Japanese Through manga Yotsubato ep.4

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Learning Japanese Through Manga ep.4

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yotsubato






1.ほーら着いたぞー
-Reading
hoora tsuita zoo
-Meaning
hoora (there you are) tsuita (past the verb tsuku to arrive) zoo( indicate force or command)
-overall meaning
here we are ,we arrived

2.ついた?どこについた?
-Reading
tsuita? doko ni tsuita?
-Meaning
tsuita (past of tsuku to arrive)? doko(Where) *ni tsuita
-overall meaning
arrived? arrived where?
**ni :particle used to indicate the direction of the verb or location of a person or thing

3.どこってそりゃおまえ
-Reading
doko tte sorya omae
-Meaning
doko(where) tte(originally teiu ていう or という used for quoting) sorya (that is)
omae (you informal used for someone equal to you or inferior)
-overall meaning
"where",that is,you



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Ah




1.ジャンボだ
-jambo(name of a person) da (informal of desu to be )
he is janbo

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  1. A native Japanese speaker I know explained "sorya omae" when shown this passage to mean roughly, idiomatically, "You should know that." So perhaps a better overall translation of #3 would be "`Where?!' You should know that." And not "'where,' that is, you" which makes no sense.

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  2. I agree, im happy you wrote a comment explaining it because i had no clue what it meant haha

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  3. From another translation:
    "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHERE? THIS IS YOUR-"

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