| Author | Message | ||
     Pumaman |
Could someone please translate the phrase "watashi wa anata no ammei koibito." into english. I'm not sure about what kanji symbols could be involved. A friend wrote that on my leg (long story) and i'd really like to know what it could mean. Any help with a meaning would be appreciated. -:I am Pumaman... hey! stop laughing back there!:- | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
私は貴方のアンメイ恋人 i don't know what you mean by "ammei"... are you reading it wrong? "koibito" is used for "boyfriend/girlfriend". So, if we take out "ammei", we get "i am your sweetheart/significant other/whatever". | ||
| info |
It is nonsense to say "ammei koibito" in Japanese. It should be "amai" (=sweet). So your tatoo in Japanese is: 私は貴方の甘い恋人 (=I am your sweet lover) | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
that's what i thought they meant. Sometimes, if you are trying to emphasize, you can get pronounciation like that... (especially male pronounciations for 〜あえ and 〜あい) EX: うっめー、これ for うまい、これ てめえ for 手前 おめえ for お前 知らねえ for 知らない 等々 so, 甘い恋人 could be あっめー恋人, it's just kinda weird... hehehe. | ||
| Matjlav |
popping into this topic. and you're saying 〜まい can be changed to 〜っめー, 〜まえ can be changed to 〜めえ, and 〜ねえ to 〜ない, for informal emphasis, or is it just certain words? | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
Men do it a lot of time in informal conversation. Here is a table of some (not all; i am not an encyclopedia:-P all that i can think of presently): anything that ends in the い or え can pretty much be changed. 【文例】 怖い、それ→こうぇー、それ 眠い→ねみー 遅い→おっせー じゃない→じゃねー しかたがない→しほうがない→しょうない→しゃーねー just ask if you want more conversions, however, i'm getting the feeling reminicent of when someone says "you speak german!? say something!" I'm sure you know that feeling... you're like, "uhhhh... uhhh...." and can't think of anything to say... Hahaha, that's what my examples are like! | ||
| Matjlav |
So you could change ずるい to ずりー? Is there a pattern or something to sound changes, like: あい→えー うい→いー おい→っ(consonant)えー いほ→お or something like that? or any others I missed? So you can change 嫌い to きれー? or 酷い to ひっでー? or (yet again) 淡い to あうぇー? And would it be right to write those in katakana? E.g. (informal) ヒッデーよ！ You are mean! | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
Oh, the っえー was just for emphasis: やばい → やべー → やっべー(more emphasis) うまい → うめー → うっめー(more emphasis) Also, you don't <em>have</em> to put ー, you can put the vowel, or a small vowel: やばい→やべぇ or やべえ うまい→うめぇ or うめえ And, yah, you got it! it's very masculine and rude to say things like that, though... In addition, i was thinking at work about something that girls say sometimes: 下さい→下ちゃい Pretty much, anything in the さ行 can be made into ち! haha. i think it's cute. やって欲しい→やって欲ち〜ぃ This probably isn't too common, though, i'd say. But, the male one is pretty common. | ||
| Matjlav |
so all those patterns I said were right? so you can write てめー or てめぇ instead of てめえ? And what vowel sounds can be changed? | ||
| Matjlav |
and you're saying that all "s" sounds can be changed to "ch"? E.g. 素敵だね = ちゅてきだね = Isn't it beautiful? or 私は精がハッピー = 私はちぇいがハッピー = My spirit is happy. That's pretty corny, isn't it? Or in Japanese, with male informality! それは安っぼいよね = それは安っべぇよね Yeah! Okay, I'm done. | ||
| Matjlav Username: Matjlav Registered: 07-2003 |
Oh! I just thought of a good example of sound changes: 大嫌い = でーきっれー = I hate you and as for よい, in the case of a sound change like this, would go to いぇー or いぇえ, right (even though if it ever called for a sound change like this, いい would probably be used)? Or maybe even っいぇー?? So you'd get "yyee" (that would seem like more of an onomatopoeia than a word  ), right? Or would that be not right? | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
Men use な more frequently than ね. Therefore, it would more like: それはやすっぺえな Mostly it's the endings of words that get changed... *mostly*. sometimes you will get stuff not at the end changing... but, you'd just have to hear japanese people talk. I think the purpose of this forum should be more on the 標準語-side of things... so, can we stray away from slang? And, as for the others, i have no idea what you're talking about... :-P | ||
| Matjlav |
Three more things: 1. How would きつい be changed? きつぇー? 2. When are 彼女 (kanojo) and 彼 (kare) used? Are they really used exactly like "he" and "she" in english? 3. When is っす (ssu) [contraction of です (desu)] used? It's a contraction of the polite copula, but it's a contraction, which is informal... so when is that used? I know that I should be studying polite Japanese, but I still want to study informal, even if I won't really need it. | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
彼 and 彼女 are used like "he" and "she" in english, however, people's names are used/preferred to using these pronouns. also, you can say "あの人" for him/her if it is understood. 彼 and 彼女 also mean "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" respectively. 【文例】 私の彼(氏)は優しいです my boyfriend is nice 僕の彼女は可愛いです my girlfriend is cute | ||
| Matjlav |
what about my other 2 questions? | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
Contractions are used in informal speech. That should take care of those two... Well, きつい goes to きっつー | ||
| Matjlav |
but in informal conversation, wouldn't you use だ? | ||
| ggon |
I really need to translate this message, what does it mean in english? "Watashi wa anata ga daikirai desu minikui hito!" Please email me the answer, i would be very gratefull ggon@clix.pt | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
It means something along the lines of "I hate you, uggly-ass mutha f*cka!" | ||
| Ling Nan Meng |
I was listening to a Japanese radio drama, one of the person said "oyadayuda", what does it mean? | ||
| Mr. Anonymous |
it's probably someone's name? 小谷田ユダ | ||
| Hannah Miller |
Hi there Can someone please translate the following phrase into total hirigana for me? きのこは喜ばさない I know it means "no mushrooms please", but there is a kanji symbol involved that I'm not familiar with. If anyone could help that would be fantastic! Thanks Hannah | ||
| someone |
うるさい (annoying) -> うざい (informal regular shortening) :D | ||
| Matjlav |
きのこは喜ばさない (kinoko ha yorokobasanai) means "I don't like mushrooms." As for that kanji, is part of 喜ばさない, which is the negative form of 喜ばす, meaning "to give pleasure" or "to delight." どう致しまして！ You're welcome! |