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の is a nominaliser for the verb 届く – that is, it turns 手紙が届く into a single noun phrase which is then acted on by the particle に. かかります is a verb meaning “to take (some amount of money or time)”.
The whole sentence, then, is “it took three days to deliver the letter.”
Thank you Joel! (And welcome back.)
The verb “to take”, is it this one: 掛かる? I have troubles extracting verbs from sentences -.-
“To take (time)” is usually just in kana. I think that kanji is more appropriate when the meaning is more “to hang”, but I’m not sure.
Could be, because in the sentence “I hang my husband’s clothes on a clothesline” xD it was written in kanji.
そこには私一人しかいなかった。 What is しかいなかった?
彼女は青い目をしています。I’m confused by しています, but it’s common to use it this way, right?
Those look like Core 2000 sentences, so I assume the problem isn’t what the sentences mean, but why they mean what they do.
> What is しかいなかった?
That breaks up as しか いなかった. The verb here is 居る, and it is past negative.
> 彼女は青い目をしています。I’m confused by しています, but it’s common to use it this way, right?
This usage isn’t so common that it is listed as one of the meanings over on dictionary.goo.ne, although the similar meaning “wear” is mentioned:
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/39689/m0u/%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B/
However, there are several pages of expressions listed for the idiom 目をする over on Eijiro.
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E7%9B%AE%E3%82%92%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B/UTF-8/
Note in particular several instances of the exact usage in question:
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E9%9D%92%E3%81%84%E7%9B%AE%E3%82%92%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6/UTF-8/
Thank you very much! (^_^)b I’ll be back soon with more xD
How do you pronounce 中 when used for example:
ダウンロード中
インストール中
etc.
ちゅう Or なかちゅう。
When it comes as a suffix, it’s ちゅう or じゅう; when it’s の中 or the like, it’s なか. This is all just based on what I’ve seen, the general observable pattern. Betting there are many exceptions and whatnot.
Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right section of the forum for my question. In the practice section of season 2 when わ (in わたし) follows は it get’s pronounced like お. Is this standard? it certainly flows better than saying はわ. wawawawawawa …
thanks in advance for your advice,
@Maxim – No that is not standard as far as I know. I’ve never heard it. Can you be more specific on where you found it? Which practice section? Tell Koichi about it.
It’s this one: http://www.textfugu.com/season-2/being-possessive/practice/ – seventh sentence down or so, これ は わたし の えんぴつ です。
I’ll grant it does sound somewhat like おたし, but I’m gonna peg that one up to audio artefacts or simply a native speaker speaking quickly – it’s unquestionably supposed to be わたし.
@thisiskyle @Joel thanks for clearing that up! actually now that I’m not guessing, it sounds correct. wonders of the mind-ear …
洗たく機 was a new word for me, but it says:
Please do not wash with a washing machine. Please do not wash together with more other clothes, since the colors will fade.1st picture 手洗 = wash by hand
2nd picture can’t make any sense of the the katakana, but it is rather self explanatory.
3rd picture self explanatory
4th picture drierI don’t know how that translates over in to laundry language, but that it the meaning I am making of it :)
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