Comments on: Shika & Mo

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:30:06 +0000

Hi Kewell,
Mō or Mou means “already”, “more”, “another”, “again”

The example you gave:
Kohi mou ippai ikaga desu ka? (How about another cup of coffee) where “mō” represents “another”

Hope this help. Thanks

By: Kewell

Kewell — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:15:01 +0000

Hi Tony,

Mou nihon no seikatsu ni naremashita ka?

I understand that for this sentence the Mou means (already). But how about this mou below? What does that mean?

Kohi mou ippai ikaga desu ka?

What is the mou mean word by word? And for the one above, what does the seikatsu ni naremashita word by word mean? Especially the (ni).

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:07:14 +0000

Hi Kewell, I think he/she might accidentally typed wrongly. You can double check with him/her again to confirm. Thanks

By: Kewell

Kewell — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:08:49 +0000

Yeah, I thought so at first. But my japanese sensei emailed me and wrote me what I wrote you.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:58:17 +0000

Hi Kewell, You should use “ringo wa” instead of “ringo ga” for both answers.

By: Kewell

Kewell — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:44:45 +0000

How about this?

Sono mise ni ringo ga hitotsumo arimasen.

I tell people straight rather than I ask people like the below one? Why is the above one ga while the below on wa? Kinda confusing.

Sono mise ni ringo ga arimasuka?

Ie, ringo wa hitotsumo arimasen.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:17:03 +0000

Hi Kewell,
Yes, it is. “Mikan” is a topic and “wa” should be used. For your easy understanding, any negative sentence, “wa” should be used instead of “ga”

By: Kewell

Kewell — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:55:05 +0000

Are you sure that it is Mikan wa ikko mo arimasen rather than Mikan ga? I think you might be wrong here.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:36:31 +0000

Hi AJ, actually you may use both (e and ni) but in most cases, “e” will be use when you are mentioning about places.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:24:22 +0000

Just a quick one–
For this sentence (Watashi mo John mo gakkou e ikimasu), would it be appropriate to use ni instead of e before the verb? I have learned this material before (some years ago) and always remember using ni. Thanks for clerifying!