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"I am bored" ?

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Annihilator
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"I am bored" ?

Postby Annihilator » July 6th, 2008 2:40 am

Ok, after looking through a few dictionaries, I found that 退屈 roughly means "bored."

So, I guess you could say 私は退屈です。 for I'm bored

But, couldn't that be translated as "I am boring" too?

Somebody help me out here please.

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Postby Psy » July 6th, 2008 5:04 am

You don't really need 「私は」to get your message across. 退屈です/退屈してる/つまらない/あきあきです are all phrases that express about the same thing. Even though you could extrapolate that the phrase might mean "I'm boring," context gives away what you mean.
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Postby hatch_jp » July 6th, 2008 10:02 am

I am boring.
 私は退屈な人間(にんげん)だ。
 私は退屈な人(ひと)だ。
 私はつまらない人間(にんげん)だ。
 私はつまらない人(ひと)だ。

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