On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 21:22 +0000, ai3131 wrote: > --- In [email protected], "DH Dynamint" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Watashi no chichi ha toshiyori desu" is fine. I'm not so sure > about the second one, though. "Toshiyori na hito" brings up 983 > hits on Google, so it's not impossible. Usually, though, when nouns > are used to modify other nouns, "no" is used rather than "na", and > Google backs that up with 19,200 hits for "toshiyori no hito".> > > OK... As far as I know, "noun" adjectives (ending in "-na") refer to > changeable states, otherwise known as "fuzzy". So "tosiyori-na" > would not make sense since "tosiyori" refers to an unchangeable > state. So, to say that the man is old (of course an unchangeable > condition) one would write "tosiyori no hito". > > > "Atsui" and "atatakai" as well as "samui" and "tsumetai". I'm > blanking on the exact differences, though, and how those change > depending on, say, the kanji you use for atsui, so I won't try to > explain. ^^;;> > > Samui (cold, as in temperature) vs. tumetai (cold, as in emotion). >
samui is used for the weather, while tsumetai for objects' temperature samui is also an expression that indicates a bad joke ^_^ just my two cents ^_^ and to show that I'm still alive :-P -- David Eduardo Gómez Noguera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
