Comments on: ~te arimasu

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 02:22:57 +0000

Hi,
Mado wa shimemashita can be used. It’s very much depends on questions.

By: ng choon meng

ng choon meng — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:22:52 +0000

Hi, Tony….. related to my last question..so, how do you say “the window was closed” since past tense will not be used. tk u!

By: ng choon meng

ng choon meng — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:01:49 +0000

hi tony. is there another way of saying “the door is opened” other then “mado ga shimete arimasu” in Japanese language? just for flexibility usage reason. tk u!

By: May

May — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:10:41 +0000

Hi,Tony and Ji
+te arimasu can be used with “Transtive verb”. the meaning is “the state of the things with purpose”. of course you can use for past tense also. but unfortunately we don’t say “sotsugyou shite arimasu”. because it is the Process rather than the State of things. but you can say “shukudai ga shite arimasu”(homework has done.)or benkyou ga shite arimasu. even you need the process for doing it but still there is a result as a state which you can see. but you can not see the state for the sotsuyou. Does it make a sence? subtle???
ganbatte kudasai ne.

By: Ji

Ji — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:34:20 +0000

Wait a minute,

I just noticed that the past tense should not be used for this. Im sorry >_<” I forgot to read that part.

Okay, well all I would like to know right now is would something like this make sense:

Sotsugyou shite arimasu.

benyou shite arimasu.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:27:53 +0000

Yes, it is tough to translate Japanese to English and that’s is why such translation is expensive. Here we are charging 10,000 – 15,000 yen per page

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:26:28 +0000

Hi Ji,
“Hon ni namae ga (kaku)kaite arimasu” is used when you are looking at the book and tell someone beside you that your name is written on it

“Hon ni namae ga kaite arimashita” is used when you are telling someone (after you have seen it somewhere) that your name is written in the book

By: Ji

Ji — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:18:38 +0000

Could this be used in the past tense form?

Example: Sotsugyou shite arimasu.
I think that literally, it could mean “the graduation is done” or “has been done”.

To: sotsugyou shite arimashita.

Wow, now I realize that Japanese is somewhat tough to translate in English. To me, “sotsugyo shite arimasu” makes sense in Japanese but in English, it doesnt because I know that in Japanese, I am not using “I” or personal pronoun. I dont know if it makes any sense to you because I may have said it incorrectly.

Im going to use one of your examples:

Hon ni namae ga (kaku)kaite arimasu

To: Hon ni namae ga kaite arimashita (my name was written on the book).

Thanks. I love your website by the way!! ^_^

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:53:58 +0000

Hi Harpreet,
You can’t use iinjanai

ii / yoku = good
yokunai – not good

Hope this help. Thanks

By: Harpreet

Harpreet — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:03:05 +0000

then one question, what does iinjanai mean ?
good or not good……