Comments on: Japanese imitative words

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:04:15 +0000

Thank you. ^ ^;

By: ita nuraita

ita nuraita — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:59:57 +0000

i like this tutorial.it improve my japanese language

By: sheryl

sheryl — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:46:25 +0000

thanks for the info

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:30:52 +0000

But…to be honest, I have no idea what you mean form 1-5, because that's not the way I learned it. So my answer may not be proper…I cannot give you grammar guidance because I didn't study how to teach Japanese. Sorry for that.

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:30:46 +0000

For question, 鳥は鳴きますか？(this is polite way) 鳥は鳴くか？(this is not polite way)
nakanai, 鳥は鳴かないですか？　鳥は鳴かないか？
nakimasu, 鳥は鳴きますか？鳥は鳴くか？(same as above)
nakitai, 鳥は鳴きたいですか？鳥は鳴きたいか？
naite, 鳥は鳴いていますか？鳥はないているか？
naita 鳥は鳴いたのですか？　鳥は鳴いたか？

For question, テレビを見ますか？テレビを見るか？
For question, 宿題をしますか？宿題をするか？

By: sheryl

sheryl — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:06:40 +0000

Hi Kirin

tks for answering my question
I have more question to trouble you. This one will be very long. 失礼しました

I have question regarding changing the verb form the word
Could you guide me on that.

For exmaples:
鳥が鳴く ——-> question, How do I change the 鳴く
(なくnaku)Godan to different form like
(1) ない
(2)ます
(3)たい
(4)て
(5)た

there are several more examples for Ichidan Verb like テレビを見る—–>miru (みる)

and irregular verb like 宿題をする——->suru
all these seems confusing to me.

I wonder how am I going to change to the various form(1-5)

thank you
sheryl

By: kirin

kirin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:12:14 +0000

Exactly! Kero kero keroppi! XD
All these imitative words may sound kinda cute. Nice comment, thank you!

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:37:22 +0000

all the words you picked are so CUTE! haha… now I know why the frog from sanrio is called keroppi <3 kero kero!

By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:39:09 +0000

I have a feeling that どんな is more appropriate for the meaning of what kind of/ what sort of. As you may know どんな is easy form from どのような, which exactly means "what kind of…?" ^ ^; I wonder if I explained it well…In the future I wish my blog readers who study Japanese also feel free to answer all these questions. They may answer such questions properly. hehehe… :p

By: kirin

kirin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:38:54 +0000

I'll give you quick samples as follows:

A: I like him so much.
B: For example? = What makes you feel like that?
(どんなところが好き？）

A: I'll take care of this, no matter what happens to me.
(どんなことがあってもこの件は私が面倒をみます。）

A: What kind of person is she?
（彼女ってどんな人？）
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A: I have no idea what you are talking about.
（君が何のことを言っているのかわからない。）

A: I'm keeping this now.
B: What for?
（何のために？）
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