Topic: HOW DO I SAY "…." THREAD

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August 21, 2011 at 7:18 pm #16015

thisiskyle
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You’ve got your の backwards. The owner goes before and the owned goes after. since the sushi belongs to Japan, it should be 日本のすし. To treat verbs like nouns (called nominalizing) you can usually leave them in the dictionary (plain) form and add こと after them. I like to eat – 食べることが好きです.
So the full thing is 私は日本のすしを食べることが好きです。

Not bad though. People could figure out what you meant I’m sure.

August 21, 2011 at 7:31 pm #16017

Andrew
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ahh of course! I didn’t even click. Thanks very much :)

August 22, 2011 at 2:33 am #16023

Mark
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How could you say stuff like
I can eat food
It could be funny
?

August 22, 2011 at 4:08 am #16025

マーク・ウェーバー
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I can eat food / I can eat the food
私は食べ物食べることができます/ 私は食べ物を食べることができます

August 22, 2011 at 4:54 am #16028

Sheepy
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or 食べ物を食べられます

August 22, 2011 at 6:14 am #16032

MisterM2402 [Michael]
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@Mark Jennings: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/potential

The conjugations are different for う and る verbs (or “Group 1″ and “Group 2″ as TextFugu calls them). Then there’s also the usual exceptions of する and 来る.

きます、くる、きた、こない、こい… that’s one annoying little verb hehe

August 22, 2011 at 6:50 am #16038

Mark
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Thanks for the help, that had me confused for a while. (Although I probably should have first looked at tae kims guide!

September 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm #17006
thisiskyle
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How do I say “any more”? or something like it…

I don’t have a car any more.
The shoes aren’t expensive any more.
Bob isn’t here any more.
I’m not a doctor any more.

EDIT:
found it…
僕は車がもうありません。
靴はもう高くありません。
ボブはもういません。
私はもう医者ではありません。

Please correct me if I’m wrong.
- This reply was modified 13 years, 2 months ago by thisiskyle.
January 5, 2012 at 9:43 pm #23762

missingno15
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How do I say “Is this a pen? No, its a dog.”

January 5, 2012 at 9:55 pm #23765

yani
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おまえはばかですか。犬はペンです。:P

January 5, 2012 at 10:07 pm #23767

missingno15
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女性なら、「おまえ」という言葉とか普通に言わないでしょう。そこがあまり女らしくないんじゃないね

それに１０年早いんだよ。

January 6, 2012 at 3:16 pm #23923

MisterM2402 [Michael]
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@missingno15: Why are you asking that? You know how to say it. You also didn’t “just finish Season 2″ either. What’s with the whole “acting like you’ve just started” thing of late? Do you feel you don’t fit into the community much any more or something, trying to fit in with the new guys? :P

January 6, 2012 at 3:33 pm #23930

missingno15
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i needed something to say to bump the thread while being relevant.

January 6, 2012 at 7:32 pm #23948

MisterM2402 [Michael]
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…that makes sense.

January 8, 2012 at 1:02 am #24022

Vincent
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How do I ask where something is in a supermarket context? Like if i were to ask a worker to help me locate an item
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