Japanese Through manga Yotsubato ep.5

Learning Japanese Through Manga ep.５

-beginner-intermediate 

yotsubato

1.ジャンボーひさしぶりだなー

-jamboo hisashiburi dana

-jamboo(name of the male character) hisashiburi(long time no see) 

-da ( informal of the verb desu to be ) na(indicate emotion)

2.おーよつば

-oo yotsuba

-----it's been a while janboo----

---oh,yotsuba---

1.元気にしてたか？

-genki ni shitetaka?

-----How have you been?-------

2.うあーやめるー

-uaaa yameruuu

-uaaa(just sound)  yameru(to stop,to quit)

------stop-----

1.ヤンダは？まだ？

-yanda wa? mada?

yanda(name) *wa(particle indicate the topic of the sentence) ?mada(still,not yet)

--------what about yanda?still?-------

2.あーあいつ用が入ったからこねって

-aaaaitsu you ga haitta kara kone tte

-aaaaitsu(aitsu means he/she,that guy) you ga haita(something have to do) *kara(used to give a reason ,because,from) kone (kurunai won't come) tte (casual quoting )

----"something came up that he/she had to deal with so she/he won't come"she/he said---

3.あいつだめだわ

-aitsu dame da wa

-aitsu (he/she,that guy) dame(not good,hopeless) da (informal to be) wa(indicate emotion)

----he/she is hopeless-----

1.ジャンボしばらく見ないとうちにまた大きくなった

-jambo shibaraku minai to uchinni mata ookiku natta

-jambo(name) shibaraku(a little while) minai( neg. of the verb miru to see) uchini( during, while) mata( again) ookiku (ooki big) natta( past of the verb naru to become)

----you've gotten bigger since the last time I saw you-----

2.お？どこでおぼえたそのセリフ

-o? dokode oboeta sono serifu

-dokode(where) oboeta(past. of oboeru to memorize,to learn) sono (that) serifu(speech, one's lines)

----where did you learn that speech)-----

3.まいいかジャンボが二人分働くしな

-maiika janbo ga futari bun hataraku shi na

-maiika(Who cares ) janbo(name) *ga(identifying particle identify subject and occasionally object) futari(Tow persons,our) bun(share.part) hataraku(to work) shi(end of phrase indicate reason of several) na(indicate emotion)

------Who cares,Jambo will do our work(he mean unloading the vehicle )------

またね