Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Interested in...
Another quick, but useful thing to be able to whip out of your conversational bag-of-tricks is the ability to say you are interested in something. It actually pretty simple, though the kanji has about 90 strokes.... Just add に興味がある after a noun. Incidently, the reading of these kanji is きょう・み.
English: I am interested in Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマに興味があります。
But, wouldn't it sound better to say 'I am interested in watching Japanese drama'. Of course it would! Problem is, I don't actualy know how to. Here is my attempt:
English: I am interested in watching Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
Notice how I quietly stuck a sentence normaliser in there :-) I'm dead proud of this sentence. But, can anyone confirm if it is right, or suggest the correct answer?
まてね。
English: I am interested in Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマに興味があります。
But, wouldn't it sound better to say 'I am interested in watching Japanese drama'. Of course it would! Problem is, I don't actualy know how to. Here is my attempt:
English: I am interested in watching Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
Notice how I quietly stuck a sentence normaliser in there :-) I'm dead proud of this sentence. But, can anyone confirm if it is right, or suggest the correct answer?
まてね。
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English: I am interested in Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマに興味があります。
This is correct.
English: I am interested in watching Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
This is also correct.
However, better say 「日本のドラマを見ることに興味がある」
"watching" is a bit tricky.
When 「見る」 becomes noun （動名詞 - doing）, it's 「～すること」.
「～すること」 in English is "doing" or "to do".
When you are doing something, you would say 「～をしている」
However, in this 「interested in doing」 sentence, we don't say 「～している」, but 「～すること」
You don't say "interested in to do". This is English grammer.
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマに興味があります。
This is correct.
English: I am interested in watching Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
This is also correct.
However, better say 「日本のドラマを見ることに興味がある」
"watching" is a bit tricky.
When 「見る」 becomes noun （動名詞 - doing）, it's 「～すること」.
「～すること」 in English is "doing" or "to do".
When you are doing something, you would say 「～をしている」
However, in this 「interested in doing」 sentence, we don't say 「～している」, but 「～すること」
You don't say "interested in to do". This is English grammer.
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: 3:23 pm
: 3:23 pm
English: I am interested in watching Japanese drama
Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
Good try! (Good trial?)
But, 日本のドラマを見ることに興味があります。sounds more natural.
Or 日本のドラマに興味があります。is simple and much better.
and...
not まてね...またね！(ma ta ne!)
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Jenglish: [Japanese drama][watching][interested in]
日本語： 日本のドラマを見ているのに興味があります。
Good try! (Good trial?)
But, 日本のドラマを見ることに興味があります。sounds more natural.
Or 日本のドラマに興味があります。is simple and much better.
and...
not まてね...またね！(ma ta ne!)
# posted by : 12:12 am
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