--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All, > My japanese is not good, and I wanted to ask if someone could check to > see if I did this correctly. > > Thanks, > Catherine
I presume you want to know if you understood the Japanese sentences correctly, so I'm going to respond accordingly. > Kawaisona Zou > Pitiful Elephant OK. But as you may already know, the story is about three elephants, so I think "The Pitiful Elephants" would be better as an English title. > Ueno no doubutsuen ha, sakura no hana zakaridesu > Ueno zoo, sakura flower is in full bloom OK. > kaze ni chiru hana > Wind scatters the flowers > Ohisama ni kagaya ite iru hana > Flowers glitter in the sun OK. But the "hana" in these two sentences refer to the cherry blossoms mentioned in the first sentence, so I would translate them as "Some are blowing in the wind and others are glittering in the sun." > Sono shita ni dotto hito ga oshiyosete > Below that people are marching together > > Komiatte imasu > It is crowded You forgot the subject "doubutsuen ha" that exists between "oshiyosete" and "komiatte" in the original text. > Saki mado kara (not sure about this) > From window Blooms It's not "Saki mado kara" but "Sakihodo kara". You mistook "ho" for "ma". "Sakihodo kara" means "since a little while ago; for some time". > Nagai hana de rappa o fukinarashi > Covers long nose like wrapper "Rappa" is a trumpet or horn. "fukinarasu" means "blow (and make sound)". > Marutawatari no geitou o tsujikete iru zou no orino maemo (not sure > about this) > At cage front, elephant performing continuously for straw. The above three parts are one sentence and the original text goes like this: Sakihodo kara, nagai hana de rappa o fukinarashi, marutawatari no geitou o tuzukete iru zou no ori no mae mo, ugokenai hodo no hitodakari desu. "Marutawatari no geitou" is a trick of "log-crossing", which means walking over a "log bridge". "Ugokenai hodo no hitodakari" describes a crowded state where people can't move freely. Good job so far. Keep on reading this story. If you have any quetions, post them here and I'll answer them. If there are other members who are interested in this story, you can read it at: http://www.geocities.co.jp/WallStreet/4759/20000505.html Kamui ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/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/
