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Yoshi Shimizu
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Mar 28, 2022
Devinさん、お疲れ様でした。大学院での言語学の勉強は素晴らしいですね。今日もたくさんのことを話しましたが、機会があればもっと面白く難しい話題に挑戦していきましょう。
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- It depends what you want to emphasize, actually. I think people may not be sure what meaning you intend, so they corrected it to "they". 1) The noodles tasted like sōmen (very thin Asian noodles), and they were very refreshing. If you use no stress on "they", this simply means the noodles you ate at AFURI were refreshing. However if you place more accent, like THEY, this will means that you are also implying some other noodles weren't refreshing. It is like how you can use は in Japanese to imply "This is good, but...(that one isn't)". So, "they" in this sentence can have two meanings, depending on the stress in your speech. In the stressed version, you are highlighting some contrast. 2) The noodles tasted like sōmen (very thin Asian noodles), and those were very refreshing. In this sentence "those" can only have the stressed meaning like "THEY". So, if you use "those", you are implying that some other noodles were not so refreshing. In other words, you are highlighting some contrast. ----------------- I think people assumed that you didn't mean to make a contrast, so they corrected it to (an unstressed) "they". I hope this makes sense. Please let me know if not, and I can explain more! In general, this contrast/stress idea is usually called "contrastive stress" in linguistics: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/contrastive-stress0 votedJuly 31, 20241
- That's a good question. I take it you might be referring to "давайте познакомимся"? Of course, we would say "Nice to meet you." almost always after giving our names. But, after that, there are many options. We unfortunately do not have a standard phrase. I think one common method is to ask a question about how the person came to the place you are both in. Another one is to rely on a someone whom you both know and ask them how they know that person. Often we proceed this with "So..." For example: - So, what brings you here? - So, how do you know ...? (... = the person who is hosting an event) - So, I see that... (then ask a question) I hope these ideas help! In summary, the best thing to do is usually ask a question straight away because it would indeed be a little awkard to say "Let's get to know each other".0 votedJuly 31, 20240
- "Varje" is often translated as "each" or "every" in English. However, "each" and "every" have different uses in regard to collectivity/distributivity. It is my understanding that "varje" takes a distributive reading, but I am not sure if collective readings are also possible. I have some sentences below to try to test this. I am not a native Swedish speaker, so I need some help from those who are. 1) Varje elev samlades i korridoren. Imagine we have a group of 10 students. If "varje" is strictly distributive, then I imagine 1) should sound odd, since each student cannot gather him/herself. Or, is it possible to interpret "varje" collectively (i.e., the group of students)? 2) Varje lamm väger circa 150 kg. Imagine we have 5 lambs. If "varje" is strictly distributive, I imagine that this forces us to believe that each individual lamb weighs 150kg. But, is it also possible to interpret this collectively? For example, say I put 500kg instead of 150kg (to make it plausible), can it be possible that the group of lambs (sum of their weights) collectively weighs 500kg? Thanks!June 6, 202330
- Imparare ridurre lo stress è importantissimo per vivere in modo sano.Io lo so di prima mano perché in passato ho vissuto una vita senza predermi cura dello stress, ed ho sviluppato l'ansia. Non vi lo consiglio! Quindi ho imparato che ci sono delle attitvità che posso fare per ridurre lo stress che mi sento. Nel mio caso, è molto utile fare esercizi fisici tutti i giorni. E, in aggiunta, la meditazione non fa mai male. Quest'abitudine è come darsi un regalo. Il corpo ha bisogno di queste cose (esercizio, ecc.) perchè senza di loro, la mente non potrebbe funzionare bene (questo è la mia opinione, almeno). Anche la dieta è molto importante! Mi viene in mente un detto latino che legge: "Mens sana in corpore sano". Suppongo che chi parla l'italiano possa capire bene! Ma posso anche spiegare l'essenza del detto, cioè: "per aver sane le facoltà dell'anima, bisogna aver sane anche quelle del corpo".August 20, 202182
- Mi piace fare il jogging, perchè non costa nulla ed anche mi permette di passare più tempo all'aperto. A volte vado in palestra di arrampicata, ma questo costa tanti soldi, quindi non lo faccio spesso. Inoltre, mi piace anche andare sullo skateboard, ma non so se questo conti come esercizio fisico perchè la maggior parte delle volte, vado molto lentamente per godermi la natura ed il tempo. Non mi piace tanto andare in palestra, perchè ho dfficoltà di giustificare il costo. E in più, non ho bisogno d'usare quelle attrezzature speciali perchè non ho voglia di cambiare il mio fisico. Cioè, vogli solo rimanere sano, non mi interessa tanto costruire muscolo per motivi estetici e così via.August 19, 202160
- Venerdì ho dei piani per andare al centro di Chicago per assistere ad un concerto di jazz. Non è la prima volta che vado a questa sede, ma ancora non vedo l'ora d'andare un'altra volta. Questa sede è molto bella perchè è situata sulle rive del Lago Michigan. Inoltre, questo concerto è gratis, che è fantastico. I musicisti che vengono venerdì sono molto famosi nel mondo di jazz. Qunidi mi sento proprio fortunato ad avere l'opportunità di vederli.August 19, 202130
- Können Sie bitte diese Sätze korrigieren? Danke! 1. Wenn ich Essen hätte, hätte ich nicht mehr Hunger. 2. Wenn du früher zugehört hättest, dann würdest du jetzt verstehen. 3. Um mich daran zu erinnern, wird ich es jeden Tag lesen. 4. Magst du Bier nicht? 5. Magst du kein Bier? 6. Ich setze mich herüber, damit ich nicht im Weg stehe. 7. Ich fühle mich viel besser, nachdem ich die Medizin genommen habe. 8. Auf dem Boot bekam ich Sonnebrand, deshalb bin ich drin gegangen. 9. Ich bin in drinnen, und ich werde nicht wieder hinausgehen bisdem der Sonnebrand heilt. 9. Wenn du diesen Alter erreichst, vergisst du ganz vieles. 10. Willst du, dass ich diese Taschen trage? 11. Wenn du das Tragen könntest, würde ich mich sehr freuen.September 6, 202000
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