One act that I couldn't get out of my head
There was an act that I've seen it repeatedly when I was watching English dramas or movies
英語でドラマや映画を見ていた時、何度も見た動作があった。
The act was a person was useing index finger and middle finger of both hands and bend them while he/she was saying a specific word or phrase.
その動作は、ある人が両手の人差し指と中指を使って、何か特別な言葉を言うときに曲げるというものだった。
I have been wondering about the meaning of the act for a long time.
この意味がいったい何なのか、ずっと気になっていた。
This moring when I was watching a Youtube video I found a video that was talking about it.
今朝ユーチューブを見ていた時、その行動について話していた。
And according to the video it was "air quotes".
そしてそのビデオによると、それはair quotesというらしい。
We don't have the act in Japanese so it's hard to translate it in Japanese.
日本語にはそういう行動はないので、日本語に翻訳するのは難しい。
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There was this one act that I couldn't get out of my head
There was an this act that I've had seen it repeatedly when I was watcheding English dramas or movies (note:この文脈で「was」は過去形から過去形を必要とおもいます。)The act was a person was useing index finger and middle finger of both hands and bend them while he/she was saying a specific word or phrase. (この文を並べ替えました。)
--> The person bended his/her index finger and middle finger finger while he/she tried to say a specific word or phrase.
I had ve been wondereding about the meaning of behind the act for a long time.
This morning when I was watching a Youtube video, I found a video that was talkinged about it.
And according to the video, it was called "air quotes".
We don't have the that kind of act in Japanese so it's was hard to translate it into Japanese.
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Thank you for the explanation, Hannah. I understand it now!
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Usually we use that to mean whatever is in between the quotes, we don't believe it. an example:
John thinks he is "the smartest person ever". The phrase in the quotes, would mean we dont think he is smart
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