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しつもんがある

Postby Jaagjah » February 9th, 2016 8:50 pm

しつもんがある。 = I have a question?

こんにちわみな、

Almost having all the knowledge on basic Japanese grammar. There's still some basic thoughts that I'm not sure if I'm expressing properly. Like;

あなたのあるくの = You're walking?

私行くのが私のへや。= I'm going to my room.
Or would it have to be:
私のへやにいく。

なんははなしたんだか。= What're you talking about?

あなたのあるくのんだ = You're walking!?

Help is appreciated. みなさん、ありがとござます。

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Re: しつもんがある

Postby jim.schuler » February 10th, 2016 1:21 am

Jaagjah wrote:あなたのあるくの = You're walking?

This is "Your walking." The の after あなた marks possession, and when の follows a verb, it turns it into a noun (although it can be used to mark a question, but given that the walk is being possessed, it makes sense to me to interpret this as a case of nominalization, even if it is a sentence fragment).

A: "Your walking"
B: "What about my walking?"
A: "It's strange."

"You are walking" would be あなたはあるいている。

~て+いる form of a verb means that you are in the state of that verb, which is similar to the present participle function of -ing in English, which denotes a continuous action. In this case, the two match up very well: "I am in the state of walk" is no different than "I continue to walk." But if I used 広げる: to open, "I am in the state of open" is very different than "I continue to open."

Jaagjah wrote:私行くのが私のへや。= I'm going to my room.
Or would it have to be:
私のへやにいく。

Your first sentence lacks a verb due to 行く being nominalized by the の.
私のへやにいく = I will go to my room.
私のへやにいっている = I am going to my room.

Jaagjah wrote:なんははなしたんだか。= What're you talking about?

There are a lot of ways to say "What're you talking about?" I'm going to remove the んだ here for simplicity's sake, because it's emphasis and could be translated in a bunch of different ways depending on context. This is "What had said?" Changing the は to a を makes なに a direct object instead of the topic doing the verb.

なにをはなしたか = What was discussed?

For "talking," we need to use the ~て+いる form.

なにをはなしているか = What are you talking about?

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Re: しつもんがある

Postby Jaagjah » February 12th, 2016 10:41 pm

Sorry for the late response. If I don't learn this at my leisure, it won't happen. I see what you're talking about sectioned in the "essential grammar" category. At least from where I'm learning Japanese. Thanks for the heads up, I'll be venturing into further depths of Japanese grammar today. Stick around I may need you're input.

ジムさん、ありがとござます。

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Re: しつもんがある

Postby community.japanese » February 14th, 2016 2:20 pm

jim.schuler san,
konnichiwa. :)
Thank you for helping Jaagjah san.

Jaagjah san,
Konnichiwa.
Firstly, you might want to practise casual froms. However, when you ask about your question to someone who you don’t know, I recommend you to use polite expressions.
しつもんがあります。 = I have a question?

こんにちは。The wa must be はbecause it is a particle.
みなさん、

あるいていますか。 = You're walking?
Using anata should be rude.
Please use anata to your girlfriend or boyfriend.
When you know a parson’s name, please keep using the name.

私は私の部屋に行きます。= I'm going to my room.

なにをはなしていますか。= What're you talking about?

あるいていますか = You're walking!?
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Re: しつもんがある

Postby Jaagjah » February 15th, 2016 3:42 am

The helpful responses are appreciated.

I've learned the ていねい (polite) form as well as having looked into the te-form sense ジムさん mentioned it. I've also read of an honorific form used by store personnel and others alike, but I'll leave that alone for now.

また、みんなはんのうはありがたいです。

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Re: しつもんがある

Postby community.japanese » February 21st, 2016 10:02 pm

Jaagjahさん、
Konnichiwa. :)
どういたしまして。
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