水
日本語 | English | ひらがな |
---|---|---|
水 | water | みず |
あらゆる生命 | all life | あらゆる せいめい |
水なし | without water | みずなし |
生きる | live | いきる |
地球の表面 | the earth’s surface | ちきゅう の ひょうめん |
およそ | about | およそ |
覆っています | cover | おおっています |
空中で | in the air | くうちゅう で |
水は雲をつくります | water forms clouds | みず は くも を つくります |
それは、私たちが見る雨や雪になります | it becomes the rain and snow that we see | それは、わたしたち が みる あめ や ゆき に なります |
all lifeあらゆる せいめい
is important to にとって たいせつ です
without waterみずなし
liveいきる
the earth’s surfaceちきゅう の ひょうめん
aboutおよそ
coverおおっています
in the airくうちゅう で
water forms cloudsみず は くも を つくります
it becomes the rain and snow that we seeそれは、わたしたち が みる あめ や ゆき に なります
Thank you for your site, it’s beautiful and so helpful!
(is “totte” a short way of saying “totemo” in the “Mizu” post ?)
Merci !
Alice.
Thank you for the nice words!
“totte” is part of the idiom “〜 ni totte”
In this case, “seimei ni totte” means important to life. Thanks to your question, I went ahead and added a popup definition to the phrase.
Thank you for your reply.
Since “taisetsu” also means “important, does ” seimei ni totte taisetsu” mean super important ?
Merci encore,
Alice.
No, actually in this case it just means important not super important. “ni totte” is just acting like the English preposition “to” as in “important to life.” I hope this clears it up for you.
Oui, merci beaucoup !! Domo arigato !!
You are welcome! 🙂
Konnichiwa Sakura!
I stumbled across your site through an advert on Facebook. I began learning Japanese as I love Japanese horror movies and would one day like to be able to watch them without the subtitles! I found I was pickung up odd bits from the movies on my own so enrolled in a course. I loved it but was unable to continue. I have enough here to teach myself basics. Listening for me is always the best way to learn a new language, the rest follows later. I found that Japanese is actually quite easy to learn. Like other students, not being able to practise means not remembering as much. I test myself regularly on Hiragana and Katakana symbols with an easy to use app on my phone. I can get all the Hiragana correct and most of the Katakana.
Keep up the good work and I will enjoy listening even if it’s more advanced than I am.
Domo arigato gozaimasu.
I couldn’t agree more about listening being a great way to learn a foreign language. It has always been my preferred way.
I am glad you are enjoying the site. Good luck in your studies!