Japanese Unit 5 Lesson 9

This has been the hardest lesson so far. :[

futari ga ichidai no jitensha ni notte imasu: Two people are riding one bike.
hitori ga jitensha ni notte iru futari no aida ni tatte imasu: One person is standing between two people riding bikes.
hitori ga jitensha ni notte ite, futari ga aruite imasu: One person is riding a bike, two people are walking.
takusan no hitobito ga takusan no jitensha ni notte imasu: A lot of people are riding a lot of bikes.

teeburu yorimo isu ga ooi desu: There are more chairs than tables.
akai ringo yorimo midori no ringo ga ooi desu: There are more green apples than red apples.
onnanoko no koppu to onaji ryoo no gyuunyuu ga onnanohito no koppu ni haitte imasu: The girl and woman are both holding cups full of milk. (no idea how this is supposed to be really translated).
otokonohito no migite yorimo hidarite ni aru kyandii ga ooi desu: There is more candy in the man's left hand than his right hand.

isu yorimo teeburu ga sukunai desu: There are fewer tables thanchairs.
midori no ringo yorimo akai ringo ga sukunai desu: There are fewer red apples than green apples.
dochira no koppu nimo onaji ryoo no gyuunyuu ga haitte imasu: They are both holding cups full of the same amount of milk. (I don't understand if dochira is referring to both cups, or both people).
otokonohito no hidarite yorimo migite ni aru kyandii ga sukunai desu: The man is holding less candy in his right hand than in his left hand.

tabemono ga sukoshi kono obon no ue ni arimasu: There is a little food on this platter (I don't know what "obon" is.)
tabemono ga takusan kono obon no ue ni arimasu: There is a lot of food on this platter.
kono shashin dewa rikuchi yorimo suiiki ga sukunai desu: In this picture there is less sea than land.
kono shashin dewa rikuchi yorimo suiiki ga ooi desu: In this picture there is more sea than there is land.

kono shashin dewa shibafu yorimo suna ga ooi desu: In this picture there is more sand than grass.
kono shashin dewa shibafu yorimo suna ga sukunai desu: In this picture there is less sand than grass.
onnanohito no koppu yorimo onnanoko no koppu ni haitte iru gyuunyuu no hoo ga ooi desu: The cup the girl is holding has more milk in it than the woman's cup.
onnanohito no koppu yorimo onnanoko no koppu ni haitte iru gyuunyuu no hoo ga sukunai desu: The cup the girl's holding has less milk in it than the woman's cup.

[Note: I'm not sure how to translate those sentences about the milk-cups at all. The order seems so very confusing to me. This depresses me. At least I got the jist.]

watashi tachi wa otokonoko tachi o kazoeru koto ga dekimasu. hitori, futari, sannin: We can count the boys. One, two, three.
watashi tachi wa otokonoko tachi o kazoeru koto ga dekimasu. hitori, futari, sannin, yonin: We can count the boys. One, two, three, four.
watashi tachi wa otokonoko tachi o kazoeru koto ga dekimasu. hitori, futari, sannin, yonin, gonin, rokunin.: We can count the boys. One, two, three, four, five, six.
watashi tachi wa roosoku o kazoeru koto ga dekimasu. ippon, nihon, sambon, yohon, gohon.: We can count the candles. One, two, three, four, five.

[Note: The following may be completely wrong. After searching the internet for a very long time, I think I learned that "kazoe rarenai" is really one word that means "can't count" and "hodo" is a particle that stands for an upper limit]

koin ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan arimasu: There are too many coins to count.
tori ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan imasu: There are too many birds to count.
hana ga kazoerarenai hodo takusan arimasu: There are too many flowers to count.
fuusen ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan arimasu: There are too many balloons to count.

sukoshi no fuusen: A few balloons
kazoe rarenai hodo takusan aru fuusen: Can't count how many balloons there are.
sukoshi no hitobito: A few people
kazoe rarenai hodo takusan iru hitobito: Cant count how many people there are.

hito ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan imasu: There are too many people to count.
hito ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan wa imasen: There are not too many people to count.
booshi ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan arimasu: There are too many hats to count.
booshi ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan wa arimasen: There are not too many hats to count.

hana ga takusan arimasu: There are a lot of flowers.
hana ga sukoshi shika arimasen: There are only a few flowers.
doobutsu ga kazoe rarenai hodo takusan imasu: There are too many animals to count.
doobotsu ga niwa shika imasen: There are only two animals.

[Note: "shika" is a particle that means "only", and must be followed by a negative verb.]

Well this was very hard and I'm not even sure what I got wrong. It's difficult to tell. v_v

Japanese Unit 4 Lesson 9

Well... *headesk*
I did not get even half of these verbs, and it's a frustrating and many times fruitless search for their meaning online. I tried, though. Context clues baby.


Verbs that I am not sure of/or have become sure of in this lesson:

hippatte = hipparu (to pull)
tomete = tomeru ? (to fasten)
nosete = noseru (to load)
orite = oriru ? (to descend)
kaete = kaeru (to change)

ootobai: motorcycle
nandaika no ootobai: A bunch of motorcycles.
kiiroi basu: Yellow bus.
nidai no kiiroi basu: Two yellow buses.

chiisana akai kuruma: Small red car.
shiroi rimujin: White limousine.
akai booto: Red boat.
ookina kuroi torakku: Big black truck.

torakku wa kuruma o hippatte imasu: The truck is pulling the car.
dareka ga kuruma o unten shite imasu: Someone is driving the car.
akai kuruma wa torakku no ushiro ni arimasu: The red car is behind the truck.
torakku wa booto o hippatte imasu: The truck is pulling the boat.

torakku ga ue to shita ni aru nihon no hashi no aida o tootte imasu: The truck is passing between two bridges, one over it and one under it. ???
torakku to kuruma wa hashi no shita ni arimasu: The truck and car are under the bridge.
ookina hashi: Big bridge.
kuruma wa ie no mae ni chuusha shite arimasu: The car is parked in front of the house.

jitensha wa tomete arimasu: The bike is fastened.
otokonohito wa jitensha o ban no ue ni nosete imasu: The woman is loading the bike on top of the van.
onnanohito wa ban ni norikonde imasu: The woman is boarding the van.
booto wa kawa no ue ni arimasu: The boat is on the river.

kuruma wa muki o kaete imasu: The car is changing direction (muki = direction). (Maybe "The car is turning" ? )
kuruma wa yuki no naka o hashitte imasu: The car is running in the snow.
akai kuruma wa pareedo o shite imasu: The red car is in the parade.
kuruma wa torakku o oikoshite imasu: The car is passing the truck.

kuroi rimujin: Black limousine.
antikku no kuruma: Antique car.
yane ga orite iru oopunkka: Roof is down on the car..??
akai supootsukaa: Red sportscar

ressha wa yama no ue ni arimasu: The train is on the mountain
hitobito wa romendensha ni norikonde imasu: Every person is boarding the streetcar.
kono akai kuruma wa jiko ni aimashita: This car got in an accident.
akai kuruma wa jiko ni atte imasen: The red car was not in an accident.

aka to haiiro no kuruma wa jiko ni aimashita: The red and grey cars got in an accident.
sensuikan wa mizu no naka ni arimasu: The sub is in the water.
funa niwa ho ga arimasu: The boat is sailing.
aka to shiro no kuruma wa chuusha shite imasu: The red and shite cars are parked.

akai kuruma wa kowasare mashita: The red car broke.
kuruma wa kowasarete imasen: The car is not broken.
ookina fune wa mizu no naka o ugoite imasu:
rekkaasha wa kuruma o hippate imasu: The tow truck is pulling the car.

Japanese Unit 3 Lesson 9

ippon no ude: One arm.
nihon no ude: Two arms.
sambon no ude: Three arms.
yonhon no ude: Four arms.

yubi ga roppon arimasu ka. iie, yonhon arimasu: Are there six fingers? No, there are four.
ude ga sambon arimasu ka. iie, yonhon arimasu: Are there three arms? No, there are four.
ashi ga yonhon arimasu ka. hai, arimasu: Are there four legs? Yes, there are.
yubi ga roppon arimasu ka. iie, gohon arimasu: Are there six fingers? No, there are five.

uma no ashi: Horse legs.
hito no ude: Human arms.
zoo no ashi: Elephant legs.
hito no ashi: Human legs.

kare no atama wa ude no ue ni notte imasu: His head is on his arms.
kanojo no ryoote wa hiza no ue ni notte imasu: Both of her hands are on her knees.
kare no te wa ude ni notte imasu: His hand is on his arm.
kanojo no te wa me o ootee imasu. Her hands are covering? her eyes.

booshi wa kare no atama no ue ni arimasu: The hat is on his head.
booshi wa uma no ashi no ue ni arimasu: The hat is on the horse's leg.
booshi wa kare no te no naka ni arimasu: The hat is in his hand.
booshi wa inu no kuchi no naka ni arimasu: The hat is in the dog's mouth.

korera wa hommono no hana desu: These are real flowers.
kore wa hana no e desu: This is a picture of flowers.
kore wa hommono no onnanohito desu: This is a real woman.
kore wa onnanohito no e des: This is a picture of a woman.

hommono no otokonohito: Real man.
otokonohito no e: Picture of a man.
otokonohito no choozoo: Statue of a man.
hommono no usagi: Real rabbit.

(next section... don't know what nammaika is. not sure about kakatte either but...)
nammaika no e wa kabe ni kakatte imasu: _____ pictures hanging on the wall.
nammaika no e wa yuka no ue ni arimasu: _____ pictures are on the floor.
e wa kabe ni kakatte imasu: The picture is hanging on the wall.
ichimai no e ga yuka no ue ni arimasu: One picture is on the floor.

(once again, no good at the "true" translations of these things...)
kono shatsu niwa neko no e ga arimasu: This shirt has a picture of a cat on it.
kono shatsu niwa kuma no e ga arimasu: This shirt has a picture of a bear on it.
kono shatsu niwa hohoende iru kau no e ga arimasu: This shirt has a picture of a smiling face on it.
kono shatsu niwa e wa arimasen: This shirt does not have a picture on it.

uma ni notte iru dono otokonohito ga hommono desu ka: Which of the horses has a real man on it?
uma ni notte iru dono tokonohito ga choozoo desu ka: Which of the horses has a statue of a man on it?
dono atama ga hommono dewa arimasen ka: Which head is not real?
dono atama ga hommono desu ka: Which head is real?

OYYYYY!!!!!!