Japanese Word Thread

Post by **Myousa** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:26 pm

Through much deliberating, I just decided to make a single Japanese thread. I'm going to sticky it, so that I don't lose track of it. I tend to be stupid like that.

The previous words were kaite (write), tegami (letter), natsu (summer), and isogashii (busy). The new words, so that I'm not just reposting the old, are gakko (school), and aki (autumn). How many of you have started school again?

Post by **Ibun** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:43 pm

Not me. *does the I've Graduated dance* <(^^<) (>^^)> <(^^<) (>^^)>

Post by **Shirou** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:51 pm

I am. School starts on the 25th. :( Man did summer fly by or what? First year of high school.

Post by **Myousa** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:00 pm

I get to graduate this year. It's going to be fun.

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:29 am

I go all year right now but I'm off for three weeks now. Yay!

Post by **RyanHaylett** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:29 pm

I was talking to a japanese guy online onece and he said the following: Curry aji no unko aji no curry ka docchi ga ii? could someone translate please (it could be jiberish said by a non japanese guy).

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:21 pm

Doesn't make any sense to me. Myou?

Post by **Ibun** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:23 pm

It reads as follows: "Jeff Gallo is the greatest peson to ever have lived." :P

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:42 pm

Yeah, sure it does <_<

Website · Post by **gameboyguy13** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:55 pm

RyanHaylett wrote:Curry aji no unko aji no curry ka docchi ga ii?

That's some odd Romanization... Did he type it or say it? Oh wait, it's just curry that's throwing me off. That's just not transliterated. It should probably be "???"[kurri] if I were going to write it, but I've heard that it's correct to write a foreign word the way it's supposed to be written when Romanizing, so I'm just rambling here.

I recognize some of the particles, namely ?[no], ?[ka], and ?[ga]; the first shows possession and roughly corresponds to an apostrophe. The second shows a question if placed at the end of the sentence, right? The third marks the subject of the sentence. ?? [ii] means "good" as far as I know. I think he's asking something about curry being good. Not sure on any more of that. I have very little knowledge of ???[nihongo, Japanese]... I'm teaching myself from books and stuff so far, but it's not going too well. :P

Post by **Josiah** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:01 pm

Same here.

Post by **Myousa** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:50 am

It translates to "Does curry taste of ****** or curry? Not which one." Your Japanese aquaintance has a foul mouth.

Post by **RyanHaylett** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:12 pm

yeah, even when he speaks english he swears all the time.

Post by **Myousa** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:11 pm

New word: Sosh!te. It means and. De also means and. But sosh!te sounds cooler.

Website · Post by **gameboyguy13** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:04 pm

Doesn't "to" also mean and? What's the difference between to, de, and sosh!te?