Grammar point example sentences

[Steve_Poppers]

I'm practicing by writing my own example sentences of the grammar points on this site. I'll post a section, wait for criticism, then post the next. Just help me out when I get something wrong.

To want がほしい
Write 5 practice sentences.
暑いみそ汁がほしいです。
赤いりんごがほしいです。
新しい猫がほしいです。
あの署｢紀の絵がほしいです。
何金がほしいですか。

[paul_b]

Steve_Poppers wrote:
To want がほしい
Write 5 practice sentences.
暑いみそ汁がほしいです。

Should be 熱い

[Yudan Taiteki]

First off, it may have already said this where you were looking, but do not use ほしい to ask someone for something, only to make an abstract statement about your wants.

I don't quite know what your fourth sentence is supposed to say. "I want that tenth century"?

The final sentence, assuming it's supposed to mean "How much money do you want", would be something like お金はいくらほしいですか。 but that question sounds kind of odd.

[Steve_Poppers]

Should be 熱い

暑い、熱い...What's the difference?

First off, it may have already said this where you were looking, but do not use ほしい to ask someone for something, only to make an abstract statement about your wants.

http://thejapanesepage.com/readarticle. ... _id=159#q4 I got it from Clay! Did I miss something?

I messed up the fourth sentence. It's fixed now. (or should be)

What's odd about the final sentence?

[Yudan Taiteki]

Steve_Poppers wrote:

Should be 熱い

暑い、熱い...What's the difference?

暑い is used for air temperature, and 熱い for hot things.

First off, it may have already said this where you were looking, but do not use ほしい to ask someone for something, only to make an abstract statement about your wants.

http://thejapanesepage.com/readarticle. ... _id=159#q4 I got it from Clay! Did I miss something?

No, as long as you understood that then you're fine. I was just pointing it out in case you overlooked or misinterpreted it.

I messed up the fourth sentence. It's fixed now. (or should be)

Yes, it's fine now.

What's odd about the final sentence?

It's not odd, it's grammatically incorrect.

何金おがほしいですか。

First off, you can't just put "nani" and "kane" right together like that; it's not a word. I'm still not sure if you are intending this to mean "how much money" or "what kind of money".

I'm also not sure what that お is supposed to be (if it's just a typo, then never mind).

[Steve_Poppers]

Ok, I understand the problems. That was supposed to mean "how much money?" What would be correct, then?

And yes, that was a typo. I'm still getting used to the IME.

[richvh]

いくら is "how much (money)"

[Steve_Poppers]

Yes, I understand that, but Yudan said,

...something like お金はいくらほしいですか。 but that question sounds kind of odd.

It seems fine from what I know.

[flammable hippo]

There is a big difference between what is grammatical and what is natural. For example, the following is grammatically correct Japanese (I hope ):

のぶこちゃん、君は寝る前に君の部屋をかたづけて、君の歯を磨いてほしい。

This sounds pretty unnatural because of the blatant overuse of the word 'you'. A more natural way to say it would be のぶこちゃん、寝る前に、部屋をかたづけて、歯を磨いてほしい。　

The sentence means "Nobuko, Before you go to bed I want you to tidy up your room and brush your teeth. "

[Yudan Taiteki]

I just can't imagine saying that sentence. It's not an idiomatic Japanese sentence if you're trying to use it with the meaning of "How much money do you want for something that I'm going to buy from you?" In that case I would prefer 何円 or 何ドル (if you are in the US saying that). Even then, 何円がほしいですか just doesn't sound like a natural way to ask that -- I can't explain why, and my non-native-speaker-sense may not be accurate here, but that's my feeling.

(You may be wondering why 何円 is OK but 何金 is not. The reason is that 円 is a counter, that is, you can say 一円, 二円, 三円, and so on. You cannot say 一金, ニ金 -- it's not countable. This is sort of like how in English you can say "How many boxes?" and "How many stalks of wheat?" but not "How many wheats?")

[Steve_Poppers]

So, 何金 would be like saying, "How many money?" I see.

How would you say it?

Also, if I was just lending or giving money to a friend, would it be any different? That was my original thought.

Am I asking too many questions?

[Yudan Taiteki]

No, don't worry about that.

I think that if you want to say this, asking for the currency itself is better than the general word "money". So 何ドル for "How many dollars" or 何円 for "How many yen".

[richvh]

これはいくらですか - how much is this?
お金をいくら借りたいですか - how much money do you want to borrow?

I think 何円 or 何ドル is a bit unnatural unless you're talking about currency conversions.

[Steve_Poppers]

Ok, I see. Thank you. I believe that takes care of all my sentences for that section.

これはいくらですか - how much is this?

Ah! I knew that! I can't believe I forgot.

Well, to avoid a double-post, I'll just put up the next section.
Want to do　たい
日本に住みたい。
私と結婚したいですか。
何を言ったいですか。
分かりたい。
忘れたい。

I'm not too sure that the questions are right, but you don't have to jump right on these.

[richvh]

Adding か to plain form is generally a bad idea. Add a です or a の before the か and I think the questions are OK.