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Cyzaki Started conversation Aug 16, 2003
No = Iie, not Iee.
Also, if I remember correctly, Arigatou is the correct spelling, not Arigato, as the u lengthens the o sound.
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Cyzaki Posted Aug 16, 2003
Also, yon is used more often than shi to mean 4, as shi also means death.
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FritzOnline Posted Sep 3, 2003
Too true. I must have been a little lax on my editing.
As for the lengthened vowel sounds, they just add complexity. As it was I had to explain too much in the intro, so explaining that "tou" is lengthened, and isn't actually pronounced "toe" was scrapped. I know it's important in distinguishing sounds, but I can live with it.
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noel_lapin Posted Apr 2, 2004
"Please" may be "Onegai Shimasu".
"Kudasai" is definitely "Give it to me" never "Please".
"What?" is "Nani" not "Nan".
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T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly. Posted Mar 22, 2006
"Kudasai" is definitely "Give it to me" never "Please".
Kudasai would be more acurately "May I have" and so can mean please in the sense of 'Your attention, please' or 'One moment please'. You can say "One moment please" as "Chotto matte kudasai" which more litterally translates to "Little wait may I have"
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