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- "Yes, I am fine."
"Yes, I am fine."
Translation:はい、私は元気です。
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ええ is more casual (and I think slightly feminine? Not 100% sure on that), but is also closer to "that's right" or "I agree" than a flat-out yes. For example you wouldn't say ええ to the question "do you want a cup of tea," you'd answer that with はい in formal situations or うん in informal situations (or you'd have to finish the sentence to say "ええ, I want a cup of tea" but that's a bit redundant).
I lived in and Japan for years and minored in Japanese. You're correct, it's more feminine.
yep, although warning (and you probably already know this) much of the language used in anime will come across as brutish in conversation, so be sure to understand the words in context first
嗟 or 噫 [ああ] (usually written with hiragana alone)
- Ah!; Oh!; Alas!
- Yes; Indeed; That is correct
- Hey!; Yo!
- Uh huh; Yeah yeah; Right; Gotcha
Can't it be 'ええ、もちろんです'?? I wrote it it's incorrect. Also the meaning is same right? Or not?
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If im not mistaken もちろん means 'of course'. It should be genki 元気 meaning fine or well something like that
ええ sounds more feminine/childish/casual. はい is more formal. You can also use うん, which means 'yeah' and it's informal/casual. But be careful, because there's also ううん, which means 'no'.
I am not certain, but I am discovering that はい is not actually used that often in standard conversation like how Americans use it. The question is more closely asking about your health rather than how are you, it is not used if you have seen someone very recently.
So you are basically saying your health is good not "I am fine" thus the いい for "good" can be used too,
But to directly answer you, ええ has a meaning closer to a noise of affirmation, like "uh huh" or is just more casual than yes as a "yeah"
But I'm still very new to this and could be wrong.
はい = yes. ええ= yeah. ええ would be more informal. If in doubt, using はい is the better fallback.
Here's an idea for the Duolingo programmers: instead of just matching the hiragana and kanji in the exercises, TELL US WHAT EACH ONE MEANS!
You can usually click on a kanji and get the meaning. Kanji also often have multiple readings and learning in context is important. There are many places to get vocabulary lists for rote memorization, and Duolingo is learning and practicing in context like you would in a real world situation.
As far as I know, 'o' is not supposed to be used when refering to yourself.
To add onto this: One of my Japanese teachers has also told me that お can also indicate 'your,' or something loosely similar, for example, asking age:
いくつ (IKuTsu) : How many? [お]いくつ ([O]IKuTsu) : How many [are yours/do you have]? (Asking how many years you have, a.k.a age)
Also polite in asking for [your] name:
[お]名前(なまえ)は何(なん)ですか
Is "watashi wa" necessary in this sentence? Can't I just say "Hai, genki desu" (sorry, I don't have a hiragana keyboard)
FYI: Lots of people are reporting ええ、もちろんです as a "correct" answer. It is, in fact, not correct (もちろん means "of course" and not "I am fine").
If I'm not wrong, you'd use 大丈夫 after something happened, as in "I might have spilled tea over myself but it had already cooled down so I'm 大丈夫". 元気 is more of a general "I'm ok"; you'd use that when greeting someone. Though this particular sentence in itself doesn't really specify any context, it's in the 'greetings' lesson so that's why 大丈夫 might be incorrect.
I accidentally wrote "大丈夫” instead of "げんき”. Honestly I feel it could have been an answer, but I guess it makes sense why I was incorrect. I mean the word wasn't in the lesson, so it makes sense, right?
it's now accepted. i don't know exactly when but that's what i wrote. jan 3, 2019
So in these exercises and in regular dialogue how do you know if it is okay to skip the subject? My answer didnt include 私は
Use word bank to write the sentence: ええ / げんき / です。> incorrect. Why? I can't see " 、" in the word bank.
Typically theres no punctuation marks in the word bank, just write it as you would nor.ally just witbout the comma. Also, you may be miss- enturputing the words. What you typed in hirigana translates to "yes, i am fine" which when i was just starting this lesson, i confused with "ええ もちろん です" which translates to "yes, of course". Let me know if theres thats the trouble you werr having, so i can try to help you.
That was my answer and it was marked correct(I also used the word bank). I'm notbsure what the problem is.
Could you also omit watashi wa here if it was clearly about yourself? Like Hai genki desu
What exactly is the difference between those: 「もちろん、僕が調子いいですよ」 「ええ、げんきです」 「もちろん、オレは平気よ」 Since they all translate to "Yes I'm fine", I have to assume it has something to do with the politeness?
So.... many people don't use ”ええ” in this instance (in fact, not really at all), I'm not really sure why they used this answer. Usually you should use "はい” or ”うん”, where "うん” is less polite but more popular to use in this generation. There is a word that many people use "えー" but the meaning doesn't mean "yes", it is used to describe someone being suprised by something! They might say it when they are surprised kind of like the English version of "Ohhh?".
How am I Supposed to answer a question if I've not been taught the characters in thえ answers? I think I got this question way to early because I only recognised the ええ characters and even then I had only learnt that はい meant yes.
It does work, and it's already keyed in as an accepted answer. If your correct answer got rejected, it's possible that it was a bug (or that when you typed it in the exercise, you accidentally made a typo).
No, it's not, because it's not correct. Because you do not use the honorific お when referring to yourself, the same way that you wouldn't refer to yourself with the honorific -さん when introducing yourself.
"Translate to english: ee, genki des." Yes, i'm fine. "You are correct."
"Translate to japanese: Yes, i'm fine." Ee, genki des. "Wrong. The correct answer is Hai, watashi wa genki des."
So based on what I've seen in the past, I decided to put "はい、元気" and to my delight it was correct.
Could someone explain to me the difference between this and "はい、(私は) 元気です?"
I'm assuming the former is just more casual, right?
Yeah, ええ is actually casual. But はい is also ok. For me ええ is easier, its one letter repeated two times.......'ee' in Japanese......
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You don't have to include the "watashi wa" if it is clear that you are talking about yourself. And it would certainly be clear if someone had just asked you something like, "ogenki desu ka?" So you don't have to say it.
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Because “watashi” means I and the “wa” is a particle. If you’re the subject of the sentence, you would say ”watashi wa”.
Typically you shouldnt put "o" in front of a word while refering to yourself, it is typically used to show politeness twords others, so no need
No es posible que en la i siempre me pongan mal si yo pongo lo correcta la i es い
はい is an accepted answer. Please double-check that you have not made other typos.
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Why does the first kanji in "Genki" not make the "moto" sound, and what are the rules for this? (Dont know how to type kanji from this device)
I've read うん is the informal version of はい, never heard about ええ, are うん and ええ interchangeable? Or is there a situation for each?
Not quite - genki desu ka is more of a 'how are you doing/are you doing well' sort of question. If you wanted to know if someone was ok after tripping or something, you'd say daijobu desu ka instead.
Can't I say just "Hai, ogenki desu."? Is it really necessary to use "watashi wa"? In previous lessions, Duolingo told me that "I" do not need to be used everytime because it's understood by the context, but I did this and just losed a heart haha. Sorry if my english isn't good, i'm from brazil, don't have much options to practice any skills but reading.
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my japanese teacher told me ええ is MORE formal than はい、 how confusing...maybe it's a sapporo thing..?
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You say "ogenki" if it is the health of the other person that you are talking about. If you are talking about your own health, you don't add the "o-".
This is because you are supposed to sound respectful of the other person but humble about yourself.
Context would be nice, the previous question asked for the same answer but without the use of "self"
