blog correcting

[tanuki]

ゆこさん，こんいちは。

こんにちは

マイルを書けてありがとうございます。

Remember that when you katakanize an English word, you should follow the phonetics, not the spelling. Thus, "mail" becomes メール.

私の日本語を訂正してください。
私は日本語が下手です。

The second 私 is unnecessary. I think you could also join both sentences.

あいちは日本のどこですか？　私はボロニア(bologna)に住んでいます。　イタリアの北にボロニアがあります。ローマで生まれました。

"Bologna" is ボローニャ. I think "イタリアの北にボローニャがあります" means "There is a Bologna in Northern Italy". Try putting Bologna as a topic "ボローニャは..."

(edit - spelling)

[Lego]

thanks
I always write konnichiwa wrong, as the ime takes the n of ni as part of ん　:/

I think I'll never get the katakana conversion

how could I join them? is something like
日本語を下手ですので私の日本語を訂正してください
correct?
I still have some difficulties on judging when a subject/object could be omitted

maybe I just wanted do say that there is a bologna in northern italy
eheh I'm correcting it

[tanuki]

Lego wrote:
how could I join them? is something like
日本語を下手ですので私の日本語を訂正してください
correct?

Hm... I'm not sure about what I'm about to say, so you should wait for someone more knowledgeable to confirm/correct.

Since the topic "(my) Japanese" is applicable for all the sentence (My Japanese is bad, correct my Japanese), I would put it in front and not repeat it.

The way I would (more or less) write it would be:

（私の）日本語は下手ですので、訂正してください。

(The way I would certainly write it is in my sig. )

[tsumeshogi]

Lego wrote:
I always write konnichiwa wrong, as the ime takes the n of ni as part of ん　:/

To avoid problems like this, I always type ん as n' (i.e. n followed by an apostrophe).

[Chris Hart]

tsumeshogi wrote:

Lego wrote:
I always write konnichiwa wrong, as the ime takes the n of ni as part of ん　:/

To avoid problems like this, I always type ん as n' (i.e. n followed by an apostrophe).

I solve this by (except for あいうえお) typing everything as two letters (nn producting ん). So if you ever see me type konnnitiha, you know what I forgot to do.

[Lego]

wow someone replied on my blog ^^
I don't understand her correction in this part

I wanted to say something like "I have to study for two exams. I don't have much time, but I have to do it."

so I wrote (a bit... experimentally )

二番大学のしけんをべんきょうしなければならない。

私は少し時間を持っていますが、たっせいしろと思っています。


the poster corrected my by writing

二番大学の試験のための勉強をしなくてはならい。

試験にはまだ時間があるので、試験に憂かろう（達成しよう）と思っています。


on my book ため　is used as ...のために... . she used の　instead of に，why?
しなくてはならい。　I don't have a clue
the second part has just too much kanji I don't know I'll give it a better look when I have more time if no one helps me first

thanks!

[richvh]

Rather than 二番大学の試験. I'd like to suggest 二つの大学の試験. (You're studying for two tests, not the second test, right?) It's のための because it's modifying a noun (勉強, note that the を has been moved to after 勉強) rather than a verb.

[Lego]

right, two tests!
I hadn't noticed that the を was moved!
thanks

now for

試験にはまだ時間があるので、試験に受かろうと思っています。

the only part I don't get is 試験には
what is には　for? I often see these "double particles", but I don't know what they really are ^^;

[Lego]

other question

外国語を勉強するのは、むずかしいですよね。これからもおたがい　がんばりましょう！

why did she use のは?
could it be written like
外国語を勉強してむずかしいです
?

これからもあたがい
I can't get it

[paul_b]

Lego wrote:
other question

外国語を勉強するのは、むずかしいですよね。これからもおたがい　がんばりましょう！

why did she use のは?

That の is a 'nominalizer'. Which means it turns 外国語を勉強する into something that can be treated like a noun.

could it be written like
外国語を勉強してむずかしいです
?

No it couldn't.

(Fixed quote tag - RVH)

[Lego]

ah nice!
thank you

[Lego]

new blog entry:
金曜日にしけんがあります。
昨日の朝に勉強をするために、大学の図書館へいきました。
二時から三時までりゅうた先生は私に日本語を教えました。

[richvh]

昨日の朝に⇒昨日の朝、
教えました⇒教えてくれました／教えてくださいました

[Lego]

thanks
I don't get your second correction
教えてくれました I can't find this form on my books
教えてくださいました isn't this to ask to be taught?

I wanted to say that ryuta taught me japanese from 2 to 3

[richvh]

They are both saying "gave the favor of teaching", with the latter being more polite.