mp (thuey@UCDAVIS.EDU)
Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:36:10 -0800
X-Sender: ez073369@catbert.ucdavis.edu Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.04.9902061329230.24516-100000@catbert.ucdavis.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:36:10 -0800 From: mp <thuey@UCDAVIS.EDU> Subject: Re: Iris Songs
> > Like if your friend says, "Kimi no heya ni, nani ga aru no?"
>
> The particle "no" in this case is for emphasis.
*nod*
> Ok, asking and debating it with my roommate, this sentence
> absolutely makes no sense to us. Doesn't mean it's incorrect, but
> we've never heard the use of "shi" in this way. "Shi" can be added
> to a verb like in "suru shi" which makes it mean "and." But we
> haven't ever heard "shi" used for nouns.
I just opened my Nihongo no kyoukasho and you guys are right. -shi is
only for verbs and adjectives. warukatta. I guess not taking nihongo
this year is screwing up my grammar memory =(
> I never said suki was a verb. Suki is/has always been/will always be
> an adjective as far as I know. I was saying to some i-adjectives can
> have "na" endings as in "sukina" "ookina"
Gomen, I guess I misunderstood your statement.
> There is one way to make sure what reading it is, and since I don't
> have the title in front of me:
>
> Is it "Itoshi" or "Itoshii?" I mean is it shi+i? If it is, then it has to be
> read "Itoshii."
The official title is "<Ai/Ito>Shi no JYAAN POORU"(not sure about the Jean
Paul kana as I don't have the CD in my apt.)
As for what Wing mentioned, I had no idea it had the furigana on the back
of the ST 2 Vocal CD case. I don't have the case in front of me because
it's at home-home. But if that's the case, I guess the dispute's over.
It's Itoshi no Jean Paul whether I like it or not.
-terrence