Let's study Japanese

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Let's study Japanese. Feel free to ask and answer about the Japanese language here.

 

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Yoggeta profile picture YoggetaDecember 2008
I want to learn Japanese from the abc of it  can any one help me with it.
Ashra profile picture AshraOctober 2008
Any more questions?
Ashra profile picture AshraApril 2008
あ た し は 忍 び で す よ ！ = I am Shinobi!

あ た し は 忍 び だ も ん ！ is like 'But I am Shinobi!'
Deyanira profile picture DeyaniraApril 2008

Well, I'm not sure for an example..is it for emphasis?

Em, like if you say　 ” あ た し は 忍 び で す よ ！ ” versus saying ”あ た し は 忍 び だ も ん ！ ” It's a really lousy example, right? -_- sorry, I can think of another if you would like, but please, I'll try to understand.

-デ ヤ ニ ラ 　

Ashra profile picture AshraApril 2008
だ も ん has vague meanings and I can't really translate it to English. Could you give me some Japanese sentences with だ も ん ?
Deyanira profile picture DeyaniraApril 2008

Hello again, and thank you for answering my other questions!

Ashraさ ん 、 I was wondering, I have heard the ending "だ も ん " used at certain times, usually by kids, but I was wondering, this seems to be another form of  "で す ", but what is the difference in meaning?

Thanks again for answering our questions I will finally be getting to go to Japan this summer (to Nagoya) , so I want to make sure I am prepared for when I go!

-デ ヤ ニ ラ

idahime profile picture idahimeApril 2008
雨 が 降 っ て 人 は 南 口 に 出 た り 入 っ た り し ま し た 。
Does this mean: it was raining and people were coming out of and entering the southern exit by turns?
I'm very thankful for your help!

Ida
Ashra profile picture AshraApril 2008

The man was 40 years old, and was standing to the right of the exit.
そ の 男 の 人 は 四 十 歳 で 出 口 の 右 側 に 立 っ て い ま し た 。


Yamamoto drank a lot of alcohol and now he has a headache.
山 本 さ ん は お 酒 を た く さ ん 飲 ん だ の で 、 今 頭 が 痛 い で す 。

You need to use の で /か ら (because) for this sentence.
If  it's ''Yamamoto was drinking'' instead of ''Yamamoto drank'', then you could say 飲 ん で い た の で .