Na
The meaning of “Na” is to represent something with with an adjective.
Example
Quiet Garden – Shizuka na kouen desu
Beautiful Flower – Kirei na hana desu
Famous Person – Yuumei na hito desu
Kind Police – Shinsetsu na omawarisan desu
Convenient Shop – Benri na omise desu
Meaning : Shizuka (Quiet), Kouen (Garden), Kirei (Beautiful), Hana (Flower), Yuumei (Famous), Hito (Person), Shinsetsu (Kind), Omawarisan (Police), Benri (Convenient), Omise / Mise (Shop)
Understanding of Words
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Fine / Healthy Polite Unique / Skillful / Proficient Unskillful / Poor Tasteless Delicious Like (Love) |
Genki Teinei Tokui / Jouzu Nigate / Heta Mazui Oishii Suki |
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December 19th, 2006 at 12:23 am
So then… how would you say, “This garden is very beautiful.”, instead of just plain beautiful?
Tell me if my curiosity is gonna get me fired…
December 19th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Hi AJ,
This garden is very beautiful – Kono kōen wa kirei desu
Kōen – Garden
March 24th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
My sensei from Yokohama mentioned that I cannot say things like
Watashi wa uta ga joozu desu. I am good at singing
Anata wa ryoori ga joozu desu ka? Are you good at cooking?
Sumisu san wa sakkaa ga heta desu. Smith is poor in soccer.
The reason why she said that Japanese do not do that is because it is very proud and rude in their point of views. But if I really want to say those 3 sentences in Japanese which it is accepted by them? What are the alternatives?
March 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
And also, what are the differences between Onegaishimasu and Kudasai?
December 8th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Wunsche,
Onegaishimasu is commonly used in greetings. It is not used in english, but is means something like “please look after me”.
Kudasai is used after a command. “Please sit down” is “suwate-kudasai”.