Re: japanese
| From: | Amanda Babcock <langs@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 13:32 |
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On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 02:45:37PM +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
> D Tse wrote:
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> > > "ayatsu yomaoromo katsukoii matsutaku"
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> "Have spoken to an expert here in the corridor, a
> japanese girl. After a lot of trouble interpreting
> the text, she says hesitantly: 'He's really cool.'"
AHH!!
Now I get it! Those "tsu"s are actually the _little_ tsu, which doubles
the following consonant. It should be more like:
ayatsu yomaoromo kakkoii mattaku
"kakkoi" would be "cool", the doubled "i" might be an exaggerated pronunciation.
"mattaku" is "really".
"yomaoromo" I have no clue about.
Amanda
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