Need these sentences in Japanese. Arigato

[gregaj77324]

1. "I wish to pay a compliment in your own language".
2. "You are a most beautiful woman".
3. "You are welcome".
4. "I would like to talk with you further, if you are willing".

Audio on these would be extremely helpful in this effort.

[mmmason8967]

1. "I wish to pay a compliment in your own language".

葉国語であなたにおせじを言いたいです。
bakoku-de anata-ni oseji-wo iitai desu.

2. "You are a most beautiful woman".

あなたは美少女ですよね。
anata-wa bishoujo desu yo ne.

3. "You are welcome".

どういたしまして。
dou itashimashite.

4. "I would like to talk with you further, if you are willing".

This one's a bit beyond me, I'm afraid.

I'm basically a beginner, so results are not guaranteed and your mileage may vary. These translations were made in a facility containing nuts.

マイケル

[gregaj77324]

Arigato!

Thanks for the humor as well.

Where might I find audio for these?

[mewes6190]

こんにちは！

4. "I would like to talk with you further, if you are willing".

This one's a bit beyond me, I'm afraid.

I'm even more of a beginner than Michael-san, but I would like to take a shot. (Do definitely NOT use it, without asking someone else though!! I'm really just taking a wild guess here! )

あなたもしたいだけだ、もっと話したいです。
anata mo shitai dake da, motto hanashitai desu.

Maybe you could switch anata with sochira for a softer tone... :/

くろくま

[community.japanese]

gregaj77324-san, マイケルsan, くろくまsan,
thank you for kind helps, マイケルさん＆くろくまさん

1. "I wish to pay a compliment in your own language".

お世辞を言う is a bit tricky expression, because it usually contains a negative connotation, such as
"not true". If someone says お世辞, it's usually just to make someone feel better or it's a social way...
So, I'd say
あなたの国の言葉で、言いたいことがあります。
This literally means "I've got something I'd like to say in the language of your country".
We don't really declare, in Japanese, that we'll give you a compliment. We'd rather say we've got
something to say, or we'd like to say something.

2. "You are a most beautiful woman".

I think Michael-san gave you a good translation for this
Just be careful; 美少女 has a word 少女 which means "a girl". 美少女 could be a word for little princess like
adolescent or even early teenage girls. 美女 can be for anyone, woman or lady as well.
How about
あなたは、本当にきれいな方ですね。
Literally "You really are a beautiful woman" in a polite way.

3. "You are welcome".

There's no better translation than Michael-san's

4. "I would like to talk with you further, if you are willing".

Again, because of cultural differences, we might need to change expressions to be natural (or rather,
to avoid sounding cheeky)...
もしよろしければ、お話しませんか。[moshi yoroshikereba, ohanashi shimasen ka]
This literally means "If it's okay, why don't we have a chat?"
The part "if you're willing" would definitely better if you say もしよろしければ or もしご迷惑でなければ
The latter means "if it's not a trouble or problem for you" and it'd be even politer.
Now, "I'd like to talk with you further"....like くろくまsan wrote, 話したいです is the translation for this part.
I'm just thinking what I'd "accept" if someone (especially a stranger) says to me....
少しお話できませんか[sukoshi ohanashi dekimasen ka]
(Can we talk a bit?)
少しお話したいのですが、いかがですか。[sukoshi ohanashi shitai no desu ga, ikaga desu ka]
(I'd like to chat a bit; what do you think?)

If this was at the cafeteria, for example, you can also ask if you can join her, right?
ごいっしょしてもいいですか。
This means "can I join you?"

As to audio, JapanesePod is not a translation page like Google offers.
We have lessons and lesson dialog with audio, even line by line, but we can't offer translation with
audio because that's not JapanesePod101.com's service. Hope you understand.

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[gregaj77324]

Arigato

Can you please give me the English lettering for the following?:
あなたは、本当にきれいな方ですね。
Literally "You really are a beautiful woman" in a polite way.

あなたの国の言葉で、言いたいことがあります。
This literally means "I've got something I'd like to say in the language of your country".

Once I have these, then I can go figure-out Google-translator, as I'm much better with audio.

Arigato.

[mmmason8967]

Can you please give me the English lettering for the following?:
あなたは、本当にきれいな方ですね。
Literally "You really are a beautiful woman" in a polite way.

anata-wa, hontou-ni kirei-na kata desu-ne.

あなたの国の言葉で、言いたいことがあります。
This literally means "I've got something I'd like to say in the language of your country".

anata-no kuni-no kotoba-de, iitai koto-ga arimasu.

Once I have these, then I can go figure-out Google-translator, as I'm much better with audio.

Configure Google Translate to translate from Japanese to English. Copy the Japanese text (for example, copy "あなたは、本当にきれいな方ですね。"). Paste it in the left textbox. Click the 'Listen' icon (looks like a speaker). Google will read the entire sentence for you. It doesn't do too badly with these two sentences! The English translations it offers are very wobbly though, so don't pay them any attention.

マイケル

[gregaj77324]

Arigato, arigato!

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

Configure Google Translate to translate from Japanese to English. Copy the Japanese text (for example, copy "あなたは、本当にきれいな方ですね。"). Paste it in the left textbox. Click the 'Listen' icon (looks like a speaker). Google will read the entire sentence for you. It doesn't do too badly with these two sentences! The English translations it offers are very wobbly though, so don't pay them any attention.

マイケル

You can also get the romaji like this.



Look under the textbox.

Handy for people who can't read the Japanese alphabets.

[gregaj77324]

Arigato.

I saw that during my usage of the translator. I used my portable digital recorder to record from my speakers what the translator translated in audio and will use that in my mp3-player to help me learn these sentences, along with those texts you pointed-out under the text box to have a visual on how it looks from the English lettering POV.

Arigato.

[mmmason8967]

Pay special attention to the vowel sounds. As English speakers we tend to focus on consonants but this doesn't work with Japanese: the vowel sounds are much more important than the consonants!

マイケル

[gregaj77324]

I've noticed that.

Arigato.

[community.japanese]

gregaj77324-san, マイケルsan, andy-san,
thank you very much for great helps, マイケルsan and andy-san!

How did everything work, gregaj77324-san?
Good luck!

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[gregaj77324]

The 'name' is "Johnson, Gregory-Alan - san"
I will be loading the audios made from Google translator in a few minutes.

Arigato!

[andycarmenjapanese8100]

The 'name' is "Johnson, Gregory-Alan - san"
I will be loading the audios made from Google translator in a few minutes.

Arigato!

Japanese people will expect you to give your first name first and your surname last, so "Gregory-Alan Johnson" is probably fine. Also, you shouldn't add "san" to your own name. That's one of the most common mistakes beginners make.

Tip: People often struggle with unfamiliar foreign names so whenever I introduce myself to Japanese people I only give my first name. I'm lucky to have a short name that's easy for them to say. Your full name is a bit of a mouthful so maybe it's better that you just go by "Greg." They still might struggle with it since it doesn't form naturally in the Japanese language. Don't be surprised if they try to put an extra vowel on the end, probably "Greggu."