「おもちゃ貸してくれる？ 」
= Omocha kashite kureru?
= Can I play with your toys?
🐶 「 だめ！」
= Dame!
= No way!
Today’s word is 意地悪 = いじわる ( = ijiwaru)
(意地 = いじ ( = iji ) in this case “cast of mind“, 悪 = わる ( = waru) = bad, evil )
It means “mean” “ill-natured” “wicked” “bitch” or “nasty”.
Ex.マギー は意地悪だ。
= Maggie wa ijiwaru da.
= Maggie is mean!
Ex.マギー は意地悪です。
= Maggie wa ijiwaru desu.
= Maggie is mean!
(Note: if you end the sentence with です ( = desu) , it is more polite than ending the sentence with だ ( = da) )
You can also say 意地が悪い ( = iji ga warui)
Ex. マギー は意地が悪い。
= Maggie wa iji ga warui.
= Maggie is mean!
Ex. マギー は意地が悪いです。
= Maggie wa iji ga warui desu.
= Maggie is mean!
Ex. 意地悪しないで！more casual
= Ijiwaru shinai de.
= Don’t be mean.
Ex. 意地悪しないで下さい。
= Ijiwaru shinai de kudasai.
= Please don’t be mean.
⭐️ modifying a noun
意地の悪い / 意地悪な/ 意地が悪い ( = iji no warui／ijiwaru na/ iji ga warui ) + noun
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Ex. 彼女 は意地の悪い人です。
Kanojyo wa iji no warui hito desu.
She is a mean person.
Ex. 彼女 は意地悪な人です。
Kanojyo wa ijiwaruna hito desu.
She is a mean person.
Ex. 彼女 は意地が悪い人です。
= Kanojyo wa iji ga warui hito desu.
= She is a mean person.
🔸 to be mean / to do something mean
意地悪 (を)する
= Ijiwaru (wo) suru.
= to do something mean to someone.
Ex. 意地悪(を)しないで！
= Ijiwaru (wo) shinaide!
= ”Don’t do mean things.”
Ex. 意地悪なことを言う。
= Ijiwaru na koto wo iu.
= to say something mean.
Ex. 意地の悪いことを言う
= Iji no warui koto wo iu.
Ex. 意地の悪いことを言わないで！(feminine)
= Iji no warui koto wo iwanai de!
= ”Don’t say mean things.”
「意地の悪いこと言うなよ！」(male speech)
= Iji no warui koto iunayo.
おもちゃ貸してくれる？
= Omocha kashite kureru?
= Can I play with your toys?
貸す = kasu = to lend
Verb て+ くれる = Verb te + kureru = to do something for a speaker for his/her favor.
貸してくれる = Kashite kureru
貸してくれますか？ = Kashite kuremasuka? (more polite)
= Can you lend me~? / Can I borrow ~?
Please check my あげる ( = ageru) , くれる( = kureru) and もらう ( = morau) lesson.
“だめ！”Dame = “No!” :
You say that when you tell people (especially to kids) not to do something.
You can also say 「いや（だ）！」 ( = Iya (da) ) or “「やだ」 ( = Yada) when you don’t want to do certain things although it sounds a bit childish.
マギー先生より = Maggie Sensei yori = From Maggie Sensei
「誰か私におもちゃを貸してくれる？」
= Dare ga watashi ni omocha wo kashite kureru?
= Now, who’s gonna let me use your toys?
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6 Comments
ah so if I wanna say someone’s mean but still wanna sound “cute” about it and not sound like I m calling them a total “b*tch” then “ijiwaruchatta ><" ii deshou?
@Aki
Haha If someone is mean to you and you want to say something in a cute way, you say「意地悪！」 ”ijiwaru!”, 「意地悪ね！」 “Ijiwaru ne!” 「意地悪しないで！」”Ijiwaru shinaide!”
And if you were mean to someone and want to apologize for that in a cute way, you say
「意地悪してごめんね。」= Ijiwaru shite gomenne.
Thanks for this as well.
So basically only なadj can end with だ？
知らなかった。新しいことを習いました。^^,)
@アリナ
That’s right. na-ajective can end with だ
きれいな→きれいだ
しずかな→しずかだ
にぎやか→にぎやかだ
げんき→げんきだ
What about 「マギーは意地が悪いだ」、 is this possible?
Hi vitoreiji-san!
Sorry! But you can’t say 意地が悪いだ。But you can say 意地が悪いです。
意地悪です(ijiwaru desu)／意地悪だ。(ijiwaru da)->They are both OK!
１）きれいです。
２）きたないです。
３）うつくしいです。
４）かわいいです。
５）しずかです。
Can you tell which one can end with “da”?
Answer : 1) きれいだ kireida. 5) しずかだ shizukada. They are ナ(na)ーadjetive.
And the rest are イ（i)ーadjective
ijiga warui / Kitanai / Utsukushii / Kawaii : i adjective
ijiwaruna / kireina / shizukana : na adjective
Good question! I will make a test sometime!
有り難う！
From Maggie