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Welcome! Nothing hard about “Llewellyn”. I mean, you could have been named Conchobhar, for example.
E-mail’s probably your best bet. I never really pay any attention to the Anki decks. =P
Must be = ~にちがいない = something like “there is no doubt that ~” or “I am not mistaken that ~”
あなたは先生にちがいない
あなたは王様にちがいない
ここは私たちの職場にちがいないI don’t think I’d use あなた with kings or teachers, though. =P
Welcome!
Just a tiny correction: it’s どうぞ. =)
That’s a pretty impressive transcript, there.
I have to admit, my listening ability sucks so bad that nothing destroys my morale quite so fast as trying to practice it. I will say, though, it does seem to have been getting a little bit better of late. =)
Incidentally, そういった話 = that kind of conversation.
Welcome! It’s great that you’re already a chef. Since you read manga, have you ever read Shokugeki no Souma (aka Food Wars)?
I actually just bought me a Japanese cookbook the other day…
Welcome! I have to admit I’m the other way around to you – pretty good at speaking, terrible at listeninhg. =P
No grammar issues, just spelling. =P
Specifically, in 3, the お should be を, in 4, じゃりません should be じゃありません, in 5 and 6, ときょう should be とうきょう (unless you MEANT to say “piece of wood supporting deeply receded eaves, especially in temple construction”), and I’m fairly sure the このう in 1 should be きのう, but I’m not completely certain there.
There’s about a double-handful of verbs and adjectives that usually appear in the structure AはBがC, in which が marks what would have been the object if the sentence were in English. The grammar dictionary describes this structure as “C usually expresses something about B, and BがC expresses something about A.” There’s a whole lot more description too which might be useful if that’s confusing (or could also be more confusing), but it then goes on to discuss the general types of words that usually take this form:
- Words which describe ability, for example わかる, できる and other potential verbs, 上手, 下手
- Words which indicate desire, for example ほしい, ～たい, いる
- Words which indicate fondness, for example 好き and きらい
- Words which describe emotion, for example はずかしい, なつかしい, こわいYour search-fu is weak, young padawan. =P
To be honest, that’s not the perfectest list – some words are missing kanji/hiragana, for some reason – but it’s pretty good. Another option – if you have some manner of iPhone or whatever – is Imiwa?. It’s a Japanese dictionary app, which also gives verb conjugations and stuff.
Google-sensei to the rescue!
http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/JVerbList.asp
That took me about ten seconds. =P
That depends on who you ask. And precisely what kind of robotics you’re thinking of. =P
Welcome! I won’t tell anyone your secret. =P
Welcome! Where’d you go when you visited? Did you take photos? =)
I’ve gotta admit, intonation was never covered in great detail in my uni course. It was brought up pretty early on, but then never mentioned again. Ever. I’m not sure Koichi ever gets around to mentioning it either.
That said, a lot of the usual rules tend to get thrown out in song lyrics, so I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if intonation was too.
