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lain
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 Last replied to on Fri Mar 09, 2007 06:16:12
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Hi,
I don't know if this is the right forum. I'm trying to translate "Akira", and I#m having some problem with the grammar.
I'm trying to translate "kimi no warui basho da se". If I understand right, "kimi" means "feeling" (a noun), and "warui" means "bad" (an adjective). But can a noun describe an adverb ? And does this "NOUN no ADV" construct form a new adjective, that describes the following noun (basho) ?
Thanks in advance!
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Posted at Wed Jun 07, 2006 23:28:58
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"kimi" can also mean "you", keep that in mind. Please write the kanji for us, it might give us a better picture of the sentence.
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Posted at Thu Jun 08, 2006 19:59:18
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Sorry for the missing kanji in my last post; I was sitting at a PC with no jap IME installed.
In fact, it's written
気味の悪い場所だぜ
and said by one of the characters when looking at the crater where a bomb exploded, so i think it could be translated with something like "it's a creepy place / a place with bad vibes".
What I don't understand is the grammar of this sentence. "気味" (i translate it with "feeling") is a noun, and "悪い" an adjective; and in "気味の悪い" the noun "feeling" describes the adjective "bad" (that's how I understand the "no" particle). When I want to say something like "a bad feeling", shouldn't it be something like "悪い気味" ?
Does "気味の悪い" form a "composite" adjective ?
domo arigatou!
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MaikeruG
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Posted at Mon Mar 05, 2007 18:59:57
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You got it right. Literally, it roughly translates to "A place where you get a bad feeling", or to put it in natural English, "This place gives me the creeps.". Kimi no warui modifies basho, "da ze" emphasizes the whole phrase, i.e., putting stress on the 'bad place'.
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Posted at Mon Mar 05, 2007 21:24:52
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MaikeruG, you're also translator? 
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Posted at Fri Mar 09, 2007 06:16:12
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Yes I am. At your service.
You can email/YM me on Yahoo with m_gotanco as the handle.
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