日本語会話: The Japanese Conversation Thread

[tron07]

Can you correct my attempt at Japanese. Only know hiragana and a little bit of katakana so not using katakana.


にほんご　わ　さむかった　です。　
ふゆ　と　ゆき　です　。

Japan was very cold because it was winter and snowing.


ほてる　の　ちかく　に　まけと　が　あります。
わたし　わ　まけと　で　ばん　ごはん　お　たべました　。

The market is very close to the hotel.
I went to the hotel for dinner.


わたし　わ　かふぇ　に　いきました　。
かふぇ　に　とても　おおきい　と　ちいさい　いぬ　が　いました　。　
I went to the cafe.
There is are a lot of big and small dogs in the cafe.

[GoktimusPrime]

(Corrections/notes in red, additional comments/explanations in blue...)

にほんご　わは　さむかった　です。　<---Remember that わ is not a particle. You have to write は when using it as particle "wa" (it is pronounced as "wa" even though it's written as "ha", it's one of only 2 times a Furigana will change its pronunciation when used as a particle, the other is へ which is pronounced "e" when used as a particle)
ふゆ　とだったから、　ゆき　ですがふりました　。

Japan was very cold because it was winter and snowing.

ほてる　の　ちかく　に　まーけっと　が　あります。<--this means "There is a market near the hotel", if you want to say "The market is very close to hotel" it would be まーけっと は ほてる の ちかく に あります

The market is very close to the hotel.

わたし　わは　まーけっと　で　ばん　ごはん　おを　たべました　。<---This means "I ate dinner at the market." If you want to say "I went to the hotel for dinner," it would be わたしはほてるにばんごはんをたべにいきました (lit. "I went to eat dinner at the hotel"); also keep in mind that お is not a particle, when you want to use "o" as a particle you must write を; e.g. おちゃ を のみます ("I drink tea"; note the 2 different uses of "o")

I went to the hotel for dinner.

わたし　わは　かふぇ　に　いきました　。
かふぇ　に　とても　おおきい　いぬ と　ちいさい　いぬ　がも たくさん　いました　。<---lit. "there are many big dogs and small dogs too."
I went to the cafe.
There is are a lot of big and small dogs in the cafe.

[tron07]

Thanks... yes, suppose to be は, but when I was typing it became わ
I did notice it looks funny cause it was not usually the way I write it.

I couldnt manage to type the を it keep coming out as お or some kanji looking character and I gave up after a while.

[GoktimusPrime]

Thanks... yes, suppose to be は, but when I was typing it became わ
I did notice it looks funny cause it was not usually the way I write it.

Yeah, you still need to type it as は (ha), even when used as a particle.

I couldnt manage to type the を it keep coming out as お or some kanji looking character and I gave up after a while.

Looks like you've figured it out now.

[tron07]

I just copy and paste yours. Still didnt manage to type it.

I use the language bar to type. Change it to Microsoft IME. In katakana, it will come out オ from the アイウエオ instead of the katakana particle -o

the market is near my hotel and I had dinner at the market, so I got that correct.

my weakness is the usage of particles like ni, ga, no, etc...

[Firestorm]

I'm not sure if this is right but I think to get "を" you type "wo"

[tron07]

Cool thanks it works
"wo" = を

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

So, um...what's the story with my latest Recycle Shop T-shirt?
As far as I can tell it either translates as "Liar" or as "s**t, hard/difficult times".

Also, WTF is with this T-shirt @Japan?

[GoktimusPrime]

The speech bubble says "You damn liar!" and the title on the bottom right says "planet of giants." Other than that I have no idea what it is.

[tron07]

きのう　は

Why is yesterday (kino wa) writen with a う　instead of　お

きのお　は