/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

I am Japanese.
Please tell me the difference between "a" and "the".

[Anonymous No.]

one is a letter

the other is a word

[None !James.7p7Y No.]

One is used for the indefinite article and one is used for a definite article.

"A dog" could mean any dog, while "the dog" means a certain dog.

[Moe !TRONurrVj. No.]

>tfw u will always be asian

[Anonymous No.]

I'm also Japanese.

Fack you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783296
Why do people usually say 'I have a dog' instead of 'I have the dog'?

[Anonymous No.]

Thick penis. Are you having the penis?

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/lang/

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783316
When you say "I have a dog." the person you are talking about does not know the dog.

[Anonymous No.]

a = one
the = important thing

[None !James.7p7Y No.]

>>8783316
You would say "I own the dog" if your dog was in the room, maybe. When you say that you own dogs, you're not talking about specific dogs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783316
Because they haven't introduced the dog to the context yet. "I have a dog. The dog is shaggy." - First, one is introducing a previously unmentioned dog and specifying it as a dog that he himself possesses. Then, he can continue to speak about the dog and the "the" implies that he's referring to the same dog he introduced earlier.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783308
NO
Fuck you

[Anonymous No.]

The implies that there's only one thing. If there was only one dog on earth, he would be called the dog. There are lots of dogs though, so you refer to a single dog as a dog. However, lets say your dog is named Charles. Your best friend is also named Charles. Another friend asks "Where is Charles"? You would ask "The dog?" in order to know whether your friend wants to know where the dog is or where your best friend is.

[Anonymous No.]

a pear = this pear
the pear = any pear

[Anonymous No.]

Please tell me the difference between は and が.

It's essentially the same thing with "a" and "the".

>>8783327
And if the person already knows the dog, you would say "I have/I own the dog."

Basically the dog just needs to be introduced previously before you can refer to it specifically. It's quite logical.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783316

"I have a dog" would mean they have one dog, as opposed to two or more.

[Anonymous No.]

Many Japanese people are extremely racist. They think every non-Japanese person except White people are inferior. Japanese people especially love to insult Koreans and Chinese. On 2ch and 2chan, there are many racists who insult Korea. There is
even a special board called "Nida" on 2ch for people to insult Korea. Japan is the most racist country in the world. I am very ashamed of this sad fact.

私も日本人です。
I am Japanese also.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783391
I also dislike Koreans and Chinese (for no particular reason, nida <ヽ｀∀´>). I am not Japanese. Does that make me racist?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783391

How does Japan feel about Canadians?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783400
Nah.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783391
we have a board just for white racist

its called /pol/ LMAo

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783391
This copypasta.
And nostalgia ;_;/

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783406
Are you that new?
why

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783372
beware of the troll. proper version is:

a pear = any pear
the pear = this pear

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783391
八紘一宇! 万歳!
I am Japanese also.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783406

[Anonymous No.]

I am taking THE dog out for a walk.
I wish I had A dog.

[Anonymous No.]

a = indefinite article
the = definite article

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/冠詞

[Anonymous No.]

多くの欧米人はとても人種差別的です。彼らは、白人以外の人種は東アジア
人を抜いて全て自分に劣ると思っている。 欧米人は特に黒人やアラブ諸国の出身者たちを罵倒するのが好きです。 ４CHANや他のネット掲示板ではNiggerやmudslimeなどの差別的用語がよく使われま
す、特に/int/では日常茶飯事化しています。欧米はとても人種差別主義者
の多い地域です。私はこれをとても悲しく想います。

I am also a westerner.
私も欧米人です。

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783453

I am taking A dog out for a walk.

English is so fucked.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783461
Many western people are extremely racist. They think every non-western person except east asians are inferior. western people especially love to insult blacks and Arabic people. On 4chan and other internet boards, there are many racists who insult the middle east and Africa. There is
even a special board called /int/ on 4chan for people to insult non-whites. The west is the most racist place in the world. I am very ashamed of this sad fact.

I am also a westerner.

[Anonymous No.]

I remember as kid, i was baffled with "the"

One time i was wandering on streets and came across this movie poster. The movie's name was "THE BOMB" For some reason i found it very humorous.

[Anonymous No.]

Here is a different scenario to highlight the difference between "a" and "the".

Example 1
Bob: "I bought a pie yesterday."
James: "Isn't pie great? I am eating a pie now."

Example 2
Bob: "I bought a pie yesterday."
James: "Isn't pie great? I am eating the pie now."

In the second example, James is saying that he is eating the pie that Bob bought yesterday. In the first example, James does not specify which pie he is eating. Thus, in the first example, James could be eating the pie Bob purchased yesterday, or he could be eating a different pie.

And remember, "a" and "an" are the same word. You use "a" before a word starting with a consonant sound. You use "an" before a word starting with a vowel sound.
A cake. A pie. A dog.
An apple. An opinion. An honest opinion.

That last one is tricky. H is a consonant, but in the word "honest", the H is silent. Thus, the word "honest" starts with an O sound.
And notice that I said "an O sound" instead of "the O sound". The letter O can make different sounds. I did say which O sound was being used, so I used "an" instead of "the".

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783588
thats a fantastic example. listen to this OP.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783588
Can you use "the" for plural form? Like "The retards"?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783622

Yes.

[Anonymous No.]

A = nonspecific
The = specific

Really /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783492
white guilt pls die

[Anonymous No.]

If Japanese are so smart, why can't they into English?

Gaijin: 1
Japan: 0

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783374
>Please tell me the difference between は and が.
>It's essentially the same thing with "a" and "the".

It's not.

the =definite
a = indefinite

は = topic
が = emphatic

Something can be a topic without being definite, and something can be emphatically introduced into conversation without being indefinite. If you were having a conversation about famous landmarks, and you just happened to bring up the Eiffel Tower or some other proper noun name of a building, you would introduce it with が, despite there being only one authentic Eiffel Tower.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783320

I am having the penis.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783676
Thanks for... proving his point?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783771

You're retarded.

[Anonymous No.]

>I am Japanese.

Read the rules, foreigner.

[White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ No.]

[Anonymous No.]

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ＯＮＥＹ　ＲＡＰＥ　ＰＥＯＰＬＥ　ＬＩＥ　ＴＯ　ＰＯＬＩＣＥＭＡＮ

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783854
butthurt.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783854

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783855
The Iron Shiek posts on /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

How much of a head start does a japanese have at learning chinese then a westerner?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783863
I wish I could have sexual intercourse with Ms. Green, Miho and Risa at full force in vagina mouth and anus.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783920
Ms. Green = Paizuri
Miho = Vaginal
Risa = anal

In that order.

[Anonymous No.]

"a" introduces something that the listener does not yet know about. "the" is for things that the listener can already tell from context.

For example, in "A dog came running down the street." introduces a dog that the listener does not know about. If there is already a dog in this context, that statement implies that the dog that is running down the street is a different dog. "The dog came running down the street." refers to a dog that the listener already knows from context. If the listener does not know about any dogs in this context, that statement will be very confusing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783959
So Japanese do not necessarily need context for something to make sense to them. That's why you can have a sentence without a subject and it would still be correct. Interesting.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783973
I don't really understand what that has to do with what I said.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783997
context is important in english whereas it's not as important in japanese

[Anonymous No.]

I'm also Japanese.

Fakku you.

[Anonymous No.]

>I am Japanese.
lol

[Anonymous No.]

>>8783973
Lets change that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786017

No one in here is actually japanese.

>Real Japanese people will never speak to you

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786033
good

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786033
My gf is japanese.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786038
faggot

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786033
I once talked to a Japanese person in krautchan. Because I'm such a huge weeaboo faggot I asked him if anyone ever left a note in his footlocker telling him to wait under the sakura tree behind school after classes. he responded "no, that is only my dream" with one of those sad smiley thingies.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786045
（　´_ゝ`）

[Anonymous No.]

I like how there are 5 million explanations of "ga" and "wa" for japanese.

Obviously if there are so many explanations, its not something that can be understood by explanations?

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786056
He used a different smiley, it looked like he was crying.

[Anonymous No.]

"A" also implies that there is more than one of the thing being mentioned while "the" may mean there is just one.

Compare
>the pleasure of being cummed inside
with
>a pleasure of being cummed inside

The first implies that there is only one pleasure of being cummed inside while the second implies that it is referencing one of multiple pleasures of being cummed inside.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786045
>with one of those sad smiley thingies.

（　´_ゝ`）´_ゝ`）´_ゝ`）

[Anonymous No.]

>>8786090
>the second implies that it is referencing one of multiple pleasures of being cummed inside.

Not necessarily. It does imply it's referencing one of multiple pleasures, but it's ambiguous whether it's one of multiple pleasures-of-being-cummed-inside or one of multiple pleasures, specifically the one of being cummed inside.

[NSJ No.]

so do you know now or what

[Anonymous No.]

I am American
Please tell me the difference between "l" and "r" in your language

[Anonymous No.]

>>8789066
one does not exist, another is inexistent

[Anonymous No.]

I'm Slav.
Please tell me why Japanese only has one swear word.

[Anonymous No.]

>>8789119
Baka slav-kuso post you have there.