Japanese Language Club

**¤Umbreon¤** · 5th December 2006, 5:56 AM

Originally Posted by Shuko

Well, counting animals, people, and objects is tricky. Japanese has a lot of "counting" modifiers to use in conjunction with certain words. For example, there are things like -kai, -fun/ppun, and -ppai to name a few. There are zillions of counters like this, and they differ for the situation. The one for cats happens to be -piki, and if you want to say two cats, you would say fuppiki, and one cat would be either neko (which would also work for some, few, or many cats) or hitobiki (I think).

Why... why is... neko means cat, right? Why would cat in plural be fuppiki? x_x Meh, whatever, I'll use the easier method, that Haruka suggested. Is it san no neko, then? For 'three cats'?
AND WOW! I just wanted to thank you for answering all my questions. I HAVE to buy some kinda japanese book.
Umm, question of the moment:
So let's say 'a bird'. It's either *something* tori, or just tori, right? But if I want to say the bird? How do you say that?

**Sonozaki Maya** · 5th December 2006, 9:03 AM

No, -piki is the counter modifier for cat, so it would be, fuppiki neko, I suppose.

It's like hitotsu, ippai, etc.

LegendaryArcanine: Don't have enough information to deduce whether it's CDROM/DVD-R or not...

**Jinchuuriki Hunter** · 5th December 2006, 10:07 AM

Like Chinese, Japanese includes counters for different types of nouns.
For example:
"Ippai" means "a cup of..." and is used for liquids in a cup.
"Ippiki" has no direct translation and is used for small animals (like neko) and sakana.
"Tou" which means head is used for larger animals (like tora).
There are many others but I don't feel like looking them up.
You wanna know why? I'm getting ready for the ultimate battle between me and a spriter. =P
Tokujutsu, Jibakusha!!

Sunji no Hitokoto
"Sensou" means war.

**¤Umbreon¤** · 5th December 2006, 10:26 AM

WOW. THANK YOU! What war, BTW?

**Ludicolo Master** · 5th December 2006, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Sin

In Pearl instead of naming my rival I just chose a name off the dropdown list. I'm curious what it translates to. Can someone please translate it.

give it to me. it literally does'nt mean anything. Sunlight would be "hizashi" with a Dakuten.so Hisashi:no meaning, really.

Hizashi. : sunlight.

oh, I could be a translater instead of edmame.

**¤Umbreon¤** · 5th December 2006, 11:28 AM

Instead of... what? Still, I can't make sentences in japanese. x(

**Ludicolo Master** · 5th December 2006, 11:30 AM

it does'nt mean anything.the end.

**Sonozaki Maya** · 5th December 2006, 12:30 PM

Umbreon: We have a member called Edamame who would be the translator, Ludicolo Master suggested to replace him(/her) due to inactivity.

Yeah, hisashi doesn't mean anything.

"Taisen" also means "war," just so you know. I think taisen is used more commonly than sensou, I believe it.

**Shuko** · 5th December 2006, 2:18 PM

Originally Posted by Polyphonica Trance

Umbreon: We have a member called Edamame who would be the translator, Ludicolo Master suggested to replace him(/her) due to inactivity.

Yeah, hisashi doesn't mean anything.

"Taisen" also means "war," just so you know. I think taisen is used more commonly than sensou, I believe it.

I know of two anime that use Taisen over war... Robot Taisen (I think it was a form of Transformers, called "Robot Wars" here in the states) and Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars).

As for Sensou, the only one I know of is an obscure title I saw once at an anime convention called Vampire Sensou (Vampire Wars). So I think you must be right about Taisen being more commonly used. ^^;

As for the confusion about -piki, sorry about that. ^^; I should have been more specific. In Japanese, it's not often necessary to specify exactly what thing or person you're talking about, once they've been mentioned in conversation. Unless you're talking about multiple subjects, once the cats have been mentioned, it's purrfectly fine to refer to them as fuppiki, or "the two little animals," if you really NEED a translation, lol. Gomen ne, minna. I make too many assumptions, lol.

Words of the day:
Kyuuketsuki = vampire (Kyuuketsu [sucking blood] is the name of leech life, lol)
Ginko = bank
Nezumi = rat, mouse, or other small rodent

**SugarFairy** · 5th December 2006, 10:12 PM

I got a question ^_^; Does Chisana mean small? I know Chisaii (sp?)means small, I didnt know if Chisana meant it too ^_^;;

**Sonozaki Maya** · 5th December 2006, 10:35 PM

Chiisana does mean small, actually.

Hmm... let's see if I have anything more to say... err... no, not really.

--sunji no hitokoto--
asobu - "to play"

**~~Haruka~~** · 5th December 2006, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by SugarFairy

I got a question ^_^; Does Chisana mean small? I know Chisaii (sp?)means small, I didnt know if Chisana meant it too ^_^;;

Yes, It does.

Remember, In Japanese, There's always at least 3 ways to say something.xD;

**Pokepal** · 6th December 2006, 1:14 AM

That's funny!
Sunji no Hitokoto
Kudamono-fruit

**¤Umbreon¤** · 6th December 2006, 1:28 PM

This is a little bit off-topic, but I wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARUKA!

**~~Haruka~~** · 6th December 2006, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by ¤Umbreon¤

This is a little bit off-topic, but I wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARUKA!

Arigatou!^_^

......

=P

~Sunji No Hitokoto!~

"Tanjoobi" means "Birthday". Yay.

~Hi No Bunshou!~

"Tanjoobi Wa Juunigatsu Muika Desu!"

**¤Umbreon¤** · 6th December 2006, 6:14 PM

Okay, look what I found on the internet. These are the counting endings:
-mai is used for flat objects like newspapers or stamps
-hon is used for round, long objects like pencils or flowers
-en is used for money (Yen)
-kai is used for houses
-hai is used for liquids
-nin is used for people
-toe is used for large animals
There are more words.

Does that look right?...

**Pikabolt** · 6th December 2006, 8:48 PM

Konnichiwa, minna! I wanted to ask something. I should've asked about this a long time ago because that's when I wanted to ask it. If someone asked how are you, how do you respond in japanese? I just want to know good, so-so, and bad. Like in a sentence.

"Konnichiwa tomodachi! Genki desu ka?"
"Konnichiwa. I'm feeling good/so-so/bad."

And also I wanted to know if there's a way to just say hello. I know moshi moshi, but that's only on the phone. Do you just have to use good morning/afternoon/evening?

**~~Haruka~~** · 6th December 2006, 8:59 PM

Originally Posted by Pikabolt

Konnichiwa, minna! I wanted to ask something. I should've asked about this a long time ago because that's when I wanted to ask it. If someone asked how are you, how do you respond in japanese? I just want to know good, so-so, and bad. Like in a sentence.

"Konnichiwa tomodachi! Genki desu ka?"
"Konnichiwa. I'm feeling good/so-so/bad."

And also I wanted to know if there's a way to just say hello. I know moshi moshi, but that's only on the phone. Do you just have to use good morning/afternoon/evening?

To the first question, You say "Watashi Wa Genki Desu!" if you're feeling good, But that's all I know.

To the second question:

"Ohayou Gozaimasu"="Good morning"
"Good afternoon"="Konichiwa"
"Good evening"="Konbanwa"

**Shadow Ichigo** · 6th December 2006, 9:49 PM

Good afternoon eveyone and Happy Birthday Haruka-chan^^. Anyways here's some more to post up today. Some of you guys already know these ones. Well enjoy^^:

music (ongaku)
science (rika)
arithmetic (sansuu)
history (rekishi)
geography (chiri)
physical education (taiiku)
sport (supoutsu)
system (shisutemu)
information, news (jyouhou)
necessity (hitsuyou)
study (benkyou)
request (irai)

**Pikabolt** · 6th December 2006, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Haruka

To the first question, You say "Watashi Wa Genki Desu!" if you're feeling good, But that's all I know.

To the second question:

"Ohayou Gozaimasu"="Good morning"
"Good afternoon"="Konichiwa"
"Good evening"="Konbanwa"

-.- I know good morning/afternoon/evening. I was asking if there was just a way to say hello. I guess that first one makes sense.

**~~Haruka~~** · 6th December 2006, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Pikabolt

-.- I know good morning/afternoon/evening. I was asking if there was just a way to say hello. I guess that first one makes sense.

o_o

You didn't say that.

I believe "Raho" could work.

**Pokepal** · 7th December 2006, 1:37 AM

Happy birthday Haruka!
~Hi No Bunshou!~
"Tanjoobi Wa Juunigatsu Muika Desu!"
My birthday is December 12th.
Sunji no Hitokoto
Otousan-dad
Okasan-Mother
ani-Older Brother
Otouto-Little Brother
Imouto-Little sister
Ane-Big Sister

**~~Haruka~~** · 7th December 2006, 1:41 AM

Originally Posted by Pokepal

Happy birthday Haruka!
~Hi No Bunshou!~
"Tanjoobi Wa Juunigatsu Muika Desu!"
My birthday is December 12th.

Arigatou!

But, The sentence means "My birthday is December 6th.", Not 12th.=P

**Hitokage** · 7th December 2006, 5:11 AM

Konnichiway, minna!
I finally finished my book report so all of my major homework for the year is done! Also, I did another banner too. I wasn't sure of the kanji so tell me if I used the wrong one. Groudon fans will love this banner ^_^

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1...hbannerwg7.png
So, how is everyone?

**¤Umbreon¤** · 7th December 2006, 5:50 AM

I don't know if that's the right Kanji, but the banner is... oh la la, it's A W E S O M E.

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