'mitai' can mean "looks like" or "want to see".

ok, got it... desu pronouce as "des" right?

still self-learning the basics using senior's jap beginner book...

This post has been edited by mfa333: Sep 11 2007, 03:27 AM

It's kinda optional, you can pronounce it desu or des. Generally 'u's and 'i's are schwas and you don't have to pronounce them out.

naruhodo... thanks!

hav u tried tae kim japanese guide.... u should try it if u havent.. it helps me a lot anyway
www.guidetojapanese.org/start.html

mitai can also mean something like want to try.

e.g.

sore wo yatte mitai
I want to see if I can do that.

Try learning the grammar first. There are a lot of resources out there. Once you get used to the structure of the language, you'll learn very quickly as all you need is to expand your vocab and learn cultural references.

thanks for the link... very easy guide...

the author name reminds me of actor Kim Tae Hee..


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guys, 1 quick simple question, what is Gyakushuu? and what's the best english-japan online dictionary that has very wide resources?

This post has been edited by mfa333: Sep 12 2007, 08:00 PM

www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html ..... ive been using this one n i think its very good( i dunno if theres better online Jap dic other than this one)
i search through the dic n found gyakushuu=counterattack

from the sentences, its not counterattack. i think its a place... " i want to visit mfa333 no gyakusyu". something like that...

gyakushuu is 逆襲 - counterattack
hangeki 反撃 and hankou 反攻 also mean counterattack.

What is your sentence? Maybe the romaji is wrong?

yes yes yes yes~

okay, this thread is kinda on the down. So, I would try to spice things up.

My question is "Do you speak Japanese like a girl?"

What I want you to do, is record your voice saying these three lines..

Line #1: "Iin janai?"
Line #2: "Jouzu desu ne?"
Line #3: "Dou kashira" or "Dou darou?"

I will give your recording to my Japanese friends, and they will tell you whether you speak Japanese like a girl or not.

Sounds Interesting?

i think this is the meaning in my case...



http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?...&FG=r&BG=b&S=26

1st of all can i know what are those line meaning?

im not that good but its not bad to try ....

1) its ok/good, isnt it?
2)you are good on that huh....
3)how izzit?...(hav no idea on this )

correct me if im wrong...

This post has been edited by PVCpipe: Sep 19 2007, 12:01 PM

Correct. Anyways, if you want to put your verbal Japanese to the test, you can PM me or attach your voice recording in your replies.

The reason why is, many of you guys learn verbal Japanese from cartoons. Mostly, cartoon characters are female. I want to see the influence of Japanese female cartoon characters on your real-life Japanese verbal skills.

I will send your voice recordings to my real-life Japanese friends (male friends) and see how "feminine" your Japanese really is. Interested? You can started recording now.

errrr.... need some help.

anyone know how to say "You make me smile." in japanese?

generic, feminine or masculine translation?

wa... so many option 1 ar?
er...
how bout generic?

Very good info. Thanks for the thread man. I have one question. So far, I have understand particles, 130 vocabulary and 20 hiraganas and I was watching Death Note and say to say its hard to catch it whats been said. Is this thing normal? I can understand a few works but mostly all .

For learning any language, listening is very different from other skills, and you've just gotta do it first, and hit it hard. It is probably the MOST important skill because think of how humans learned language before the "technology" of writing. The grammar you find in anime (variety of everyday styles slang male-female) is not always what you find in books (polite public style for beginners).

Maybe try a small chunk of the anime at one time and keep repeating, sometimes with and sometimes without the romaji if you can get it. At your level, you may need a translation too. Don't be discouraged -- each particle has many more usages than you know, a few thousand vocab items are minimum, and there are over 100 kana forms -- you still need to work on it.

If you MUST use an anime approach, you can get one of those books that teach beginners via manga (likely RM$70-100).

Good luck, I know the struggle -- still doing it now!

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erm... most of the jap word is in hiragana or katakana?