~te arimasu Thursday, Apr 6 2006
Level 2 4:56 pm
I will cover the use of “~te arimasu” today. You should refer to my other lessons on “~te xxx”. This lesson ill be the end of Level 2 and I am going to start Level 3 Japanese Lesson in my next post.
“~te arimasu” means “something has been done” but past tense will not be used for this case.
Example
The window is closed - Mado ga (shimeru)shimete arimasu
The door is opened - Doa ga (akeru)akete arimasu
The pen is placed on the table - Pen ga teburu no ue ni (oku)oite arimasu
My name is written in the book - Hon ni namae ga (kaku)kaite arimasu
Stay Tune for Level 3 with more interesting lessons.
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January 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 am
This question has nothing to do with the lesson it’s posted under–I just wasn’t sure where to put it…
If I type a few Japanese sentences, would you help me translate them? I’m finding things in my old Japanese workbooks that I’m not sure how to translate (I just don’t remember it all). Could you help me out?
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:20 am
Hi AJ, Sure, no problem
January 8th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Sorry for the time it took me to come back…^.^0 These are things I know I’ve heard before, they’re just not coming back to me…
1. What is “kitanai”?
2. “Yasashikunai” is the negative for “Easy”, correct?
3. “Janai” is negative for…something…(does it go with “like”–”sukijanai”?)
4. What is “hen”? (describing a video) (used as “henjanai”)
Thanks! That’s all for now, but I’m sure I’ll find some later in my studies… Thank you so much for your help!!
January 8th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Hi AJ,
1. “Kitanai” means “Dirty”
2. Yes
3. Yes (Suki Janai means Don’t Like) As long as there is “janai”, it means negative - “don’t or not” (ie. Kirei Janai means Not Beautiful)
4. “Hen” means “Strange, Wierd” (Hen na hito - Strange person)
Don’t mention it. It’s my pleasure to help