Re: subjective feelings about actions?
From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:32:40 GMT
"Travers Naran" <tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> wrote in message
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> necoandjeff wrote:
> > "Travers Naran" <tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> wrote in message
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> >
> >>necoandjeff wrote:
> >>
> >>>I think it would be a bit unusual to express "Do you want to come over
to my
> >>>house today?" with a -tai verb, unless the -tai verb was with respect
to
> >>>your own wishes.
> >>
> >>I had a native speaker correct me on that saying when asking if someone
> >>wants to do something, just use -tai. Other forms (like -masenka) sound
> >>too formal when asking the friend directly. Yes, she was under 30. No,
I
> >>did not ask her if she wanted to come over to my house today.
> >
> > The "don't use masenka" when speaking to friends is great advice. It
does
> > sound very unnatural. Another option would be to use intonation to
change a
> > negative into a question like with "gohan tabe ni ikanai?" as opposed to
> > "gohan tabe ni ikimasen ka?" And in the case of inviting someone to your
> > house, I think the informal negative is far more preferred than "uchi ni
> > kitai?"
>
> I'll try to remember that. It felt wrong using -tai for some reason, so
> having something else to use is handy.
>
> > By the way, if she's under 30, why in the world didn't you ask if she
wants
> > to come over to your house today...
>
> $B<+?.$8$c$J$$!#(B (;-_-)
$B<+?.!v$,!v$J$$(B. But anyway, that's no excuse young man...don't you have a
stamp collection or something you want to show her?
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