The Japanese Language Study Thread

アプサラーさん、お国はどちらですか。

Apsalar wrote: ＾＾＾＾　オーストラリア。仕事を訪問中国です。　 not sure about the sentence structure of the second part, so hopefully it makes sense. still need to do a lot of reading/practice on the grammar side of the equation.

Ya, that's a prim and proper sentence bro.  Dunno if you can just slam those two nouns together (unless you've actually heard that somewhere) but ya, that's the gist of the sentence structure.  Google Translate is all over the place in whether it gets grammar right so, doing stuff on your own is the best even if its really kantan.

Bantam19 wrote: Apsalar wrote: ＾＾＾＾　オーストラリア。仕事を訪問中国です。　 not sure about the sentence structure of the second part, so hopefully it makes sense. still need to do a lot of reading/practice on the grammar side of the equation. Umm, I gather that your job is in China, dunno about the other kanji.  And ya, proper grammar is definitely the hard part.  If I had to guess I'd say, 中国で仕事をしています。Which would work out to "I'm working in China" roughly. Literally it would break down like "China de" (de particle denotes where an action is taking place), and then "sh*teimasu" is like the act of currently doing. Hope that makes sense, you had part of it right grammatically.

mmm, makes sense. when 'something (e.g. work) is taking place somewhere (e.g. China)' does place always head the sentence?

"I'm working in China" works better, I think I was trying for something a little complicated at this stage. the other kanji, useless I'm mistaken, is houmon 訪問 'visit'? to suggest it is only temporary; i go home soon. Word choice appears important too.

okay, using your sentence as a template:

今朝友達とホテルでテレビ番組を見るしました。how/where would you put the name of the program into the sentence? i.e. nichijou or 日常。

glad to have people here to help. i've been threatening to learn a language properly from some time now, so i needed something like this to push me over the edge. once i return home i'll have extra help; my housemate studied Japanese in primary and high school, so hopefully she'll be forthcoming with her knowledge. 

Apsalar wrote: okay, using your sentence as a template: 今朝友達とホテルでテレビ番組を見るしました。how/where would you put the name of the program into the sentence? i.e. nichijou or 日常。 glad to have people here to help. i've been threatening to learn a language properly from some time now, so i needed something like this to push me over the edge. once i return home i'll have extra help; my housemate studied Japanese in primary and high school, so hopefully she'll be forthcoming with her knowledge.

いいてんきですねえ 

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Afraid you may be homosexual.
ホモセクシュアルなんですか?

Hey Alan, in Japan cherry blossoms (Japanese national flower) is in full bloom.
日本では桜 (さくら, cherry blossoms) が満開 (まんかい, in full bloom) です。

DamoXt7942 wrote: ^  Afraid you may be homosexual. ホモセクシュアルなんですか? Hey Alan, in Japan cherry blossoms (Japanese national flower) is in full bloom. 日本では桜 (さくら, cherry blossoms) が満開 (まんかい, in full bloom) です。

Edited by colorofmoney91 - April 11 2012 at 12:49

colorofmoney91 wrote: DamoXt7942 wrote: ^  Afraid you may be homosexual. ホモセクシュアルなんですか? Hey Alan, in Japan cherry blossoms (Japanese national flower) is in full bloom. 日本では桜 (さくら, cherry blossoms) が満開 (まんかい, in full bloom) です。 Oh wow, that's a great explanation of sentence structure, which coincidentally I kind of suck at. I'm going to use that as a study aid. うつくしいのさくらです。まだ、わたしはがくせいばかご日本語です。 After shoving my sentence into Google translate, it seems either my grammar is way off or Google translate is awful. Basically, I am trying to say that the cherry blossoms are beautiful and I'm still an idiot when it comes to learning Japanese. Though I seem to be better at 日本語 than I ever was at フランス語.