I'd like some advice on Japanese grammar... - Page 4

The Summoner of Leviathan · 09-30-2007, 01:30 AM

Originally Posted by Hsu ^

Originally Posted by Peter_20 ^

Another question here...

How do you spell the sounds "chu" and "ju"?
They don't exist in the alphabet tables.

Those involve "glide" rules. You take the root sound ("chi" and "ji" in this case) and then add a small "y" character next to it to produce the sound. So "chu" is chi+small yu, and the same with ju. If you wanted cho, it'd be chi+small yo. This works for basically all consonant+i characters.

For visual reference, since I am too lazy to set-up my Japanese keyboard input, go here.

Scroll down to the glide section to see what they look like when written.

Peter_20 · 10-06-2007, 09:05 AM

Another question:

I saw a Japanese scene from Final Fantasy 10 right now, and they seemed to add some weird inverted C sign everywhere, but it was never separately pronounced.
For example, when Tidus says "makasetokete", in the beginning, I can see the signs for ma-ka-se-to-ke-?-te, and the question mark is where I spot that inverted C thing.
It looks like the sign for "u" without a mark above it.

What is this?

Marshall banana · 10-06-2007, 10:01 AM

っ is the same as つ (tsu), but it's smaller. It's placed before a symbol to make a double consonant with it. See:

せっしょうまるさまはかわいい！
Sesshoumaru-sama wa kawaii!

Peter_20 · 10-12-2007, 05:34 PM

Thanks, Marshall banana.
However, I've got another question as well.

Take a look at this Japanese version of the Final Fantasy 10 opening.

What do the Kanji signs between 00:01 - 00:05 mean?
You know, the two very first signs, and then the full sign that obviously is pronounced "hora" or something.

Behold the Void · 10-12-2007, 11:33 PM

*moves to Study Hall*

Zeromus_X · 10-13-2007, 03:24 AM

That would be 'saigo' (最後), which means 'last', 'end', or 'conclusion', or something along those lines.

Jimsour · 10-14-2007, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Marshall banana ^

っ is the same as つ (tsu), but it's smaller. It's placed before a symbol to make a double consonant with it. See:

せっしょうまるさまはかわいい！
Sesshoumaru-sama wa kawaii!

Yes, thats it basically. っ marks a double consonant.

Personally I think video games / anime are the worst places to learn Japanese. Would you speak English like the characters of FFXII ?

goth-love · 02-29-2008, 11:13 PM

the only thing i know in japanese is greatings and the song i heard on ffx suteki da ne(isnt it beautiful).

Marshall banana Rorikon Princess Location: Mondatime	#27 (permalink) っ is the same as つ (tsu), but it's smaller. It's placed before a symbol to make a double consonant with it. See: せっしょうまるさまはかわいい！ Sesshoumaru-sama wa kawaii!
10-06-2007, 10:01 AM

Peter_20 Location: Sweden	#28 (permalink) Thanks, Marshall banana. However, I've got another question as well. Take a look at this Japanese version of the Final Fantasy 10 opening. What do the Kanji signs between 00:01 - 00:05 mean? You know, the two very first signs, and then the full sign that obviously is pronounced "hora" or something.
10-12-2007, 05:34 PM

Behold the Void Cid's Knight The pen of life Location: At the corner of Oblivion	#29 (permalink) moves to Study Hall
10-12-2007, 11:33 PM

Zeromus_X Cid's Knight Sponsored by Pizza Hut Location: Core of the Moon (Phoenix, Arizona)	#30 (permalink) That would be 'saigo' (最後), which means 'last', 'end', or 'conclusion', or something along those lines.
10-13-2007, 03:24 AM

goth-love Location: Alone in my coffin	#32 (permalink) the only thing i know in japanese is greatings and the song i heard on ffx suteki da ne(isnt it beautiful).
02-29-2008, 11:13 PM