How to use 〜じゃない(= janai) ＆ 〜んじゃない(=~ njanai)
February 13, 2013 in Beginners, Grammar
「犬がアカデミー賞を取ったっていいんじゃない？」
= Inu ga akademiishou wo tottatte iinjanai?
= It’s perfectly OK if a dog wins an Academy award, right?
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〜たい＆がる(=~ tai & garu) and 〜がり(=~gari)
January 15, 2013 in Beginners, Grammar
「寒っ！！」
= Samu!!
= Coooold!!
「早くストーブにあたりたい…」
= Hayaku sutoubu ni ataritai…
= I want to get in front of the heater asap.
Request lesson : How and when to use はず(=hazu)
November 14, 2012 in Beginners, Grammar, Sentence pattern
「今年の秋までにはカレができるはずだったのに…」
= Kotoshi no aki made niwa kare ga dekiru hazu datta noni…
= I was supposed to be able to get a boyfriend by this autumn…
How to use 程= ほど= hodo
October 10, 2012 in Grammar
「彼のこと、忘れようとすればするほど、思い出しちゃう…」
= Kare no koto wasureyou to sureba suruhodo, omoidashichau.
= The more I try to forget about him, the more I remember him….
How and when to use のに(=noni) *Request Lesson
June 20, 2012 in Grammar
「犬なのにヴィトンが欲しいの？」
= Inu nanoni Viton ga hoshii no?
= Even though you are a dog, you want a Louis Vuitton (bag)?
「同じ女子なのに私の気持がわからないの？」
=Onaji joshi nanoni watashi no kimochi ga wakaranai no?
= How can you — as a woman — not understand how I feel?
Direct & Indirect speech ＆って(=tte)
May 7, 2012 in Grammar
「マギーってフラダンス踊れるの？」
= Maggie tte furadansu odoreru no?
= Can you hula dance, Maggie?
「ダンスは下手だって聞いたよ。」
= Dansu wa hetadatte kiita yo.
= I heard you are not a good dancer.
「踊れるってば！」
= Odorerutteba!
= I’m telling you! I can dance!
Request Lesson : ~よう(=you)
April 3, 2012 in Grammar
「みんながわかるようにがんばって教えます！」
= Minna ga wakaru you ni ganbatte oshiemasu!
= I will do my best and teach you so that everybody can understand.
Location particles : に vs で
February 16, 2012 in Beginners, Grammar
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日本に行きたいなあ…
= Nihon ni ikitainaa…
= I wanna go to Japan.
日本でマギーと遊びたい…
= Nihon de Maggie to asobitai…
= I’d love to play with Maggie in Japan…
Request Lesson わけではない & わけがない = Wake dewa nai & Wake ga nai
January 13, 2012 in Grammar
「もう一週間も彼から連絡がないの。」
= Mou ishuukan mo kare kara rennraku ga nai no.
= He hasn’t contacted me for over a week now!
「まだふられたわけではないじゃない。」
= Mada furareta wake dewa nai janai .
= But that doesn’t mean you’ve been dumped yet.
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Request Lesson : それで & だから(=sorede & dakara)
November 18, 2011 in Grammar
「ねえ、私、１００グラムもやせたんだよ♪」
= Nee watashi hyaku guramu mo yasetandayo♪
= Hey, I lost “HUNDRED” grams!
「だからどうしたの？」
= Dakara doushita no?
= So what?
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「昨日、道で一万円拾ったの。」
= Kinou michi de ichimanen hirotta no.
= I picked up 10,000 yen on the street yesterday.
「それでどうしたの？」
= Sorede doushita no?
= And what did you do? / And what happened?
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