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13 Responses to “Japanese Culture Class #29 - National Culture Day/Halloween”
Saturday at 8:41 pm
Mina-san, we hope you have a great weekend wherever you are! If anyone is off to Ageha, we’ll be there around 11 or 12. Yoshi will be the pigeon and Peter the beard girl?
Saturday at 10:39 pm
Anyone here willing to give me a ride there?
Saturday at 10:43 pm
Yoshi-san, watch out for pelicans.
Sunday at 2:30 am
しゃっしんをとってください
Sunday at 4:16 am
Lizさん、
Please pardon the correction.
しゃっしん
I think should be
しゃしん
じゃ また
ジョン
Sunday at 5:20 am
I’m wating for 31st to eat delicious panellets at home.
Sunday at 5:31 am
ジョンさん
どうも!
Sunday at 7:19 am
Sunday at 2:43 pm
So, the meaning of とって is “to take (as in pictures)?” I don’t see that in the dictionary, but I’ll believe you. Was this covered in any of the jPod lessons?
Good Culture Class today. The fact that you’re already at #29 speaks to how much culture Japan has. It’s really cool; probably what I like the most about the country.
Have fun at that Halloween party, and enjoy some time off work! But make sure to take pictures.
Sunday at 3:50 pm
Matt:
写真を撮る “shashin wo toru” = “to take pictures” (i.e. “push the button and take a picture”)
写真を取る “shashin wo toru” = “to take pictures” (i.e. “to take a developed photograph into your hand”)
写真を盗る “shashin wo toru” = “to take picture” (i.e. to steal someone’s pictures)
And so on. Kanji makes the difference.
Sunday at 5:37 pm
Rene-san, I hadn’t noticed the different Kanji’s for ‘toru’ either. I know 取る but better learn 撮る as well. Perhaps 盗る can wait a bit
There’s quite a few others (looking at all the choices IME gives). It’s amazing how many different nuances there are.
採る = to adopt (a measure), to pick (fruit), to assume (attitude)
捕る = to take, to catch (fish), to capture
穫る = to harvest, to reap (I think, a bit obscure - probably can skip this one as 取る also can mean ‘to harvest’)
執る = to take (trouble), to attend to (business), to command (army)
獲る = to get, to obtain, to gain, to acquire, to win, to catch
録る = to record (audio, video etc.)
I wonder if 録る is pretty common too.
Sunday at 10:56 pm
Reneさん、
Thank you for this comparison. Very interesting. I know all those kanji but I would never have been able to put them into this context.
じゃ また
ジョン
Monday at 1:26 am
Thanks for the responses. I made the same mistake I always do of looking up the conjegated verb, and not the aptly named dictionary form.
That’s really interesting. So, if I understand correctly, when Japanese say ”ぼくのしゃしんおとりました” it could be interpretted as either “I was photographed” or “My pictures were stolen,” just like the English “he took my pictures.”
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