! could it be that ...
(used alot by conan )
*moshikashitara/moshikashite : could it be ...
*yamete : stop,, it is the TE form of YAMEMASU.

Kawarimi san,

key is KAGI.

BME san again,

yep. atarashii is from the 1st type so just ATARASHII SHASHIN.
Do u mean "tfaddal, suwar jdeede" ? If so, u say "douzo, atarashii shashin desu" or "atarashii shashin desu.douzo"

Arigatou sensei ,

douzo , atarashii shitsumon desu :

about the sentence ( nihongo ga daisuki ) : is ( suki ) a verb ?

if it is ; then why we say ( ga ) & not ( wo ) ?

because I love nihongo ; so shouldn't it be :

( watashi wa ) nihongo wo daisuki ?!


Note : I don't know why but I feel it is a stubid shitsumon , gomennasai .

bme san,
suki is not a verb, it is an adjective.. so when we say "watashi wa nihongo ga daisuki desu" we are literally saying : "For me,Japanese is very likable" = = "i like Japanese"

mata ne!

Arigatou sensei ,

Another package of questions ..

1- about ( suki ) : how can I say it in negative ? shall I add ( kunai ) or maybe ( dewa arimasen ) ? for example :

I don't like my university ==> watashi no daigaku ga daisuki dewa arimasen .

2- about ( da ) at the end of sentence ; what is its meaning ? is it means ( it's ) ?! for example :

nihon da! ==> it is Japan .

3- when you said ( Tennō Heika ) ; is ( ō ) means ( ou ) or ( oo ) ?

4- What is the meaning of ( deshou ) ? for example : joudan deshou ?

5- mmmm .. well , I wanted to ask you something but I forget it , I will put it later .


mata ne!

konnichi wa!
1) suki is of the second type of adjectives so we dont add 'kunai'. We say suki ja/dewa arimasen. And without the 'dai'
2) 'da' is the slang for 'desu'. Nihon desu = its Japan.
3)it is 'ou'
4)deshou = probably.. joudan deshou? = that's a joke probably?..or more like "isnt that a joke?".

and im never tired of nihongo questions so ask whatever u want!

Sensei , about the sentence ( I'm under the legal age ) ...
I think it's like this :

わたしのもとにほうていねんれい
私の下に法定年齢
watashi no moto ni houtei nenrei

[edited]

Or maybe we shall say ( wa ) instead of ( no ) ??!!

Quote :

I don't like my university ==> watashi no daigaku ga suki dewa arimasen .

biraru-san -----> A7sant!

Bilal san,

1）NEMUI is an adjective as in "sleepy".
Nemuri is the stem of the masu form verb "nemurimasu".
2)The same for "urimasu" and "irimasu"..they are "masu" form stems.
3) you can say "tsugi NO kurasu wa ... "

About the below the legal age, i think it is mistaken. I don't know the right one, but it feels to be wrong. Anyway, as far as i know, the 下 kanji has no TOMO as reading..maybe u mean MOTO .

mata ne!

salla7et'ha bilal-san

sensei what about my question ?

oops .. I wrote it wrong .. it's ( moto ) ..

Arigatou .. Amani sensei ..

OK .. when I use the stem ( nemuri ) like this ( nemuri no kogorou ) ; does it mean : Kogorou the sleepy ?! if it is , then can I use any stem like this ?

for example :
sagashimasu = to search ,
stem ==> sagashi ,
sagashi no hito ==> the searcher person ??

And what the difference between ( nemurimasu ) & ( nemasu ) ?

mata ne!

hhh .. don't worry YzN san .. I were joking

mmm .. I think ( warui ) means ( bad ) , like what we say in english : sorry , my bad .

YzN san!
warui warui!! Im sorry i didn't notice the Q since it was under that line,I thought the line was the end of ur post ^^;
And what Bilal san said was ur answer.
I used it too so you can see it in action!

眠ります　＝　ねむります　＝　To sleep
寝ます　＝　ねます　＝　To go to bed/to sleep/to lie down
Its like the english difference between go to bed and sleep. Sleep means physically sleep, while go to bed means going to bed "hoping" to sleep lol
I hope this was clear.
And the masu stem i guess it can act as a noun,when it is followed by NO it will be like an adjective (bel ma3na only), so it means Sleepy kogorou (not the "nemui=na3san" but rather Al-Na2em)

The masu stem has alot of uses in combined words, for example : TABEmono(food), SAGASHImono(thing u r looking for),WASUREmono(thing that u forgot/left behind), NORIba(place to ride a bus/car/train), URImono(thing to be sold), URIba(place of selling something)

Ba is the place "ba"場

looool .. na3san & na2em ... now I understand

That's why I wanted you to teach us verbs sheet .. because I can't understand everything about it ... stem , te form , (ri) changing to (ru) , nai , ta , and when shall I use them .. ooooh .. atama ga itai

Thank you for the answer sensei & Bilal-san

Bilal san,
TA form is for past
NAI form is for negative
Dictionary form is for present
Te form....aloooooot of uses. One of these is the imperative. Fe3l Amer.

And as i said before usually in books and nihongo classes, verbs are taught in groups, each group has a way for conjugation. (they are 3 groups). Actually i can't teach them this way since i learned to conjugate by experience, I don't know the rules well...gomen ne >_<
ganbatte ne!^^