Comments on: How come they never teach 「何で」? http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/ Nihongo.3Yen.com - Japanese Language Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:09:56 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Emily http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-62654 Emily Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:00:37 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-62654 hi tae kim, thanks for the great posts! but one suggestion that i want to make is that you somehow include hiragana for the kanji because i'm not fluent in kanji reading thanks! hi tae kim,
thanks for the great posts!
but one suggestion that i want to make is that you somehow include hiragana for the kanji because i’m not fluent in kanji reading
thanks!

]]> By: Tae Kim http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-28455 Tae Kim Fri, 18 May 2007 19:39:28 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-28455 Notice I wrote "in general", which means there's no solid rule on which to use. It's more a matter of general trends as shown by the the survey I linked to. Also different dialects might have different tendencies. なんで行くん? sounds like a dialect. Where were you in Japan? Notice I wrote “in general”, which means there’s no solid rule on which to use. It’s more a matter of general trends as shown by the the survey I linked to. Also different dialects might have different tendencies. なんで行くん? sounds like a dialect. Where were you in Japan?

]]> By: Megan http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-28381 Megan Thu, 17 May 2007 20:04:01 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-28381 I thought you could use both なんで and なにで to mean by means of what. When I first went to Japan, I thought that you couldn't, but then I discovered that I heard it once it a while. Like when I was going to meet someone somewhere, they asked me なんで行くん?, and I KNOW they weren't asking me why I was going! lol So I just answered 電車で, they nodded, and all was good. So are you SURE that なんで can't mean by means of what as WELL as why in contexts where it would be really obvious? I thought you could use both なんで and なにで to mean by means of what. When I first went to Japan, I thought that you couldn’t, but then I discovered that I heard it once it a while. Like when I was going to meet someone somewhere, they asked me なんで行くん?, and I KNOW they weren’t asking me why I was going! lol So I just answered 電車で, they nodded, and all was good. So are you SURE that なんで can’t mean by means of what as WELL as why in contexts where it would be really obvious?

]]> By: Tae Kim http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Tae Kim Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:00:36 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-3187 No, not particularly. Maybe you are thinking of なんでやねん? No, not particularly. Maybe you are thinking of なんでやねん?

]]> By: Claytonain http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 Claytonain Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:18:39 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-3178 isn't nande kansai-ben? isn’t nande kansai-ben?

]]> By: tomu http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 tomu Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:34:55 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-3113 Next you can write a post on "how come" versus "why" in English. I bet that English teachers rarely teach "how come". Next you can write a post on “how come” versus “why” in English.

I bet that English teachers rarely teach “how come”.

]]> By: Norgus http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Norgus Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:32:15 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-1539 I get the feeling the なぜ reading is what Tae was talking about. But that does raise an interesting question, how is the なにゆえ used in general? I'd like to say thanks to Tae Kim for guidetojapanese.com and for this blog! truly great materials, please continue to share your wealth of knowledge. I get the feeling the なぜ reading is what Tae was talking about.

But that does raise an interesting question, how is the なにゆえ used in general?

I’d like to say thanks to Tae Kim for guidetojapanese.com and for this blog! truly great materials, please continue to share your wealth of knowledge.

]]> By: redmask http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 redmask Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:13:04 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-1490 You may have wanted to include information on the pronunciation of 何故 and how there are two pronunciations: ナゼ and ナニユエ. You may have wanted to include information on the pronunciation of 何故 and how there are two pronunciations: ナゼ and ナニユエ.

]]> By: Ryan Altman http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Ryan Altman Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:27:13 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-07-12/how-come-they-never-teach-%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%95%e3%81%a7%e3%80%8d/#comment-1447 Cool post! I actually felt comfortable reading about "why". Japanese is such an interesting language, and you present it very nicely. Take care! Cool post! I actually felt comfortable reading about “why”. Japanese is such an interesting language, and you present it very nicely. Take care!

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