Comments on: Beginner Lesson #17 - How Are You?

by: JKiddo

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:32:35 +0000

Aaron-san,
Half right! It is further expanding on adding information to delicious. Being more descriptive. Very similar to what you said though.

by: JKid

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:29:35 +0000

maxiewawa-san,
I agree about sugoi oishii not being grammatically incorrect.

>> But now that I think of it, I’m sure that I’ve heard “sugoku” sometimes.

However, I am 99.9% certain that sugoku is the adverbial form of sugoi. I did a search for sugokuoishii in Google just to see what would happen and there is a number of Japanese websites using it. So I am pretty sure I am right.

We’ll get the bottom of this!

by: maxiewawa

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:44:53 +0000

Aaron, from what I’ve seen, “Sugoi” is an exception to the grammatical rule… To make “sugoi” into an adverb, you don’t change the “~i” to “~ku”. (And we can think of “oishii” as a verb for the purposes of this explanation.)

I’m listening to EnglishPod101.com right now, Hiroko-sensei (remember her!) just said “sugoi yaseta” when describing someone who has lost their love handles. (”Love Handles” was last week’s phrase of the week!)

I used to pick up on people’s misuse of “sugoi” (instead of “sugoku”) but I’ve stopped now. Think of it as an exception to remember; there is not “sugoku” in Japanese, only “sugoi”.

But now that I think of it, I’m sure that I’ve heard “sugoku” sometimes.

by: Aaron

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:39:28 +0000

Wait!! I think I just got it. Ok, so ‘Sugoi Oishii’ is is “Amazing! Delicious!”– two separate words. BUT, Sugoku Oishii is “Amazingly delicious!” as in describing the kind of amazing that ‘it’ is. Is that right?

by: Aaron

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:21:04 +0000

Thanks for your reply JKid! I guess what I was more curious about was how both forms of the word Sugoku can be used. Meaning; If I can say ’sugoi oishii,’ but I could also say ’sugoku oishii, and they both mean the same thing, then’ what rule determines which form of the word that I use? Ugh, I probably should have paid better attention in elementary school grammar class. Hope my question makes sense.
Aaron

by: JKid

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:51:45 +0000

Aaron-san,
Sugoi is a noun meaning “amazing” or something similar. Sugoi oishii would mean “Amazing! Delicious!” Sogoku is the adverbial form of Sugoi. An adverb, if you’re not aware “is a word that adds information to a verb, an adjective, or an adverb”. So it is used to add further information to the word that comes after it. Such as in the example of sugoku oishii. That would mean would mean amazingly delicious.

I hope that clears things up. If you have any further questions please ask away!

by: Aaron

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:54:54 +0000

I was wondering if anyone could clarify the use of SUGOKU over SUGOI. I’ve heard statements that alternately use both, like; “sugoku / sugoi oishii.” Is there a rule that dictates which form of the word to use? And if you could also explain what dropping the “I” and adding “ku” does, that would be…well, sugoi!
Arigato

by: Maichan

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:39:55 +0000

Thank you !

by: Mayumi

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:28:20 +0000

Maichan-san,

おかげさまで comes first. So, you can say おかげさまで、げんきです, or おかげさまで、ぜっこうちょうです。 Also, you can say just おかげさまで which implies that you are good.

by: Maichan

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:33:36 +0000

Hello,

First of all, thank you for these wonderful lessons… these are just perfect!

I have a question… I have always learned that a polite follow up to the “genki” question is

おかげさまです

Does that apply for some of the alternative responses you mentioned… for example

ぜっこうちょう… おかげさまです

Thanks,

Miles