Comments on: Conversation http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/ Facing problem with your conversation with Japanese? Here's the Solution !!! Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tony http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4461 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:33:49 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4461 You are always welcome, Kewell

]]> By: Kewell http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4460 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:36:55 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4460 Thanks man, you really help me alot.

]]> By: Tony http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4459 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:04:27 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4459 Hi Kewell,
Well it’s hard to explain the meaning “de”. “de” has various meaning such as “at, with, by”. For the example you gave above:

Kono tegami, kakitome de onegaishimasu (Please write down this letter (for me)). “de” will be use most of the time when “onegai shimasu” is used

sokutatsu de ikura desu ka (How much is the express mail?)
“de” in this sentence means “by”. Direct translation would be = By express mail, how much it cost?

Hope this help. Thanks

]]> By: Kewell http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4458 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:44:40 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4458 I don’t know if this is the right session to post this, but I hope you help me out anyhow.

Kono tegami, kakitome de onegaishimasu.

sokutatsu de ikura desu ka.

I would like to know what is the meaning of (de) for both this sentences. Thanks

]]> By: Tony http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4453 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:04:52 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4453 Hi Kewell, both sentences were correct except that the “jukan” should be spelled as “jikan (hour / time)

Ichi jikan ni nikai gurai tenisu o shimasu
Meaning : In an hour, I played tennis about twice

Ichi jikan ni nikai gurai shimasu
Meaning : In an hour, i have dome about twice

“ni” = “in / at”
For the example you’ve posted :
Ichi jukan ni nikai gurai tenisu o shimasu?

Play tennis about twice IN one week
or
Play tennis about twice a week.

I would say, both are the same in Japanese. In English, you can wither include “in” or exclude “in” but in Japanese “ni” is compulsory. That is why a lot of people find translating from Jap-Eng difficult.

Hope this help

]]> By: Kewell http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4452 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:12:56 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4452 Please include gurai in all the examples. And can you explain to me what is the meaning for the (ni) in those sentences? Isit (in) or (a) in english?

Ichi jukan ni nikai gurai tenisu o shimasu?

Play tennis about twice IN one week
or
Play tennis about twice a week.

]]> By: Kewell http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-4451 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:10:20 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-4451 Can I say,

Ichi jukan ni nikai gurai tenisu o shimasu?

or I can only use:

Nikai gurai shimasu?

Please write a few sentences as a example so I can understand better. Thanks

]]> By: Tony http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-2700 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:18:56 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-2700 Thanks Corey

]]> By: Corey http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-2690 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:29:27 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-2690 this is a really awesome blog 😀 i posted a feed link in my blog!! 😀

]]> By: Tony http://nihongo.anthonet.com/conversation-15/#comment-2656 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:08:07 +0000 http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/conversation-15/#comment-2656 Hi Jesper,
Thanks for the comment. The word “manshon” in Japanese was taken from an English word “Mansion”. In Japan, “manshon” can be considered as an apartment. Not sure whether “Mansion” in English will consider as an apartment or not.

Anyway, I have change the translation for “manshon” to apartment to avoid any confusion.

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