Practice Your Japanese Through Conversation

[sutekikanojyo]

so that would be "two people never forget"? or "two people are never forgotten"? or "two people never forget each other"?

lol just up late brainstorming... but i'll go to bed soon.

[Jason]

It's really hard to say without any kind of context.

[doriangrey64]

ok not to worry, it was just from a song. i tried to find the lyrics but i couldnt find them sorry.

[sutekikanojyo]

aw ^.^ how cute! it sounds like it might be a love song lol

[doriangrey64]

aw ^.^ how cute! it sounds like it might be a love song lol

its from this Anime Gunparade Orchestra OST, if u want to hear u caon my hi5 profile. maybe then u might have a better chance of translating it. its the first song on there so it will automatically load up. ^_^

http://doriangrey64.hi5.com

[sutekikanojyo]

i'll keep that handy cuz i'm on my years-old desktop with the blown sound card, so i'll check it when i get my new laptop in august ^.^ thnx tho! arigatou

[Alan]

皆さん　おはよう　ございます
初めまして　ワヂングトン　アラン　です。
どうぞ　宜しく。

(Minasan ohayou gozaimasu. hajimemashite Waddington Alan desu. douzo yoroshiku.)

I'm a bit stuck on the particle 'to' as in the construct '...to omou' - I think ...
Is this the use of 'to' for quoting text I found in my grammer book?

有難う　ございます。

[doriangrey64]

i'll keep that handy cuz i'm on my years-old desktop with the blown sound card, so i'll check it when i get my new laptop in august ^.^ thnx tho! arigatou

hehe no problem

and to Alan, kochira koso watashi wa dorian desu, yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

[Jason]

ようこそいらっしゃいました、アランさん。こちらこそ、よろしくお願いいたします。 ^_^

I'm a bit stuck on the particle 'to' as in the construct '...to omou' - I think ...
Is this the use of 'to' for quoting text I found in my grammer book?

In the case of と思う, yes it's very similar. Instead of marking the contents of a quotation, it marks the contents of the thought.

[Alan]

In the case of と思う, yes it's very similar. Instead of marking the contents of a quotation, it marks the contents of the thought.

有難う、思ったほど難しくないです。

じゃね

[metablue]

watashi wa Laura desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu. shussin wa New Zealand, Auckland desu. ima US, San Francisco ni imasu. Indo ryouri ga ichiban suki desu. nihiki neko wa imasu. hitotsu neko wa koneko desu.

romaji hou ga kana yori wakariyasui desu kara, sugoi desu.

daredemo wakarimasu? ... I had to make some of it up/guess a bit.

[Jason]

shussin wa New Zealand, Auckland desu. ima US, San Francisco ni imasu.

-NYUUJIIRANDO no OOKURANDO
-US no SANFURANSHISUKO

nihiki neko wa imasu.

Not wrong, but counters usually come after the subject and particle.
-Neko wa nihiki imasu.

hitotsu neko wa koneko desu.

-Ippiki no neko wa koneko desu.

Neko no shashin onegaishimasu. =^_^=

romaji hou ga kana yori wakariyasui desu kara, sugoi desu.

-ROUMA-ji no hou...

Da ga, kana o chanto oboeta irai ni ROUMA-ji no hou ga wakarinikuku narimasu yo. ROUMA-ji dake tayotte wa ikenai to omoimasu yo.

[metablue]

wakarimashita. jikangakakaru desu.
時間が掛かる [じかんがかかる] [jikangakakaru] - (exp) to take time.

This line:
romaji hou ga kana yori wakariyasui desu kara, sugoi desu.

was meant to be:
I'm amazed at how much easier it is to understand romaji than kana.

but I don't know how to express it except:
Because romaji is easier to read than kana, (I am) amazed.

but I think I actually said:
Because romaji is easier to read than kana, it is wonderful.

(ima kaisha no kaigi no jikan desu mata atode)

[Jason]

was meant to be:
I'm amazed at how much easier it is to understand romaji than kana.

Maybe:
Kana yori ROUMA-ji no hou ga sonna ni wakariyasui nante, odorokimashita.

[metablue]

kaerimashita!

Maybe:
Kana yori ROUMA-ji no hou ga sonna ni wakariyasui nante, odorokimashita.

I get what you're saying, but how do the "sonna" and "nante" fit in there? My dictionary says "sonna" means "like, that sort of", and "nante" is "how ... !" or "that kind of thing". So in this case the "nante" makes it into an exclamation? Or is it just a "how?" Or am I overanalysing? I keep looking for a one-to-one correspondence when it probably doesn't exist.

Literally is your sentence something like:
"How much easier it is to understand romaji than kana! I'm surprised."

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