Re: conversation partner

From: Curt Fischer (crf3_at_po.cwru.edu)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:06:40 -0400

Adam Atkinson wrote:

> When will I find out the Japanese for "to have"? After 1 year
> at 2 hours per week we've yet to be told this: we've
> been told that we can use "arimasu" if we're talking about
> having appointments, things to do, work or money, but not
> for other things. It feels quite surprising to know how
> to say "I want X", "I want to do X", "I am good at X",
> "I went to X by Y with Z yesterday" but not "I have X".
>
> Do Japanese people never say they have things? Is saying
> you have something fraught with complications I'm not
> currently equipped to deal with?

A good question. I bet people with better Japanese than mine could make a
decent case for translating every "have" below into different Japanese
verbs, only one of which would be "aru".

I'll have dessert.
I have a disease.
I have two dollars.
I have red hair. 

-- 
Curt Fischer

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