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Let's learn more Japanese
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I want to continue this thread, but I don't want to dig old forums.

hey macky, what's onaji and jibun?

Here's some words I learned

umare-birth, birth-place
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i think onaji means "same" and jibun, something the lines of "mine"
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Erith's right .. "onaji" means "same" while jibun means .. "one's self", "yourself" or either "myself" it depends on how it is used in the sentence.
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so you could give me tips on how to say stuff as long as i ask right?

not sure if you can answer this but how would say..
"what're you up to?" and would ka go at the end since its a question...ive heard japanese talk and ask questions without using ka...but i thought that was the thing that determined if something was a question or not...unless the tone of the speakers voice....
Posted on: 2008/6/12 16:04
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konnichiwa-san wrote:
so you could give me tips on how to say stuff as long as i ask right?

not sure if you can answer this but how would say..
"what're you up to?" and would ka go at the end since its a question...ive heard japanese talk and ask questions without using ka...but i thought that was the thing that determined if something was a question or not...unless the tone of the speakers voice....


yea I've been hearing japanese talks that asks question without "ka" at the end of the sentence .. actually, I don't know and I don't have any idea about this but if I do .. I'll post it here .. I've stopped from having a self-study nihonggo for now because I'm already studying for my college.
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hajimemashite? just kidding... i got that one wrong i think...
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jreuij wrote:
hajimemashite? just kidding... i got that one wrong i think...


haha

and I also guess that it depends on the tune of the speaker if the sentence is a question or not even without "ka" at the end.
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suwatte means sit and tatte means to stand ^^V
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ok ok..

shiru means know and nuku means take out
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Anyone know what chiisana means?
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