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 Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 4:52 pm
I know that means basically, "How are you?" And you can answer "Genki desu" meaning "I'm fine."
What other responses are there? I mean, how would you say, 'I'm sad' or 'I'm not so good' or sick, or hungry, busy, anything really. Can someone give me some different answers to that question?
EDIT::
Okay, I'm not sure anymore. Is there rules to responding to the phrase, grammar and just in general?
And if possible, is there a way or place I can get a list of answers to memorize or whatnot...?
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:00 pm
Would genki janai desu work?...cause janai usually makes it not something...
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 4:03 pm
silver21ice Would genki janai desu work?...cause janai usually makes it not something... "Genki janai desu" would mean "I'm am not good." Janai takes the place of the negative form of "desu" (dewa arimasen/ja arimasen)
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:35 am
Umm could you use 'made made' for not good. as in
nihongo ga joozu desu ne!
iie, made made desu.
maning:
Your Japanese is good.
No, Its not good yet.
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 1:34 pm
Thanks all. Do does anyone know more phrases?
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:42 pm
Ah.
Another response I've learned is..
おかげさまで。
Okagesamade.
And in literal sense it's "I'm very good/blessed." That's what my teacher says. XD
So you would say - "Hai, okagesamade."
3nodding
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:56 pm
Cool. Arigatou. 3nodding
Keep 'em coming, ya'll, kudasai. blaugh
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:28 am
kingfisher Umm could you use 'made made' for not good. as in
nihongo ga joozu desu ne!
iie, made made desu.
maning:
Your Japanese is good.
No, Its not good yet. Eeek. That's not quite right. First of well, it should be 'mada', not 'made'. 'Mada' means 'not yet', while 'made' means 'until'. Second of all, you can't say 'mada mada desu' in response to 'ogenki desu ka', because it makes no sense to say 'not yet' in response to 'how are you'? If you don't want to give a positive response, you could try something like 'maa maa' - that's kind of like 'I'm okay...' Or I guess you could negate the thing entirely by saying 'iie, chotto...' It's kind of standoffish and vague ('no, I'm a bit...'), but the Japanese are really against conflict, even in ordinary conversation.
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:06 pm
Ooo, okay. Thank you. blaugh
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:23 pm
Well, I'm not sure but my teacher says it like 'O Genki Desuka?' But then again yeah, she learned japanese from living there.
Hm, well, I know some feelings.
kanashii-sad
urashii-happy
doki- excited
guru-hyper.
I know my spelling is off, but my teacher told me that. I learned japanese in amateur level so be kind to me crying
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:17 am
genki janai desu...
I learned something new! >.<
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:12 pm
I know:
Maa Maa(sp?) - so-so/regular
Hai genki desu - i'm good/fine
that's about it ;;>>
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:36 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:11 am
Well if you do that iie, chotto and pause a bit then say kanashii that might work if you want to say you're feeling sad...but that was a question I had to so I'm really just speculating here.
I'm assuming it'd be: no I'm a bit... sad
Since iie, chotto is a hanging sentence from what that girl has told us and kanashii is sad...but again I have no factual evidence on the matter and might wrong..
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:34 pm
i know another one..but i forgot to spell it..sorry sweatdrop
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