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| vykis92 Groupie LithuaniaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5312 days ago 68 posts - 71 votes  Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 5 24 January 2011 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, I got new textbook for japanese and I found some sentence things whicch do not agree with my previous texbook.
What sort of book it is? my oppinion - donna hon desu ka. But now I found - nanno hon desu ka. Which correct? Edited by vykis92 on 24 January 2011 at 5:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5802 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 5 25 January 2011 at 12:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Both are correct. Welcome to Japanese. There are many pronunciations for the same word
and the same pronunciation for different words. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fielle Diglot Groupie Japan maliora.com Joined 5267 days ago 53 posts - 69 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German | Message 3 of 5 25 January 2011 at 6:10am | IP Logged | ||
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It's like the difference between saying "What kind of book is it?" and "What type of book is it?" and "What sort of book is it?"
They all mean approximately the same thing, but they use different words. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6946 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 4 of 5 25 January 2011 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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donna hon desu ka? = what kind of book is it? (donna = what kind of)
Some possible answers might be: An interesting book, a history book, a book about a dude who falls in love with a chick, a really old book. nan no hon desu ka? = what is the book about? (nan no = literally, "of what?" like Spanish "de que"- Just think of "no" as a Spanish "de" that works in the opposite direction. So nan no hon? = libro de que?) Possible answers include: rekishi no hon (libro de historia) As opposed to the first question, which is asking really broadly for any description of the book, this second question is specifically asking the MAIN TOPIC of the book. Even if it's bad Spanish, hopefully you get what I mean! @Budonoseito, Come on now, stop trying to scare the new guys ;) Edited by Lucky Charms on 25 January 2011 at 2:07pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5132 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 5 of 5 25 March 2018 at 8:02am | IP Logged | ||
Wait, if "donna" means "what kind of", why is "donna ni" often translated as "even though"? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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