Could Someone Please Translate This?

[hakisak]

I just realized that...my bad

Thanks!

[Hakuryu]

Yet another artist translation please.

Name: 鳥 (とり)
Site: http://kmi9.hp.infoseek.co.jp/f/

[animekritik]

Originally Posted by Hakuryu

Yet another artist translation please.

Name: 鳥 (とり)
Site: http://kmi9.hp.infoseek.co.jp/f/

"Tori", which means "Bird".

[White Manju Bun]

Could anyone tell me what fire angel and most important is in romanji? TIA.

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by White Manju Bun

Could anyone tell me what fire angel and most important is in romanji? TIA.

most simple conversion would be:
火の天使
hi no tenshi

[Circular Logic]

Originally Posted by White Manju Bun

Could anyone tell me what fire angel and most important is in romanji? TIA.

Most important 一番大切(な) ichiban taisetsu (na)

[White Manju Bun]

Thanks both of you!

[ganbaru]

This sentence is giving me headache, could someone give me some help:
自分はやはり人の心のわからぬお化けで、生きていてはいけなかったのかもしれませｎ。

[Ryuou]

"I guess I’m just a ghost that doesn't understand the hearts of people after all. Maybe I wasn’t supposed to continue living."

[ganbaru]

Thank for the answer, I couldn' t really find the best way to translate it. Cookies for you.
One thing, why ''ghost'' and not ''monster'' ?

[Ryuou]

Well I wouldn't say what I put is the best way, but it's the gist of it. And you're welcome. I hope you make good cookies.

Hmm...yeah it could be monster. It depends on what it is. Obake can be used in a general sense for all the supernatural "bad" stuff. So choose whichever one matches what it's talking about the best.

[ganbaru]

There is only 3 kind of cookies on this forum, I can't really make bad one unless I really want, but I have no control over the quantity of cookie than I can give ( the number must be rather low)
One last thing about this sentence; is '' わからぬ'' only a alternative to わからない / わかりません or there is some other subtility about it .

[Ryuou]

Haha, it's not the quantity that matters but the heartfelt feelings you put in when you baked them. But yeah, I'm used to only figuratively giving out cookies so I wasn't sure whether or not you rep'd me.

わから (ぬ) is an old (time period) negative tense for verbs. It's not really used often in modern speech, except for maybe the older generation. You mostly only encounter it with stories with people set in oldern Japan, a character with a strange speaking style, or just someone who intentionally uses it to flair up their speaking style for whatever reason.

You will probably also run into another negative verb tense: mai. It comes after the dictionary form and turns the verb into a negative. Example - Iku (to go), Ikumai (don't go).

[Rembr]

Wakaranu is an alternative to wakaranai. Nu at the end in that way can add from a wry tone to a sophisticated tone depending on context and usage.

[Doraneko]

Just a little bit more on the usage of わからぬ.

Although ~ぬ is mainly found in ancient text, it is still not too rare nowadays. In particular, it can be used from casual writings to highly formal speeches. Google it to have a better idea. But ～ない is always the safer option if you don't know if your usage fits into one of the currently accepted ways.

Grammatically (modern usage), unlike わからない, which can be used as both 修飾語 (descriptor?) and 動詞 (verb), わからぬ can only be used as 修飾語.

eg

O　２ちゃん用語なんて毛頭わからない｡
X　２ちゃん用語なんて毛頭わからぬ｡

O 真偽さえもわからないままに､取引してしまった｡
O 真偽さえもわからぬままに､取引してしまった｡


Back to the given line...

O　自分はやはり人の心のわからぬお化けだ｡
O　自分はやはり人の心のわからないお化けだ｡
X　自分はやはり人の心がわからぬ｡
O　自分はやはり人の心がわからない｡

[Ryuou]

Interesting. I didn't know about it not being able to be used as a verb. Although I get the feeling I've heard it used as a verb as well (i.e. Nagi from Kannagi). Just to verify though, you're only talking about わからぬ and not ぬ as a negative in general?

I'll have to try and look into this.

[Hey Boss!]

Hmmm..can somebody translate this?Please because I forgot what it means ..Thank you very much!^_^..Im bad at kanji hahaha!

薔薇色の日々

[Mystique]

Originally Posted by Hey Boss!

Hmmm..can somebody translate this?Please because I forgot what it means ..Thank you very much!^_^..Im bad at kanji hahaha!

薔薇色の日々

Rose coloured days

[Snider]

Could anyone plz translate me this (human translation):

看不懂英文~ ~

图的事情没什么关系，噢本来就没说不得转载，这个相册也是公开的~

自己的画能得到其他CLAYMORE同好的认可也是件令人高兴的事~ ~

I believe its chinese.

[Doraneko]

Originally Posted by Ryuou

Interesting. I didn't know about it not being able to be used as a verb. Although I get the feeling I've heard it used as a verb as well (i.e. Nagi from Kannagi). Just to verify though, you're only talking about わからぬ and not ぬ as a negative in general?

I am basically talking about the usage of ~ぬ in modern days. From a certain point of view it is still a kind of negative verb even though it has to be stuck within a 連体修飾語. But I need some serious research to elaborate further.

Nagi deliberately speaks a kind of informal ancharic Japanese that is quite detached from both the modern and ancient world .

I really have little idea on formal ancient Japanese, but apart from showing a negative meaning, AFAIK ~ぬ was also used for a variety of purposes. In particular, when used at the end of a line, it is most likely used as ～た/～してしまった.

eg. 京には見えぬ鳥なれば
O 京では見かけない鳥なので
X 京では見かけてしまった鳥なので


eg. 都近くなりぬ
O 都が近くなった
X 都が近くならない