--- In [email protected], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Came out fine here.
>
>
> > I got a little ahead of myself and probably a bit too excited,
and
> > realized tht after I hit that post button. The lines were:
> > (singing) "���Τ��ˤ����衣"then asking "���Τ��äƤ��졩"
> > the other line right after it was
> > "�Ȥ�����Τ��Ȥ�" "�Ȥ�����äơ��ʤˡ�"
> > These are why I thought it meant something like tachi.
Hopefully the
> > japanese gets posted right, since I'm not sure totally on all of
it
> > and want to make sure I don't botch it by adding spaces in
romaji.
> > thanks.
Thanks. This time I can read the Japanese.
I give the sentence-by-sentence translation.
-���Τ��ˤ����衣(ano ko ni age yo) Give (it) to that
child/girl/boy.
-���Τ��äƤ��졩(ano ko tte dare?) Who do you mean by "that
child/girl/boy"?
-�Ȥ�����Τ��Ȥ衣(tomodachi no koto yo) Your friend.
-�Ȥ�����äơ��ʤˡ� (tomodachi tte nani?) What do you mean
by "friend"?
The question "ano ko tte dare?" can be said "ano ko to iu no wa dare
desu ka?" in formal Japanese.
The "-tte" in this usage functions as the English preposition "by"
in "mean by".
I'll show you a couple of examples so that you can get a rough idea.
-"tesuto no kekka wa dou datta-n-da?" "tesuto tte?" "Shirabakkureru-
n-ja nai." ("What did you get for the test?" "What test?" "Don't
play dumb.")
-"okaasan, koi tte nani?" "dare ka o sugoku suki ni naru koto
yo." "jaa, watashi wa okaasan ni koishiteiru ne." ("Mom, what's
romance?" "It means you get to like someone very much." "Then, I
have a romance with you, right?")
Is it clear?
Kamui
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