> That other thread seems to be dominating this list. :) Anyway, yes > it makes sense to me now thanks! I wonder if there's a book for > these ããã expressions. They seem somewhat idiomatic to me.
I don't think there's a book for them. If you collect examples using the expression, you will understand how it is used. > Can you verify my translation (accuracy and appropriateness) of the > following text? > > ããããããããããããèïãïãããæïããïãããããããããçïãï ãéïããïãããæãïããïãçïããïãããããã > > "Nevertheless, I can't keep my eye off the television because watching > the olympic games is fun, so I continue to watch it every day." > > I'm not sure how to translate ç in this example. I may have > extrapolated more than what the japanese sentence said. Your translation is accurate and appropriate. English is not my first language, but it seems to me "Nevertheless, watching the olympic games is fun and I'm glued to the television day in, day out." would be better. You'll be the judge. æããçã is an expression you use when you experience something for days. Examples: -äåïãããïãåïããïãçæïããããïãçïããïãããæããçã ãã(It was an extremely hot summer and I had sleeples nights for a while.) -åïããïããåïãããïããæããéïããïããçãããããã(Their happy days didn't last long.) By the way, the symbol ã is called "hanpuku kigou ååèå" (literally, repetition symbol) and used to denote the previous kanji. "Hibi" is listed as ææ in the dictionary, but it looks kind of funny or "not pretty" in text, so they replace the second æ to ã. This symbol cannot replace a hiragana or katakana, but just one kanji. Other examples are åãïããã ãï, æãïããï, äãïããããï, etc. The symbol is also called "noma" because it looks like it was made up of the two katakana, ã and ã. There are a couple of other hanpuku kigou. Do you know them? Kamui [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
