learning japanese

[Niaoson]

actually you can use 来ました＜ＮＡＭＥ＞ですin replacement of 来た＜ＮＡＭＥ＞です. in both cases, meaning the same but the first one is thought to be more formal and polite.

 

[dimitri_can]

actually you can use 来ました＜ＮＡＭＥ＞ですin replacement of 来た＜ＮＡＭＥ＞です. in both cases, meaning the same but the first one is thought to be more formal and polite.

agreed....

 

[ahmahippo]

need to fill in the blank...



Quest: Kanojo wa (_________) desu ka. Gakusei desu ka
Ans: Sensei Desu

Quest: Kare wa (__________) desu ka.
Ans: Tokyo Denki no Suzuki san desu.

need some help


1st one is Sensei?

2nd one is nan?




Follow example and complete sentences...

eg: watashi / gakusei ...... watashi wa gakusei desu.


1) kare / donata / ka ...... kare wa donata desu ka??

2) Yamada san / NTT / kaishain ....... ????

help needed again

 

[dimitri_can]

help needed again

Is that your homework?

If yes, pls do it yrself. =p

 

[PingJun]

need to fill in the blank...



Quest: Kanojo wa (_________) desu ka. Gakusei desu ka
Ans: Sensei Desu

Quest: Kare wa (__________) desu ka.
Ans: Tokyo Denki no Suzuki san desu.

need some help


1st one is Sensei?

2nd one is nan?




Follow example and complete sentences...

eg: watashi / gakusei ...... watashi wa gakusei desu.


1) kare / donata / ka ...... kare wa donata desu ka??

2) Yamada san / NTT / kaishain ....... ????

Don't think the 2nd one is nan [なん]. Because Kare [かれ] is a person, not a thing.

 

[Adventia]

So what is the word you use when asking about a a person?
That would be yr ans to yr 2nd question...

 

[dimitri_can]

Don't say the answer, let him do himself.

He will never learn if u guys help him.

 

[unfinished07]

でございます only used in letters.

During conversation, use と申します (謙譲語)

i remember でございます is also used in conversation leh, but i don't know how exactly it's to be used.
eg.

oh, just found something on the net.

(連語)
〔補説〕 「でござります」の転。近世江戸語以降の語
「である」の意の丁寧語。「です」「であります」よりは丁寧度が高い。

・ 私は山田太郎と申す者―ます

・ 昔はこの辺もほんとうに寂しい所だったん―ますよ

in the first example, it is used in self introduction, but used with "と申す" in front.

more examples:
お客さま、こちらがお料理でございます
Here is your meal, sir.

あいにく全室が予約済みでございます。
I'm afraid all our rooms are fully booked.

かしこまりました。何日でございますか。
Sure. For which days will that be?

basically its the more 丁寧 form of です. but i don't know how to explain why it's not used for self-intro.

 

[dimitri_can]

研究しに行きます.....

Found the answer..

でございます can be used, like when u take up a phone call and answer... =)

Btw, for those books fanatic like me, Minna no Nihongo Intermediate Edition is out.... Not really a good book i think.

Will upload some pages later.

 

[Ah_keong]

well anyway,
just treat that the answers i suggested is totally wrong, skip this argument and go on yah...

i don wanna waste everybody's precious time for such pointless debate...

so any1 applying for JCS in 2009??

 

[reverie62]

hello all,

i'm thinking of skipping jlpt 3 and going to jlpt2 straight before they change the system.

is it possible to go straight to ikoma for jlpt2 pre-class next year? or i must at least have some grasp of what jlpt 2 is like? coz i'm going to finish my int4 at bunka by end of january which is at the jlpt 3 level. and the pre-advanced waiting time at bunka can be quite long.

thanks!!

 

[ahmahippo]

eee... one last time lor...

 

[dimitri_can]

 

[Kage82]

Is the new intermediate Minna no Nihongo text based on Shin Nihongo no chuukyuu?

 

[dimitri_can]

みんなの日本語中級

further syllabus for みんなの日本語1 and 2

it's not based on 新日本語の中級

 

[barrin]

Need some last minute help here...

1. 昼ごはんをたべたら、でかけます。
2. 昼ごはんをたべたとき、でかけます。

May i know what is the difference between these 2? From what i know 1 is more correct. Why?

Thank You.

 

[dimitri_can]

Need some last minute help here...

1. 昼ごはんをたべたら、でかけます。
2. 昼ごはんをたべたとき、でかけます。

May i know what is the difference between these 2? From what i know 1 is more correct. Why?

Thank You.

1. After eating, i go out
2. At the time i finish eating i go out.

 

[Ah_keong]

hello all,

i'm thinking of skipping jlpt 3 and going to jlpt2 straight before they change the system.

is it possible to go straight to ikoma for jlpt2 pre-class next year? or i must at least have some grasp of what jlpt 2 is like? coz i'm going to finish my int4 at bunka by end of january which is at the jlpt 3 level. and the pre-advanced waiting time at bunka can be quite long.

thanks!!

errm...

JLPT 3 and JLPT 2 is one big gap to cover even though it is one level difference...

consider properly man...

 

[dimitri_can]

LOL... Listen the advice of a JLPT 2 person. =p

 

[nyawne]

Thanks alot...then i maybe striking JCS out...
If take both part time n prep then i think its gonna cost a bomb...
Anyone took Ikoma full time class b4...?
How intensive is it ...?i know its 5 day per wk...
Most importantly,manageable?

Full-time class will also cost you a bomb, and it's on weekdays 3hrs/day during working hours, so I'm not sure how that is gonna fit your schedule. I guess it should be manageable if you're not working or studying full-time.

hello all,

i'm thinking of skipping jlpt 3 and going to jlpt2 straight before they change the system.

is it possible to go straight to ikoma for jlpt2 pre-class next year? or i must at least have some grasp of what jlpt 2 is like? coz i'm going to finish my int4 at bunka by end of january which is at the jlpt 3 level. and the pre-advanced waiting time at bunka can be quite long.

thanks!!

There's quite a gap between JLPT3 and JLPT2. You can actually attempt to cram JLPT2 within a year, but ask yourself why you are learning japanese. Is your interest sufficient to sustain intensive learning throughout the whole year? Ikoma JLPT2 prep class is very exam-oriented and you have to look to other sources for conversation practice.