Derek Schaab

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Japanese language enthusiast since 2001. Passed JLPT1 in 2008. Volunteer teacher at local study groups.

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Oct 4	awarded	Nice Answer
Oct 3	comment	What does っつの mean? @yadokari: I imagine なんつって comes from なんかいって, since it's often used to mark speech without an exact wording. (In English, the best parallel is the slang expression, "He was like, '[statement]'.") The alternate use of なんつって to mean "Just kidding!" might be a masculine version of the somewhat feminine なんていっちゃって, which is shortened to なんちゃって.
Oct 3	revised	If Vて+いる isn't a gerund, then what is it? Added furigana.
Oct 3	revised	What does っつの mean? Added furigana.
Sep 30	revised	What is the difference between “に” and “には”? Added furigana.
Sep 30	revised	When to use 欲しがる instead of 欲しい Added furigana.
Sep 30	revised	When is Vている the continuation of action and when is it the continuation of state? Added furigana.
Sep 30	revised	Does this athlete intend to play in the street or for the street? Fixed furigana for 語った.
Sep 29	comment	Is じゃないです equally correct as じゃありません? @istrasci: Google. One trick is to put filetype:pdf into the query, which biases the results toward academic papers (usually published in PDF format).
Sep 29	comment	「わ」の使い方教えていただけませんか I believe much of what you are asking is covered in this question: When women use わ at the end of a sentence, is it different from よ?
Sep 29	revised	How to end a sentence in わけ Added furigana.
Sep 29	revised	Difference between -ていく and -てくる Added furigana.
Sep 29	revised	Is じゃないです equally correct as じゃありません? Added furigana.
Sep 26	comment	The differences between ～がたい、〜にくい、〜づらい Further reading: A PDF (in Japanese) that goes over the differences and provides several example sentences.
Sep 23	answered	しゅっぱつしんこ〜, what is Yotsuba-chan saying?
Sep 23	revised	What are the various ways to express 'or' and when are they appropriate? とちら→どちら, とれ→どれ
Sep 23	comment	Can I use 行っている間（に） in the sense of a habitual action? @Dave M G: I believe the meaning of "on the way to" is better expressed in Japanese by ～に行く途中だ or ～に向かっている. I can't personally recall ～に行っている being used to mean "on the way to ～", but as usual, I'm working with a small sample size.
Sep 23	awarded	Nice Answer
Sep 22	comment	How to invoke God/spirits in Japanese Another reference: The 1955 Japanese version of the Bible, which is what you'll find in most Christian churches in Japan, uses よ a lot. Psalm 8:1 reads 主、われらの主よ、あなたの名は地にあまねく、いかに尊いことでしょう。 "O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth [...]" (NASB).
Sep 22	comment	Why do we use 〜ないで instead of 〜なくて before auxiliary ください? @Lukman: I may be off on a dead-end rabbit trail with this one, so don't assume this theory is Undeniable Truth. (Actually, last night I came across cases where this reasoning doesn't apply well to ～なくて, so this answer may only work with the edge cases of ～ください and いる.)