Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 

JLPT3: なさい


日本語: [verb (base 2)] なさい。
English: Simple command

Again, another short but sweet one here. But not one you should bandy about in general conversation as it is not particularly polite. Likely uses include a teacher to a student, parent to a child or between friends. Just don't go using it when asking your boss for a pay rise.

The construct is dead easy; simply follow a verb in base 2 form with なさい.

例文

English: Eat the basashi!
Jenglish: [basashi][eat + command]
日本語: 馬刺しを食べなさい。

English: My dad told me to do my homework.
Jenglish: [my dad][homework][do + command][told]
日本語: 父は宿題をしなさいと言っていました。

English: Stop playing stupid computer games and get a job.
Jenglish: [stupid][computer games][play][stop][job][find + command]
日本語: 下らないコンピュータゲームをするのをやめて、仕事を見つけなさい!

またね。。。

Comments:
(^o^)hahaha,

I don't think you need to try basashi, actually...

Oh, you refered to a quite serious social issue.
NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is one of the big problems in Japan.

(>_<)
 
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