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October 26, 2017

寝言 Talking in one’s Sleep

寝言 (ねごと)

talking in one's sleep

寝言
ne goto
Talking in one's Sleep

寝 ne sleep
言 koto (goto) speak, say

昼寝 hiru ne - nap, siesta [B]
寝坊 ne bou - oversleep, sleep in late [I]
独り言 hitori goto - monologue, speaking to oneself [A]
方言 hou gen - dialect (of a language) [I]
言語 gen go - language [B]

Confession from the heart.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

()ずかしいんだけど、寝言(ねごと)では(ぼく)猫語(ねこご)がぺらぺらなんだって。

hazukashiin dakedo, negoto dewa boku wa nekogo ga perapera nandatte.
Ashamed to say it, but while I sleep I am fluent in catnese.

  • 恥ずかしいん hazukashiin - ashamed; shy [the ん at the end gives it a more casual feel. It is a shortened form of のです; used often after -i adjectives. takain desu (it is expensive).]
  • だけど dakedo - however (conjunction)
  • では dewa - as for...
  • 僕 boku - I, me [casual male form]
  • 猫語 neko go - cat language of course, this isn't really a word, but you can make language names by adding 語
  • ぺらぺら pera pera - fluent [One reason Japanese is so much fun is it has so many of these fun onomatopoeia words]
  • なんだって nandatte - (emphatic explanation)

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