Sunday, April 12, 2009

Japanese Unit 7 Lesson 2

Nihongo no dooshi
habataku: to flap
hirogeru: to spread

hakuchoo wa tsubasa o habatakasete imasu:
The swan is flapping its wings.
korera no tori wa tsubasao hirogete imasu: These birds are spreading their wings.
otokonohito no te no ue ni iru tori ga tsubasa o hirogete imasu: The bird on the man's hand is spreading its wings.
kono tori ga tsubasa o hirogete imasen: This bird is not spreading its wings.

rakuda niwa ashi ga yonhon arimasu: Camels have four legs.
hito niwa ashi ga nihon arimasu: Humans have two legs.
ahiru niwa ashi ga nihon arimasu: Ducks have two legs.
zoo niwa ashi ga yonhon arimasu: Elephants have four legs.

uchuuhikooshi wa uchuufuku o kimasu: The astronaut is wearing a spacesuit.
onnanoko tachi wa tokidoki doresu o kimasu: The girls sometimes wear dresses. (Or is it, 'Girls sometimes wear dresses.'?)
hikooki niwa tsubasa ga arimasu: Planes have wings.
tori niwa tsubasa ga arimasu: Birds have wings.

tokee niwa hari ga arimasu: Clocks have hands.
jitensha niwa sharin ga arimasu: Bikes have wheels.
suihee tachi wa fune no ue de kurashi masu: Sailors live on a boat?
heeshi tachi wa juu o mochi masu: Soldiers hold guns.

dare ga uchuufuku o ki masu ka:Who wears a spacesuit?
dare ga doresu o ki masu ka: Who wears a dress?
dare ga juu o mochi masu ka: Who holds a gun?
dare ga fune no ue de kurashi masu ka: Who lives on a boat?

dono doobutsu ga ashi ga nihon shika arimasen ka: What animal only has two feet?...
dono doobutsu ga ashi ga yonhon jimen ni arimasu ka: What animal has four feet on the ground?
dono doobutsu ga ashi ga nihon jimen ni atte, ashi ga nihon jimen kara hanarete imasu ka: What animal has two feet on the ground and two feet off the ground? (two feet separate from the ground).
dono doobutsu ga ashi ga yonhon tomo jimen kara hanarete imasu ka:What animal has all four feet off the ground? (What animal with four feet has all of them separated from the ground).

kono hito wa pan o uri masu: This person is selling bread.
kono hito wa sangurasu o uri masu: This person is selling sunglasses.
kono hito wa tomato o uri masu: This person is selling tomatoes.
kono hito wa ueki o uri masu: This person is selling plants.

uma wa hito o hokobi masu ga, kono uma wa daremo hakonde imasen: Horses carry people, but this horse is not carrying anyone?
kono uma wa dareka o hakonde imasu: This horse is carrying someone.
hikooki wa tobi masu ga, kono hikooki wa tonde imasen: Planes fly, but this plane is not flying.
hikooki wa tobi masu. kono hikooki mo tonde imasu: Planes fly, and this plane is flying.

roodoosha wa herumetto o kautte imasu: The worker is wearing a helmet.
roodoosha wa taitee herumetto o kaburi masu ga, ima wa kabutte imasen: The worker usually wears a helmet, but right now he isnt.
heeshi tachi wa juu o mochimasu ga, kono heeshi tachi wa juu o mochimasen: Soldiers hold guns, but these soldiers are not holding guns.
heeshi tachi wa juu o mochimasu. kono heeshi tachi mo juu o mochimasu: Soldiers hold guns. These soldiers are holding guns.

aoi suutsu o kita wakai otokonohito tachi wa utatte imasu: The young men wearing blue suits are singing.
aoi suutsu o kita wakai otokonohito tachi wa utai masu ga, ima wa utatte imasen: The young men wearing blue suits sing, but now they are not singing.
inu wa taitee fuku o kimasen. kono inu mo kite imasen: Dogs don't usually wear clothes. This dog isn't wearing clothes.
inu wa taitee fuku o kimasen ga, kono inu wa kite imasu: Dogs don't usually wear clothes but this dog is wearing clothes.

I think I got some of these things wrong... Rosetta Stone does not explain grammar well at ALL. OOYYYY. At least I'm still going... here by my lonesome.

3 comments:

mushroommunk said...

You may be going on your lonesome, but if it makes you feel any better, your blog has helped me in my Japanese lessons ALOT! Thanks so much.

mushroommunk said...

I was translating the sentence

"suihee tachi wa fune no ue de kurashi masu"

And I think it means "sailors have a livelihood on a boat." or maybe "Sailors make a living on a boat", at least that's what my dictionary says.

bnaydeck said...

Studying now... you are a lifesaver as my guessing isn't training me well... thank you much!!!