"この本は長いです。"
Translation:This book is long.
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Does "long" in 長い mean exclusive long as in this case or also physically long as in a long line. Could you use it for a long train ride as well or would there be a time specific one?
長い also means "long" when it comes to the length of objects, time, and distances.
Silly contribution: If you have trouble remembering which is long and are fond of mythology or tabletop gaming, just think naga = long. Because snakes.
And the kanji looks like a guy holding a banner for another snake cult. It helps me haha
It's because duolingo has to "introduce" words before you can have questions with them. I'm not sure a kanji lesson like the hiragana lessons would be bad, but they clearly went another direction that isn't conducive to learning enough kanji.
I think if you max out the skill (reach level 5), it will eventually teach all the kanji forms as well
So, I wrote this answer earlier on a different question, without the "desu" and it was accepted. How necessary is the "desu" here?
です = polite version of だ = to be
長い(ながい) = long, works like a verb in Japanese ("to be long")
Since ながい already states something is long, you don't need it at all, grammar-wise, but it's considered very polite to add the です in any case!
With these kind of polite sentences, only conjugate the necessary part, not the added です! (e.g. 「この本は長かったです。」 = "This book was long." / 「この本は長かったでした。」 = バカ外人(=goofy foreigner) stuff
What does that "katsuta" part mean? Sorry I don't have kana on my phone
If I remember correctly, its a matter of who you're talking to on what you can drop.
You're absolutely right!
When you need to be very polite to someone, say talking to your boss or school director for example, definitely add the extra です!
On the other hand, in casual conversations, such as when you're talking among friends, you don't even need to put necessary です's! (e.g. 「あ、、、バカ外人は！」 = "Ah... Goofy foreigner", incorrect Japanese, though it's understood to be "Ah... I'm such a goofy foreigner" after making your so manieth grammar blunder totally not out of experience nah... )
Also, kudos for Rem, Emilia best girl though.
It is not necessary for understanding, however desu is a polite way to end a sentence, and unless you are talking to family or close friends it is always better to include desu than to exclude it.
To memorize the character for "long" well; it looks like a man facing left with long hair.
sorry for posting multiple times, I wanted to help both people
It can mean both, though one could assume a long book to be long in its content.
Can this mean long content-wise? Like saying it has a lot of pages, besides than just long physically?
sorry for posting multiple times, I wanted to help both people
It can mean both, though one could assume a long book to be long content-wise.
Because the Japanese が-set sounds a bit like "nga", though it's represented by "ga" in romaji because that pronunciation is somewhat closer.
Nonetheless, the "nga" is still present.
The audio almost sounds like "Kono hon wa amaii desu (This book is sweet.)"
The audio says この本が長いです but the exercise gave me は instead of が and I was afraid it would count me wrong.
