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PostPosted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:33 pm
Watashi wa orenji ga suki desu.  
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:38 pm
Watashi wa momo ga suki desu.  

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:14 pm
Watashi wa ringo ga suki desu.  
PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:20 am
So to say 'My dog is annoying me' it would be Watashi no inu wa watashi meiwaku desu. Right?  

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:02 pm
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Wooow!! Now I understand the differences between "wa" and "ga". 8D

Is there a way to say I am (name here) by sounding offensive? Or do we just add in -desu?



Sounding offensive... I'm not totally sure what you mean.


Er...like it was a classmate that had asked that question. So you're sounding offensive because he didn't know you. Kind of like saying, I'm (name here), duh! Or something. D8



Ohhh, I think I see what you mean.... Umm, well, the least formal way to say it is just ____ desu.


couldn't one use "da" rather than "desu" to make the sentence less formal, thus making it a bit more offensive.

学生:あの学生は. . .ほら!あなたの名前は何だろうか。
Gakusei: Ano gakusei wa...Hora! Anata no namae wa nandarouka?
Student: That student over there is...Hey! What's your name?

マイク:マイクだ!
Maiku: Maiku da!
Mike: Mike!

Is that right?  
PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:01 pm
Watashi no sukina ongaku wa jrockdesu.  

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:40 am
Watashi wa Mursaki suki desu.  
PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:54 pm
Watashi wa Mursaki suki desu. mrgreen  

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:27 pm
Watashi wo tabetai Orenji sai desu.  
PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:52 pm
Watashi wo tabetai Orenji sai desu.  

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:19 am
Watashi wo tabetai Ramen sai desu.  
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:36 am
Watashi wo tabetai Orenji sai desu.  

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:44 pm
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Watashi wo tabetai Orenji sai desu.
The orange wants to eat me?  
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:37 pm
I was trying to say I was going to eat the orenji. How to say that?  

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:56 pm
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I was trying to say I was going to eat the orenji. How to say that?

オレンジを食べる。
Orenji wo taberu.

In Japanese, there's virtually no difference between saying "I eat the orange." and "I am going to eat the orange." Present and future tenses have very few differences.  
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