User:Gundaetiapo

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Current revision as of 22:45, 14 July 2009

Things to remember

• Mike Cash's post regarding ように見える.
• Yudan's post regarding い type adjectives with き ending.
• Do (verb1)　 instead of 　(verb 2) ing 　　(V2)　もせずに　(V1)　している。
• が in negative sentences.
• 「… ということです(よ)ね。」 (… ってことです(よ)ね) is useful phrase. When you think you understand what the speaker said but still need to confirm his/her intention, ですよね/ですね is used. If you are still not sure what the speaker meant, ということですか? is suitable.
• Basically か is pretty rough when used in plain sentences. だい and かい are a bit less harsh. Note that かい is for yes/no questions while だい is for what/who/which type 'wh' questions.
• Oyaji's post about しらない with "don't come crying to me" translation.
• jt's explanation of も and でも here is interesting.
• richv says: The time when you have to use て form to chain adjectives is when they are the predicate. When they are modifying a following noun, all the adjectives (save the final one, immediately preceding the noun) can be in either い/な or くて/で form.

○あのウサギは怖くて悪い

×あのウサギは怖い悪い

○あの怖くて悪いウサギ

○あの怖い悪いウサギ

• Useful thread on それにしても, それにしたは.

ことにある vs ことである

>>こうした著しい変化の鍵は、ちょうど生後2カ月を過ぎた頃、
>>動きが減ってしまったことにあると多賀さんは考えています。

To find a grammar construction easier, look at this sentence.

人口減少の理由は、結婚する年齢が上がってしまったことにある。
You can say this as
人口減少の理由は、結婚年齢の高齢化にある。

変化の鍵は、動きが減ったことにある。
As you know, this こと makes a verb into a noun.
Therefore you can interpret this as
変化の鍵は、動きの減少にある。
The key (factor) for changes is (found) in the decreasing of motions. (?)

On the other hand, ことである is used like " X means Y".
外国語を学ぶ（という）ことは、その国の文化を学ぶことである。
To learn a foreign language is to learn its culture.(?)
To learn a foreign language means to learn its culture.(?)

ＡてからでなければＢ

Per spin13 here, if not after A, B. Usually followed with words of non-feasibility (できない, 難しい, 無理).

つつ and つつも

spin13: It's a stiff way of saying ～ながら or ～ているのに. The former meaning is usually just つつ while the latter takes both つつand つつも. It's often used with words that take the quoting particle と and isn't exactly flattering.

Various grammar

coco explains the following here.

• （まるで）～かのように
• ～もせず（に）／～もしないで
• ＮもＶずに／ＮもＶないで
• ～だけでなく、～でもある(?)
• ～たって（口語の「verbても」）　(?)
• 何をしても≒　何をしたって
• 何を言っても≒何を言ったって
• ～さえ～ば
• ～でさえ
• ～するくらいなら～［する／した］ 方が　ましだ
• ＮもＶないで
• ＮもＶずに
• ＮさえＶずに
• ～ように[思える／見える]
• ～しなければよかったと思う。
• ～しなければよかったのに。

じゃなくて

coco's post here is insightful.

Media of interest

Some media that I want to check out at some point in the future.

Anime

• Mushishi
• Daa daa daa, with Japanese subtitles, might make good listening comprehension because of it's young target audience.
• あらしのよるに

Manga

• Ranma 1/2, currently reading.

Live action

Some of these films might be too difficult for me, so I'm not sure whether to go for English or Japanese subtitles yet.

• Always
• Samurai trilogy

Video games

• Chrono Trigger, my favorite video game, might make a good choice as first Japanese video game to play.
• Star Ocean, played the first portion from an unofficial English version and it was really fun. Playing the game all the way through in the Japanese version is a possible goal.