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XとXの関係とは・・・?

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XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby osakurutv_509072 » November 28th, 2015 6:25 pm

Hello and please to meet you all! I am new here…glups! :oops:
私の名前オスカルです。初めましてどうぞよろしくお願いします!
I think all the staff in JapanesePod101 are great professionals and very funny people! I love the podcast and I really think I am improving my Japanese thanks to you. 本当に、どうもありがとうございます!
I have a question about this expression.
XとXの関係とは・・・?
I am not sure if it means that "What is the connection between X and X" or "Is there any connection between X and X"?
Anyway I hope anyone can help me and thank you to all of you, including the users of this great community.

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby Sesshomaru_Sama » November 28th, 2015 7:12 pm

よ!どうぞよろしく。そうですよね、先生たちは本当に面白いも賢いでしょ。It is saying X and X's connection.

関係is kankei which is connection, とは indicates the word or phrase being defined.

So we can plug anything in here. オスカルさんとタイラさんの関係とは’x’
By this format we can assume the meaning is
Oscar San and Tyler San's connection is '...'
Does that make sense? Sorry if it doesn't I am not a teacher, just a person with a passion for the language.

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby osakurutv_509072 » November 28th, 2015 7:31 pm

どうぞよろしくSesshomaru様!

どうもありがとうございました!お疲れ様!

I really appreciate your help! I think your reply makes sense and you are right. But I think my last message was a little bit confusing because the original sentence included the question mark. So, I wonder what happens if the sentence is something like "オスカルさんとタイラさんの関係とは?", with a final question mark at the end. I guess then the meaning would change to "What´s the connection between Oscar and Tyler?". Am I right?
Thank you!!

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby Sesshomaru_Sama » November 28th, 2015 7:38 pm

いやいや、大丈夫です。。楽しいですよ。 :kokoro:
Throwing in the question mark like in english will change the meaning, instead of assuming the connection, we are changing it to a question.
オスカルとタイラさんの関係とは'。。。’
oscar san and tyler san's connection '。。。’
オスカルさんとタイラさんの関係とは?
oscar san and tyler san's connection is?
Yes, you do have the context right. Japanese is forgiving in that aspect, we can assume alot from the context.
I am glad I could clear that up for you.

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby osakurutv_509072 » November 28th, 2015 7:50 pm

どうもありがとう!!

Thank you very much for your precise reply!
Yes, the context in Japanese is very important, and I am a careless person, so the context kills me every time!

Nice to meet you Sesshomaru San!

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby Sesshomaru_Sama » November 28th, 2015 8:24 pm

Oscar San,
You are very welcome
I am also happy to meet you -bow-

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby community.japanese » December 4th, 2015 8:33 am

Sesshomaru_Sama さん、 さん、
こんにちは。
It seems that you two have a good discution.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post again.
:)
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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby osakurutv_509072 » December 4th, 2015 3:49 pm

:D :D 由紀さんは働きすぎますね。いつもお世話になったから今日はちょっと休めます :lol:
どうもありがとうございます!!

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby community.japanese » December 5th, 2015 8:08 am

さん、
こんにちは。 :)
私はいつでも大丈夫ですからまたポストしてくださいね。
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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby osakurutv_509072 » December 7th, 2015 6:33 pm

由紀さん!どうもどありがとうございます!私は本当に感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。 :D

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby community.japanese » December 13th, 2015 4:29 am

さん、
こんにちは。
がんばって一緒に勉強しましょう。 :D
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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby Sesshomaru_Sama » December 13th, 2015 10:42 pm

サポートして、私たち。
毎日頑張ろう
やったる~~~~~

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Re: XとXの関係とは・・・?

Postby community.japanese » December 20th, 2015 9:23 pm

Sesshomaru_Samaさん、
はい、がんばりましょう。
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