先週の木曜日私は友達とえいがをみました。zombielandをみました。とてもおかしですね
つまらなくないです！
さいきんわたしたちはカタカナを習います。(see below for some katakana "usage" that I found) がんばって
じゃまた
つまらない - tsumaranai - boring
おかし －okashi - funny
わくわく －waku waku - exciting
ほんとに －hontoni - really? "Fo real!!??"
習います －naraimasu - learn
katakana カタカナ
(1) foreign words (Loan Words) - New or foreign words use Katakana. Furthermore, proper names like Vincent become ヴィンセント
ネックレスnekkuresu : neckless
ベッドbeddo : bed
コインkoin : coin
コーヒーko-hi- : coffee
ライトraito : light
テレビterebi : TV
パスタ pasuta : pasta
メールme-ru : mail
イディオム - Idioms
デビュ ー Debut
アイドル - Idol
グループ - group
インタビュ ー Interview
ウェディング - wedding
ゴローバリゼーション ー globalization
プロプガンダ - Propaganda
ネットワク - network
ヒロイン - heroin
イディオム - Idioms
デビュ ー Debut
アイドル - Idol
グループ - group
インタビュ ー Interview
ウェディング - wedding
ゴローバリゼーション ー globalization
プロプガンダ - Propaganda
ネットワク - network
ヒロイン - heroin
(2) onomatopoeia - Linguistic representations of sounds - note the difference in how Japanese perceive/ translate sounds as compared to English. (E.g. "woof" and "wanwan" for a dog's bark)
チクタクchikutaku : tick-tick clock's sound
ザーザーza-za- : heavy rain sound
ヒューヒューhyu-hyu- : wind sound
ビュービューbyu-byu- : strong wind sound
メラメラmeramera : fire sound
トコトコtokotoko : footstep
シクシクshikushiku : crying sound(quiet)
ギャーギャーgya-gya- : crying(noisy)
イライラiraira : annoying
プンプンpunpun : angry
ニコニコnikoniko : smiling
ニャーニャーnya-nya- : mew (cat)
ワンワンwanwan : bowwow (dog)
チュンチュンchunchun : bird
コケコッコーkokekokko- : cock-a-doodle-doo (hen)
モーmo- : moo (cow)
ヒヒーンhihi-n : neigh (horse)
Katakana Analysis: It seems that some words are written in Katakana - even though they could potentially be written in Hiragana to act as an emphasis. Similar to the use of Italics in English. Dependent upon the context, the switch of a particular word into Katakana could be to indicate an alternative / underlying meaning (humor/ "cute"-ness/ sarcasm)
Example:
そのふくはかわいい (sono huku (clothes) wa kawaii)
そのふくはカワイイ
The use of katakana for "cute" emphasize and makes that adjective stronger.
or using one of the new words above (ニコニコnikoniko : smiling)
かのじょはにこにこしている (she is smiling)
かのじょはニコニコしている (she is smiling - emphasis on her smile - in a novel perhaps the protaganist is smiling for a reason that other characters have not yet come to comprehend, but the readers understand her motives)
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ReplyDeleteI like your insightful analysis!
ReplyDeleteThough, I am not sure if all the readers would feel the same way you did when they read the sentence like "かのじょはニコニコしている".
As a native speaker's intuition, both にこにこand ニコニコ carry an emphatic sound.
Since there is no right or wrong answer to it, I would say that it really depends on each reader's interpretation at the moment.
よくかんがえてあるぶんせき（analysis)だと思います！
これからもがんばってくださいね。
Hello. I'm Asuka.
ReplyDeleteI'm Bunkyo University student in Japan.
I'm very interested in your analysis.
Your opinion is to the point.
When we use Katakana, it use as foreign words and onomatopoeia and we feel cool to use Katakana according to the situation.
I think your Japanese is very good.
And I tell you your mistake.
Funny is not おかし.It's おかしい.
I'm surprised that you're from Australia.
Because I had gone to study English in Australia for 3 months!
@SK: ありがとうございます。I agree, the nuances seem very context-dependent
ReplyDelete@Asuka: オーストラリアはどうですか？ thank you for correcting my mistakes, I want to go to Japan to study Japanese in the future. ブんきょだいがくはどこですか
東京ですか？
カタカナは難しと思います
I had wonderful time in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI had stayed Melbourne for 3 month.
Bunkyo University is in Kanagawa prefecture is near Tokyo.
If you have some questions, Please ask me!
べんきょうがんばってください