johnson-san 0 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 ....so be warned! (Just the one though, so you may be ok) Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 And yet in the picture there are 4 snows. Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 This season it's a very appropriate sign. I think we had a falling snow last week. I wasn't sure coz it disappeared so quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I think "snow" is an uncountable noun, so "A falling snow" is probably an incorrect expression, it sounds more like snow that is falling now. But for Japanese people, it's tough to judge what are countable nouns, what are uncountable ones because Japanese language is a bit vague for it. We always say Kame カメ (亀) for turtles, singular or plural, it doesn't matter. It never is カメス or 亀s. Maybe "Attention, snow drops off" is better? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Quote: カメス or 亀s Well why the hell not?!? Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Quote: カメス or 亀s Well why the hell not?!? ...beacause at the rate we are going there will only be one 亀 left!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Nicely timed there Farquah! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Quote: カメス or 亀s Well why the hell not?!? Hum... I dunno why. Is Japanese only language that doesn't care that number part? Do all the other languages have plural forms? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 apparently Indonesian/Malay has no plural. But they do sometimes repeat a word twice if they want to emphasize more than one. Don't know of any others. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: apparently Indonesian/Malay has no plural. But they do sometimes repeat a word twice if they want to emphasize more than one. Don't know of any others. "Bushpig" = 1 bushpig "2 Bushpig Bushpig" = 2 bushpigs "3 Bushpin Bushpig" = 3 bushpigs ? Link to post Share on other sites
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