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| Thread ID: 92313 | 2008-08-06 00:46:00 | Any Japanese language experts here? :) | kiwipork (8973) | PC World Chat |
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| 695175 | 2008-08-06 00:46:00 | Hi all I was wondering if someone could enlighten me to what this means? (in English, of course!) 誕生日おめでとう Many thanks! |
kiwipork (8973) | ||
| 695176 | 2008-08-06 00:48:00 | Babelfish says this.. "You question with your birthday [me]" Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 695177 | 2008-08-06 00:49:00 | Seems like a birthday wish for someone. 誕生日 = Happy Birthday The rest = name, perhaps? Tried Google Translate yet? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 695178 | 2008-08-06 00:52:00 | Hi all I was wondering if someone could enlighten me to what this means? (in English, of course!) 誕生日おめでとう Many thanks! Congrulation its your birthday |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 695179 | 2008-08-06 00:53:00 | Congrulation its your birthday Ahhh wonderful, a native Japanese speaker! Thanks! |
kiwipork (8973) | ||
| 695180 | 2008-08-06 00:54:00 | Seems like a birthday wish for someone. 誕生日 = Happy Birthday The rest = name, perhaps? Tried Google Translate yet? おめでとう = o me de to Meaning congrulation Japanese/Chinese grammar is different to english It is topic + Comment While english grammar follows this structure is Noun + verb or Object so the topic is the birthday.Birthday is the comment.In english you wouldn't say birthday congrulations. You would say congratulation its your birthday |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 695181 | 2008-08-06 01:47:00 | おめでとう = o me de to Meaning congrulation Japanese/Chinese grammar is different to english It is topic + CommentIn english you wouldn't say birthday congrulations. You would say congratulation its your birthday After just a couple of Kirin Ichiban or Sapporo beers, I speak pretty good Japanese..actually I speak a great number of languages after a few beers. If I drink Tsing Tao, I can speak Chinese too. Then I forget it all. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 695182 | 2008-08-06 01:57:00 | After just a couple of Kirin Ichiban or Sapporo beers, I speak pretty good Japanese . . actually I speak a great number of languages after a few beers . If I drink Tsing Tao, I can speak Chinese too . Then I forget it all . I know what you mean Joe . People used to think that Boris Yeltsin was speaking statesman like things when he made a speech . If you translated what he said in Russian, what you thought was "We will make peace with all countries in the world, and destroy all our nuclear weapons" actually translated out to "More Vodka" Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 695183 | 2008-08-06 07:31:00 | After a couple glasses of a friends homebrewed 'kickapoo joy juice' I can't even speak English. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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