"tanda" wa nan desu ka?

[amego]

hihi...juz wanna know the meaning of "tanda" (or is it itanda?)...heard it a few times but still cant figure it out...does it represents the past tense or something? thanky thanx...

[Daisuke]

I looked it up... >

tanda (n) one-base hit
tanda (n) (baseball) single

I think it has something to do with Baseball.. :S

[SaigoNoBan]

Hi! I guess it would be helpful to know the context...

I'm guessing it's a 'ta' (ending of plain past) + contracted version of のだ (='the fact is', AKA explicativeの + copula, very well explained here IMHO http://www.guidetojapanese.org/particles3.html, "The 「の」 particle as explanation" section).

またね！

[amego]

oh icic thanx a million...my query is from a song by ayumi hamasaki....

bokura wa naite ita n da
僕等　は　泣いて　いたんだ

anyway my IME yields things like 短だ (tanda)..so i was puzzled that it may mean "short"...haha... =p　

[Gaijinian]

ita no desu.

[amego]

oic....thanx alot...

[amego]

oic....thanx alot...

[Daisuke]

Gaijinian wrote:
ita no desu.

Huh?..

And, no problem Amego..

[Harisenbon]

What Gaijian is saying is that it is not a single word, it is part of a conjugation
僕等　は　泣いて　いたんだ

That space needs to be taken out
僕等　は　泣いていたんだ
"We were crying"

なく is to cry
ないていた is were crying
んだ is a contraction of のだ, and a common ending for sentences in plain form.

[Daisuke]

Harisenbon wrote:
What Gaijian is saying is that it is not a single word, it is part of a conjugation
僕等　は　泣いて　いたんだ

That space needs to be taken out
僕等　は　泣いていたんだ
"We were crying"

なく is to cry
ないていた is were crying
んだ is a contraction of のだ, and a common ending for sentences in plain form.

Oh I see.. Haven't been over that conjugation (yet).

[amego]

oh icic...thanx Harisenbon...