Re: conversation partner
From: Cindy (cindyduels_at_att.net)
Date: 07/05/04
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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:46:11 GMT
necoandjeff wrote:
> "Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
> news:2kt941F628cvU1@uni-berlin.de...
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>>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.
>
>
> I get zero arus:
>
> $B%G%5!<%H$rD:$-$^$9!#(B
> $BIB5$$G$9!#(Bor $BIB5$$KXm$C$F$$$^$9!#(B
> 2$B%I%k;}$C$F$$$^$9!#(B
$B$"$?$7#2%I%k$"$k$o$h!*(B
> $B@V$$H1$NLS$7$F$$$^$9!#(B
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