quick japanese language question

• Nikar2

  1 Oct 07, 22:58

  what does the romanji word "no" means in japanese language?
  i sometimes see this word used.
  does it mean "The" or "A" or something?
• noopi

  1 Oct 07, 22:59

  it is 'de' in chinese
• dragg

  1 Oct 07, 22:59

  it means of.
  
  
• noopi

  1 Oct 07, 23:02

  Originally posted by dragg:

  it means of.
  
  

  it is not, because the ennglish sentence structure is different
  chinese de sentence structure is more similar
  
  eg. watashi no hon
  = wo de shu
  
  
• X k

  1 Oct 07, 23:03

  Originally posted by Nikar2:

  what does the romanji word "no" means in japanese language?
  i sometimes see this word used.
  does it mean "The" or "A" or something?

  usually it is used to describle nouns
  like [tomodachi no uchi]
  means friend's house
  the word b4 and after [no] must be nouns(place/person)
  
  some other examples:
  [tomodachi no imouto]
  friend's younger sister
  [kuruma no kaisha]
  car company
  [nihon no kaisha]
  japan company
  
  basically this is what I know so far from my learning.....
• Nikar2

  1 Oct 07, 23:03

  so, if it's written as "No dog" or "No girl", it has no meaning?
• X k

  1 Oct 07, 23:04

  Originally posted by noopi:

  it is not, because the ennglish sentence structure is different
  chinese de sentence structure is more similar
  
  eg. watashi no hon
  = wo de shu
  
  

  bingo!
• noopi

  1 Oct 07, 23:06

  Originally posted by Nikar2:

  so, if it's written as "No dog" or "No girl", it has no meaning?

  it should be something no something
  
  cannot be no dog or no girl by itself...
• dragg

  1 Oct 07, 23:07

  Originally posted by Nikar2:

  so, if it's written as "No dog" or "No girl", it has no meaning?

  thats english.
  
  
• noopi

  1 Oct 07, 23:16

  aji no moto
  = wei zhi su (zhi means de loh)
• ^tamago^

  1 Oct 07, 23:16

  Originally posted by Nikar2:

  what does the romanji word "no" means in japanese language?
  i sometimes see this word used.
  does it mean "The" or "A" or something?

  Used to denote possession or expressing a form of linkage between nouns.
  
  Possession: Watashi (me) no tabemono (food). My food.
  Linking: Kuruma (car) no Iro (colour). (The car's colour.)
• necten

  1 Oct 07, 23:18

  Hmmm... Just wondering this "pronounciation" (Ya-Bei-Ra) means??
• eagle

  1 Oct 07, 23:18

  watashi no nihongo no hon desu
• noopi

  1 Oct 07, 23:23

  Originally posted by necten:

  Hmmm... Just wondering this "pronounciation" (Ya-Bei-Ra) means??

  i only know o-ah-bei-ah-som....
  
  that sounds like korean lah....
• ^tamago^

  1 Oct 07, 23:26

  Originally posted by eagle:

  watashi no nihongo no hon desu

  (Kore wa watashi...) This is my Japanese language book.
• ^tamago^

  1 Oct 07, 23:28

  Originally posted by necten:

  Hmmm... Just wondering this "pronounciation" (Ya-Bei-Ra) means??

  Not meaningful.
• X k

  1 Oct 07, 23:33

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  Used to denote possession or expressing a form of linkage between nouns.
  
  Possession: Watashi (me) no tabemono (food). My food.
  Linking: Kuruma (car) no Iro (colour). (The car's colour.)

  this is the best explanation liao~
• hegu

  2 Oct 07, 00:53

  for the more advanced, 'no' actually has a deeper meaning other than possession and linkage.
  
  think why in dramas/animes you usually hear sentences ending with 'no'...
  
  eg. dou shi ta no? (why?)
• ^tamago^

  2 Oct 07, 07:28

  Originally posted by hegu:

  for the more advanced, 'no' actually has a deeper meaning other than possession and linkage.
  
  think why in dramas/animes you usually hear sentences ending with 'no'...
  
  eg. dou shi ta no? (why?)

  unker confident for JLPT?
• Pion

  2 Oct 07, 07:30

  damehyooo!
• Short Ninja

  2 Oct 07, 07:55

  Originally posted by hegu:

  for the more advanced, 'no' actually has a deeper meaning other than possession and linkage.
  
  think why in dramas/animes you usually hear sentences ending with 'no'...
  
  eg. dou shi ta no? (why?)

  If you can have your Lah then the Japanese can have the NO
• dbowie

  2 Oct 07, 08:10

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  If you can have your Lah then the Japanese can have the NO

  
• Nikar2

  2 Oct 07, 09:42

  LOL, japglish is it??!!
• ^tamago^

  2 Oct 07, 09:51

  u understand wat we saying boh?
• Icemoon

  2 Oct 07, 10:04

  Originally posted by hegu:

  for the more advanced, 'no' actually has a deeper meaning other than possession and linkage.
  
  think why in dramas/animes you usually hear sentences ending with 'no'...
  
  eg. dou shi ta no? (why?)

  how about ah-nooooo or the ah-noo-ne?