A couple of questions...

[Anyaaa]

Me again with my random questions xD
I'm sorry for bugging you all so much!

Here we go~

What is the meaning of 「もん」 at the end of a sentence?
Example: 「恋愛とか愛するとか好きとかもう無理ですもん」
I understand the sentence but I just don't know why 「もん」 is there. Is it just like 「よ」 in the sense that it doesn't mean anything and just gives a different kind of emphasis or something?

What's 「チョリース」?
Example: 「チョリース！！でいきますよ！」
A girl kept saying it in this video I was watching... perhaps it's just her catchphrase or something? xD

This sentence:
「１つ気付いたんですけど。。。このゲーム向いてるかもしれない」
What? "One thing I noticed... ?"
According to jisho.org, 「向く」 means "1: to face; 2: to turn toward; 3: to be suited to; to be fit for".
Perhaps he's saying that someone might be well-suited to the game they are playing?

All of the above sentences I got from http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_4787NDIyyo - someone posted this on another thread. 「愛してるゲーム」... sounds fun xD

Two more questions...

Why when I see Japanese people around the internet is there always lots of 'w's in their messages? Is it like 'lol' or 'xD' or something? =p

Aaand:
「私はこれは自明のことと思う。」
Shouldn't there be a 「だ」 after 「こと」？ And can you use the same particle twice in one sentence like that?

... whups this post is wordier than I wanted it to be =(

[Ertai87]

OK, let's start at the top:

1) もん, I believe, is just a style of speaking. From what I can gather from manga, it's like a weaker form of よ. That's a complete guess, though.

2) チョリース is not in my dictionary. From that, I would presume it's a catchphrase or proper noun.

3) I have no idea about the sentence you wrote out, but from a brief glance, I would agree with you.

4) I have no idea about the "w", but I noticed that too XD I think it's kinda like a smiley face. The Japanese equivalent of "lol" is 「笑」, the Kanji for "to laugh".

5) That sentence is quite obviously spoken, not written. It is so grammatically incorrect it's not even funny. However, in spoken Japanese (and informal written Japanese), grammar tends to be thrown to the wind a lot, even more than in English, so it's OK. Here are a few ways grammar is thrown to the wind in Japanese:

1) Missing だ at the end of a sentence or clause
2) Using は instead of が in a subclause
3) Leaving は out of the sentence when it should be there
4) Leaving に or へ out of movement sentences (sentences using the verbs 行く, 来る, 帰る, and similar verbs).

Basically, as long as you don't use the *wrong* particle, I've found you can pretty much do what you like. If you're making a particularly complex sentence, though, you should use as many particles as possible so the other person understands what you're talking about. But a sentence like 僕行く ("I'm going") is a perfectly acceptable sentence in spoken Japanese.

[Anyaaa]

Aha, thank you!

5) I'm beginning to distrust the WWWJDIC o_O
So the proper sentence would perhaps be 「私はこれが自明だと思う」? (Personally wouldn't bother with the 私は but jus' trying to correct -that- sentence.)
I definitely need to do some more learnin' into the whole は/が thing ;D

I only wish I had the ability to write complex sentences xD;

[Ertai87]

Aha, thank you!

5) I'm beginning to distrust the WWWJDIC o_O
So the proper sentence would perhaps be 「私はこれが自明だと思う」? (Personally wouldn't bother with the 私は but jus' trying to correct -that- sentence.)
I definitely need to do some more learnin' into the whole は/が thing ;D

I only wish I had the ability to write complex sentences xD;

Actually I think the こと is important. The way I understand it is that こと is roughly equivalent to the English "about". I don't quite know what it's doing here, but I think it's probably necessary.

[suzumi]

Since I posted that video I suppose I should answer some of these questions too, huh? =P


What is the meaning of 「もん」 at the end of a sentence?
Example: 「恋愛とか愛するとか好きとかもう無理ですもん」
I understand the sentence but I just don't know why 「もん」 is there. Is it just like 「よ」 in the sense that it doesn't mean anything and just gives a different kind of emphasis or something?

The 「もん」 at the end of the sentence doesn't really mean anything. I believe it to be just a figurative of speech. Of course, there probably is a whole, long, complicated theory why people use 「もん」 but unfortunately, I do not know it.


What's 「チョリース」?
Example: 「チョリース！！でいきますよ！」
A girl kept saying it in this video I was watching... perhaps it's just her catchphrase or something? xD

I'm really sorry, but I don't know what this means either... I don't even know if she was the first to use it.
Some people say that she was the first. Other people say that it was a term used by the Johnny's boys as a greeting or a salutation. But, I don't know.




This sentence:
What? "One thing I noticed... ?"
According to jisho.org, 「向く」 means "1: to face; 2: to turn toward; 3: to be suited to; to be fit for".
Perhaps he's saying that someone might be well-suited to the game they are playing?

In that sentence, it would be 3: to be suited to; to be fit for.
He said; "I noticed something... I think I'm suited for this game (i.e. I think I'm good at this game)"


Why when I see Japanese people around the internet is there always lots of 'w's in their messages? Is it like 'lol' or 'xD' or something? =p

I have no idea about that too. I don't really visit chat sites, seeing as how I can't understand chatspeak. >_<

And Ertai explained that last one perfectly.

[Datenshi]

>What is the meaning of 「もん」 at the end of a sentence?
It's an abbrhreviation of 「～だもの」. As people have said, it doesn't mean much, but if pressed, I'd say there's a slight nuance of refutation, since it's usually used with 「だって~」, i.e. 「だって女の子だもん!」

>What's 「チョリース」?
Google Sensei turned up this:
http://monjiro.net/dic/rank/29/81955/123

チョリース = こんにちは

Why that is I couldn't for the life of me figure out. Might be a further mangling of 「（コン）チワース」.

[suzumi]

>What's 「チョリース」?
Google Sensei turned up this:
http://monjiro.net/dic/rank/29/81955/123

チョリース = こんにちは

Why that is I couldn't for the life of me figure out. Might be a further mangling of 「（コン）チワース」.

And Datenshi comes to the rescue. ^^

Thank you!! I couldn't find anyone who could tell me what it meant, and it's been getting on my nerves. ありがとね～♪

[Anyaaa]

Ah, thank you all!

Hmmm... I suppose I shall have to do some investigation into こと.

Y'know what I love? That these Japanese shows always seem to have subtitles (in Japanese of course ;D). I wouldn't be able to understand a word if it wasn't for them xD

[Ertai87]

Wait, you watch anime with both English and Japanese subs? :S

[Anyaaa]

Nah, what I mean is a lot of the Japanese TV programmes seem to have subtitles, even though they're aimed at Japanese people.
Like the one Suzumi linked to in another thread, http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_4787NDIyyo

Sometimes it's just for the funny sentences but that one in particular has everything (or nearly everything, can't remember) subbed.

[Datenshi]

Sometimes it's just for the funny sentences but that one in particular has everything (or nearly everything, can't remember) subbed.
Yes, come think of it it's very different from Western shows, isn't it? I think of it as a rough equivalent of a laugh track, to let the audience know when to be amused in case they're not catching on.

[dabura667]

Me again with my random questions xD
I'm sorry for bugging you all so much!

Here we go~

What is the meaning of 「もん」 at the end of a sentence?
Example: 「恋愛とか愛するとか好きとかもう無理ですもん」
I understand the sentence but I just don't know why 「もん」 is there. Is it just like 「よ」 in the sense that it doesn't mean anything and just gives a different kind of emphasis or something?

＞＞＞＞＞もん is like "because" almost... but usually only in given situation, of like excuse or explain... "I like her because she is cute" would be like から or ので but もん is like if someone said "Why do you like her?" and you said "because she is cute" as explanation... so is like "because" for explaining only? is the short of もの





What's 「チョリース」?
Example: 「チョリース！！でいきますよ！」
A girl kept saying it in this video I was watching... perhaps it's just her catchphrase or something? xD


＞＞＞＞＞You are talking of Kinoshita Yukina... She is famous Gravure Idol in Japan and everyone is saying she is おバカタレント which is like "stupid television personality" which is meaning she is famous for being dumb. I think Japan is not good at making TV anymore... it means こんにちは...
こんにちは→こんちはっす→ちはっす→チョリース is probably what kind of thought she had when she thinked it... also some people copy her... I think it is stupid...



This sentence:
「１つ気付いたんですけど。。。このゲーム向いてるかもしれない」
What? "One thing I noticed... ?"
According to jisho.org, 「向く」 means "1: to face; 2: to turn toward; 3: to be suited to; to be fit for".
Perhaps he's saying that someone might be well-suited to the game they are playing?

All of the above sentences I got from http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=_4787NDIyyo - someone posted this on another thread. 「愛してるゲーム」... sounds fun xD


>>>>>I do not know the situation, but you are right, "I realized 1 thing... (I or you) may be suited for this game"





Two more questions...

Why when I see Japanese people around the internet is there always lots of 'w's in their messages? Is it like 'lol' or 'xD' or something? =p

wwwwww　is like this

笑→ﾜﾗ→w and it is also referred to as "grass" when you use a lot... because it looks like glass... 「草生やすなごるぁああ！！！」 "Don't type 'wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww' so much!!!! hey!!!" is like what it means...



Aaand:
「私はこれは自明のことと思う。」
Shouldn't there be a 「だ」 after 「こと」？ And can you use the same particle twice in one sentence like that?

>>>>>>> using は more than one time is ok, but it depends on the usage, and how you punction it.



... whups this post is wordier than I wanted it to be =(

[Anyaaa]

Ah, I haven't checked this place in ages, sorry!

Thank you very much, dabura!

'おバカタレント'... that's not very nice xD
Or perhaps 'バカ' is not as strong as 'stupid'?

Haha, about the grass. That's funny wwwwwwwwww
「草生やすなごるぁああ！！！」 is also funny.
"Hey you, stop growing grass!" wwwww
Just out of curiosity, why is there a ごる in there?
wwwww
*enjoys wwwwwwws*

[Rinoa Iam]

I know everyone's probably moved on from this, but I just wanted to post what I found out from a host-sister when I asked her about ちょりーす. It provides just one more bit of information, just a fun did-you-know thing, I guess:

She says:
I know the word ちょりーす, but I've never used it! It means こんにちは.
The words like this are called 'しぶやご' ( Shibuya words)
and used among teenagers living in Shibuya Tokyo!

At any rate, hope some of you found this useful! Just thought I'd add it while the thread was still....somewhat.....active....... wwww. ;)

[Anyaaa]

Ah, so チョリース is like a funky teenage word?

That's cool. I must remember to speak in this way. If I -ever- actually speak in Japanese to someone o_O