"NANI TABETERUNO?" Is a question, nani is what, tabete is from taberu(to eat) ru comes the verb iru, and no IS a nominalizer, but in this case it is added on to the iru to turn it into a softer expression(nani tabeteru sounds kind of harsh, depending on how you say it). The no at the end is one of the most common signs of female speech, but I have seen many Japanese guys using it in their speech. As for the effect "no" has on a question take a look at Jay Rubin's excellent "Making sense of japanese", especially at the difference in meaning between the questions "tanoshii?" and "tanoshiino?" peace out,
Manny --- herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 'no' is a nominalizer like -ing in english. I > think it means > "what is there to eat?"-- I get this by turning the > thing around, > 'tabeteruno wa nani?' (as for eating, what?) > > but don't take my word for it. I'm guessing !!! :) > > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:55:52 -0000, KoOkY! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > "Nani tabeteruno" > > > > I know nani is what, and tabe is kinda "like to > eat" but don't get the > > 'teruno' end there. Can anyone give me a breakdown > of what each part > > means? Thanks! > > > > -K > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
