--- In [email protected], herry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Thanks for the great examples ! But how does one say in japanese:
>
> 1) what is there to eat?
>
> 2) is there anything to eat?
> (tabemono ga arimasu ka? though I think tabemono means 'something
to
> eat' / 'food' instead of 'anything to eat')
>
> The above distinction in japanese is completely lost on me.
1) "What is there to eat?" can translate to "Donna tabemono ga
arimasuka?" or "Taberu mono wa nani ga arimasu ka?"
2) For "Is there anything to eat?" one will say "Nani ka taberu mono
wa arimasu ka?" or "Nani ka tabemono wa nai no (desu ka)?"
When you're hungry and want to know if there is any food, you'd say:
-Nani ka taberu mono nai? (or Nani ka tabemono nai?)
-Nani ka taberu mono aru? (or Nani ka tabemono aru?)
These two can be used interchangeably. (There seems to be a slight
difference in implication between them, but it's beyond my ability
to explain it in a few words.)
If you want to know what kind of foods are available in a certain
country or at a particular occasion, you'd ask:
-Tabemono wa nani ga arimasu ka? (or Taberu mono wa nani ga arimasu
ka?)
-Donna tabemono ga arimasu ka?
Other examples:
-Nani ka nomimono nai/aru? (Is there anything to drink?)
-Nomimono wa nani ga arimasu ka? (What is there to drink?/What kind
of drinks do you have?)
Kamui
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