| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
please someone tell me what the difference between "imasu" "arimasu" "desu" is in these sentences. Hon wa tsukue no mae ni arimasu Hon wa tsukue no mae desu Hon wa tsukue no mae ni arimasu Hon wa tsukue no mae desu Help me! | ||
| Anonymous |
Desu is pronounced 'dess' as the u becomes silent. Simply put, desu means "It is", "Those are", or "I am." ____ desu. It's ___. Arimasu: to exist (for inanimate things) hope that helps | ||
| shaun |
desu is short for de gozaimasu, or once I was told that it was de arimasu, but my grammar says de gozaimasu. Desu is generally used for "to be" i.e. I am, you are, he is, it is etc... while arimasu is only used for inanimate objects. there's also imasu which can only be used with animate things such as people or animals. Then there are the honorific/humble irashaimasu and gozaimasu. As far as I know they're basically only used for people, like more polite versions of imasu. If any of this is wrong, someone who knows more nihongo correct me. Jaa mata, Shaun | ||
| robotix_girl |
shaun pls can u help me to translate in japanese laguage of hi how r you hows ur trip? | ||
| J5 Student hint~1337 |
I ain't shaun, but; Nee, ogenkino? Ryokou wa doudatta? ねえ、お元気の? 旅行はどうだった? |