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Japanese Translation Help 2005/6/7 15:02
Can someone pls tell me how to say ''i can do it'' or "you can do it" in japanese and also whats the english translation of ''watashi wa ai shimasu anatatachi wa''
-- thanks you in advance
by ria  

. 2005/6/8 05:06
''i can do it''

"Watashi wa (sore ga) dekimasu"

"you can do it"

"Anata wa (sore ga) dekimasu"

Both sentences may vary depending on gender and politeness.

''watashi wa ai shimasu anatatachi wa''

Is this sentence really correct?
If I interpret it literally: "I love (someone or something). Do you?"
by meringue4 rate this post as useful

... 2005/6/8 07:55
thanks for your answer meringue4 -- really appreciate it

actually im not really sure what he's trying to say with ''watashi wa ai shimasu anatatachi wa''..
he e-mail it to me and i don't know what it means. he ask me to look it up and ill find my answer.

again thanks for your help
by ria rate this post as useful

... 2005/6/8 08:17
''watashi wa ai shimasu anatatachi wa''

Another thing I can imagine apart from what meringue4 has already contributed is that someone was trying to say "I love you guys" by just stringing words they knew, unfortunately in English word order.

''watashi wa" = I
"ai shimasu" = love
"anatatachi wa'' = you (in plural, and "wa" indicates that it's the subject of the sentence, not the object)

If you want to say "I love you guys" the word order would have to be different, and the last bit has to be changed to "anatatachi WO" (object), and in the first place for saying this kind of "love ya" type of sentence, we would not use the word "ai shimasu" (quite seriuos love).

You might want to check with your friend where he found it, or what he was trying to say with it? :)
by AK rate this post as useful

shimasu 2006/5/17 17:04
can you please tell me what these roomaji words mean?
shimasu
shimashita
shimasen
by Phoebe rate this post as useful

Conjugations of the verb 'to do' 2006/7/11 04:50
shimasu = 'do' or 'will do'
shimashita = 'did'
shimasen = 'do not'

Remember that in Japanese, verbs do not change conjugation according to person.
by Claudia rate this post as useful

I love you 2007/8/22 21:03
I thought 'love' was 'aistemasu'... What if it's like this:
Watashi wa anata o aistemasu
or
Watashi ai anatatachi

Is the grammar wrong?
by Alexthunder rate this post as useful

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