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C++ Developer working on CAD software in Utah.
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Nov 27 |
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Positive Past Plain form of Iku is Itta not iita? Fair enough, edited to change the nuance. |
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Nov 27 |
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How is アェ pronounced? This is just a guess: In many European languages, the sound between a & e gives the "a" in "fat." Many languages don't have that sound, but it's considered somewhere between "a" (as in father) and "e" (as in pet). The Japanese ア is more like the "a" in "father," so if you wanted to specify the "a" in "fat," アェ seems reasonable. |
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Aug 31 |
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Are numbers part of romaji? (i.e. 1, 2, 3 vs 一二三) The linked article sums it up nicely; I would also say "Arabic numerals" in English, so calling them the same thing in Japanese doesn't seem like a stretch. |
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Apr 12 |
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Why is “ゼロ” more popular than “れい”? @Pacerier So a little more digging indicates that both the concept and the word (sifr in Arabic) were taken by the Arabs from Sanskrit (sunya), and I remember someone indicating that the Indians may have lifted the concept from the Chinese. But at some point, you're digging around in the dawn of history for a curious cultural game of one-upmanship. Suffice it to say that humans have been able to conceptualize "nothing" for a very long time, and we should give our ancestors some credit ;). |
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Dec 22 |
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Why are there 3 ways of writing in Japanese? @sawa -- that is also a good analogy. The main reason I used cases is because some of the letters are completely different when you switch case (G/g, A/a, D/d), similar to Hiragana/Katakana. It's also notable that the cases evolved from different usage -- lower case was more for hand-writing, whereas old Roman monuments used capital letters for carving into stone (straight lines are easier to carve). The word 'capital' can still refer to the top of certain types of monument. |
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Dec 22 |
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Why is “ゼロ” more popular than “れい”? Claytonian, that's fair; we stole it from the French, who stole it from the Italians, who stole it from the Arabs, and we probably think it's an English word :). If young people think it's Japanese, and everyone eventually believes them, then it will become true. |
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Nov 3 |
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Verb volitional form (動詞の意志形) - usage I don't think you need to be defensive about posting Bible verses, anymore than you should be offended if someone asked questions about text from some other religious tradition. As long as it's a relevant question, there's no problem. |
