あれは違うと思います。

「malaysian」 は マレーシア人
「malay」はマレー人

o.O what Japanese frens?

er yea they're the same
but when he said malay he meant malay language

HOLY CRAP. I cant read kanji! T_T Although i can make out what the hiragana means.

Translate pls!

Er...she's in the states remember? There are japanese students there as well you know. >_>

I wrote:
"I think that's wrong.
malaysian is mare-shia jin
malay is mare-jin"

Ah I see, well I wrote marēshia-jin with referrence to malaysians, not malays.

The one that I'm not sure of now is malay language, as in bahasa melayu. Is it marē-go (マレー語) or marei-go (マレイ語)?

Oh crap, time to head home. Continued tomorrow! Try to keep spam to a minimum ok?

Ja mata ashita!

This post has been edited by jhcj: Dec 2 2005, 04:49 PM

in this case when katakana is used, the chouon (長音) or long sound is represented by the -

I asked this question before but nobody is helping me in kpt

How to use the word benkyo ... ? Is it study? books? or ?

Thanks

And another phrase ... Something sounds like go ki gen yo ... Does it mean good day or have a nice day?

This post has been edited by Geminist: Dec 2 2005, 09:23 PM

benkyou <-- note the long sound
the kanji is 勉強 <---- for those of you who are chinese-educated who think they can ace the kanji in a japanese exam without preparation....this is probably the first kanji that you learn that will make you realise that it is not as easy as you think.... *

benkyou is a noun denoting study

the verbal form is benkyou suru　（ 勉強する）, or, to study. This is considered a group III verb IIRC

*apparently the chinese meaning of the kanji is to struggle or something like that

benkyo is study .. books is hon .. i think

gokigenyo .. obviously you got this from marimite

i think it's just a formal (and feminine ?) way of saying good day to someone you respect .. but i think it can mean both good day and have a nice day ..

Formal way. Usually used by upperclass person.

Malaysian (マレーシア人)
Malay　（マレー人）
Malay language　（マレー語）

sometimes japanese uses （マレイ） or （マレィ） instead of （マレー）..
it's still the same anyway..

I hav question
in wat situation do u use 勉強する?
coz usually I see 勉強をします
so they dont use を with する?

A so desu ka. Well then, I'll just leave my explanation intact then, since both are correct.

勉強する = benkyō suru
勉強をします = benkyō o shimasu
There, translated for the benefit of everyone else. Hiragana ftw!

Err...all I know is that を is an object particle, and it marks the object of the sentence. It is pronounced as o when written after the object.

E.g. sushi o tabemashita = i ate sushi

Is the word benkyō (勉強) an object?

p/s: This sure is getting complicated! Casual readers, hang in there!

This post has been edited by jhcj: Dec 3 2005, 01:42 AM

In Germans, the phrase Ach so? has same usage as Sou desu ka? in Japanese.

Ach so desu ka...

yea, benkyou(勉強) is a noun,
same thing as sentaku wo shimashita (洗濯をしました。)

so i'm guessing with the wo and shimasu it sounds more 'complete'?
勉強する is when u say it to like, friends?
is this right?

This post has been edited by 320cbr: Dec 3 2005, 02:22 AM

Oh ... Thanks .... Really grateful for all the guidance ...

*and yea, the phrase is from marimate ... (you caught me)

1) So to say I'm studying now (meaning something like I'm reading a book now) ... Is it "Ima benkyo desu" ... Correct?

2) How about "I am studying in xxxxx now" ...? How do you say that?

3) By the way, tabe is eat right ... ? How do I say "Let's go eat now guys" ... ? (Can I say it as "Ima iso tabe o, mina!"

4) Is it okay if I ask for someone's name this way? "Anata no namai wa ...?" (<-is it formal or informal?)

Thanks again for you guys help

*Forgive me if my typing sounds silly ... haha ...

from jhcj lesson4, asking name is "O-namae wa?". japanese has a tendency to not use the word "anata" or "watashi" and expect the listener to understand it. so in this case the"O" already represent as "anata"

watashi wa nihongo ga mada jo_te ja_arimasen.
ja_mata.

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Dec 3 2005, 07:38 AM

wah..dunno here can learn some japanese.. can i join?? keep the good work everyone gan ba teh

hm, i guess i'll answer this

1) 'I am studying now' should be watashi wa ima benkyou wo shite imasu(私は今勉強をしています。)
I am reading a book would be ima hon wo yonde imasu（今本を読んでいます。）


2) 'i am studying in xxx right now', watashi wa ima XXX ni benkyou wo shite imasu（私は今XXXに勉強をしています。）
hmm i maybe wrong here do i use に or で?


3) 'let's go eat' would be, tabemashou （食べましょう）
though I'm not really sure when u say minna
wat i came up with :
minna, issho ni tabemashou ka?(みんな、一緒に食べましょうか？）
"everybody, lets go eat together?", sounds different

i guess i need some help here

This post has been edited by 320cbr: Dec 3 2005, 12:27 PM