Thursday, April 20, 2006
Called...
OK, after a long break due to some serious work commitments I now have more time to update the blog...
A quick one to look at is the grammatical structure demonstrated below:
A brother called Fred.
A film called King Kong/The film King Kong.
A pop group by the name of Coldplay.
In essence, this structure gives the name of a specific example of something. The Japanese structure is [specific entity] という [item class]. So putting the examples the above into context we get:
English: I believe he has a younger brother called Fred.
Jenglish: [He][Fred][called][younger brother][believe]
日本語： 彼はフレードという弟があると信じる。
English: Last week I went to see the film King Kong
Jenglish: [Last week][King Kong][called][film][see + went]
日本語： 先週「キングコング」という映画を見に行った。
English: Do you know an English pop group called Coldplay?
Jenglish: [Coldplay][called][English pop group][know]
日本語： 「コロドプラー」というポップ・グループを知っているか。
Oh yeah, my katakana sucks, so please correct it if it's wrong.
またね。。。
A quick one to look at is the grammatical structure demonstrated below:
A brother called Fred.
A film called King Kong/The film King Kong.
A pop group by the name of Coldplay.
In essence, this structure gives the name of a specific example of something. The Japanese structure is [specific entity] という [item class]. So putting the examples the above into context we get:
English: I believe he has a younger brother called Fred.
Jenglish: [He][Fred][called][younger brother][believe]
日本語： 彼はフレードという弟があると信じる。
English: Last week I went to see the film King Kong
Jenglish: [Last week][King Kong][called][film][see + went]
日本語： 先週「キングコング」という映画を見に行った。
English: Do you know an English pop group called Coldplay?
Jenglish: [Coldplay][called][English pop group][know]
日本語： 「コロドプラー」というポップ・グループを知っているか。
Oh yeah, my katakana sucks, so please correct it if it's wrong.
またね。。。
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I believe he has a younger brother called Fred.
彼はフレードという弟があると信じる。
Here, "believe" means just "think", right? Then, "信じる" is a bit strong.
彼にはフレッドという（名前の）弟がいると思う。
sounds more natural.
Coldplay...｢コールドプレイ｣(^o^)
I think Chris's wife, Gwyneth Paltrow is beautiful.
(^_^)
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彼はフレードという弟があると信じる。
Here, "believe" means just "think", right? Then, "信じる" is a bit strong.
彼にはフレッドという（名前の）弟がいると思う。
sounds more natural.
Coldplay...｢コールドプレイ｣(^o^)
I think Chris's wife, Gwyneth Paltrow is beautiful.
(^_^)
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