Comments on: Beginner Lesson S4 #36 - I Think You’ll Like This…

by: Motoko

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:38:21 +0000

亀井さん、コメントありがとうございます。
今日東京は晴れです。でもまだまだ寒いですよ。

by: 亀井

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:21:33 +0000

この授業はとても面白いと思います。
今日は雨が降ったと思います。

by: Motoko

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:39:18 +0000

Jacob-san,
We usually use ga as subject marker in subordinate clause.
The sentence before ..omou is a kind of quotation from the past utterance of her mother so it would be in present form.
The action “to think” is the past action from the perspective on the wedding.
Then the expression would be da to omotta.
Please also note that Japanese language tends to put a tense at the main clause at the end.
I hope this helps.

by: Jacob

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:13:08 +0000

Also, “saisho wa yowakute tayorinai hito da to omotta”
Why doesnt it say “saisho wa yowakute tayorinai hito datta to omou”
Thanks alot

by: Jacob

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:41:44 +0000

Does the subject in the quotation have to be marked with ga or can it also be wa?
Thanks

by: チィ

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:07:36 +0000

美雨さんは弱い人だと思う。

by: Naomi

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:00:33 +0000

Ercan Sarbat -san
Great question!
In Japanese we don’t say “What do you think?”, but we say “How do you think?” to ask someone’s opinion.
“How” is “Dou” and since “Dou” is an interrogative adverb, you don’t need to insert a particle after it.
So “what do you think?” is…
“Dou omou?” or “Dou omoimasu ka?” (Literal translation; how do you think?)

I hope this helps.

by: Ercan Sarbat

Mon, 31 May 2010 15:59:13 +0000

Thank you Naomi-San,
This will be my 7th I hope to speak a lot of Japanese this time. I wonder if we can say ‘’Nani to omou?'’ or how can we say ‘’what do you think?'’ in Japanese?

by: Naomi

Mon, 31 May 2010 04:01:07 +0000

Ercan Sarbat-san
You’ll be in Tokyo in 2 weeks? I hope you’ll have a great time in Tokyo

by: Ercan Sarbat

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:33:51 +0000

Watashi wa Hare Otoko desu.
Grammer of Japanese and Turkish are quite the same so I got this lesson very easily.
Thank you very much, 2 weeks later I hope to be in Tokyo and hope that Tenki wa ii desu!

by: Jessi

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:02:08 +0000

Hi Sylvieさん,

You are correct! みがいて is the te-form of みがく, and the た is short for いた。It’s common to leave the い out. 「～ていた」 is the equivalent to [ was ~ing].

みがいていた ⇒ みがいてた

And then the わ is a sentence ending particle used for emphasis (and mostly used by women).

I hope this helps!

by: Sylvie

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:47:14 +0000

Hi,
Can anybody explain me what the last bit about the wedding shoes means? けっこんしきようのくつをみがいてたわ。I guess it’s the te-form of the verb みがく but what does the たわ mean? What’s the grammar behind this?
Please help me out!
Sylvie

by: Mayumi

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:51:40 +0000

jhalton-san,

Now I understand what you mean.

by: jhalton

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:04:52 +0000

祖ですね。。。でも、her voice is the same as “Lori”

by: Mayumi

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:22:00 +0000

jhalton-san,

The girl who is marrying Haruya is “Miu”