The example sentence for 貢献 is:
どうしてG20は財政支援への貢献を否認したのですか
Why did G20 reject financially contributing to the bailout?
Where does the bailout part come in? None of the words mean bailout here.
Also, what is the usage of へ here? Using the standard meaning of “to”, wouldn’t the sentence mean “Why did G20 deny the contribution to financial support?” Is the の supposed to be appositive?
Looks like someone translated 財政支援 as bailout. Maybe some 財政支援s are considered bailouts.
財政支援への貢献 is contribution to the bailout - を 否認した. They rejected that whole part before the を, so they rejected financially contributing to the bailout.
Yeah the ‘bailout’ usage in the sentence is just using a looser, more colloquial translation for the ‘financial/economic support’ meaning of 財政支援.
Question - what’s すん doing in this sentence, and what is it, generally
バカな事すんじゃねい
The sentence should translate to ‘don’t talk nonsense’ or something similar. So it must have something to do with talking, but I can’t figure out what’s up.
It’s する + の.
Check this post I wrote a while ago for more information:
If it wasn’t just the contraction that was confusing you, it might help to know that のだ can act as an imperative. I believe のじゃない is the negative equivalent.
I’m not sure if the sentences below are correct. Am I using the right form of 疲れる with -たら? Or is there some other conditional that I should be using?
If I’m tired tomorrow I will not go to the gym. 明日疲れたらジムに行かない。
If I’m not tired tomorrow I will go to the gym. 明日疲れなかったらジムに行く。
Thanks
You got it, that’s the correct usage 
So I recently learnt how to say “must” or “have to” on Genki. The thing is, the book says there are more ways of expressing the same idea. But hey, I just wanted to make sure.
Are there any differences between these?
なければいけません
なきゃいけません
なくちゃいけません
なくていけません
ないといけません
なければいけない
なきゃいけない
The first two are the main ones being taught. I know the second one is more colloquial, or the books says so.
What if I change the いけません for なりません?
One last thing. Windows IME autofills with the kanji 無 in some cases with the first な. Is that correct?
Not much changes, but I believe ないとならない is considered incorrect. It might be the case that you’ll still see it, but I think if you’re writing or speaking in a scenario where it matters it might be best to avoid it.
That’s technically how to write ない in kanji, but in all of your examples ない would be an auxiliary attached to some other word, and when that’s the case kanji are usually not used.
ない is also often written in hiragana even when it’s not an auxiliary.
IMEs pretty much always have a kanji to suggest for anything. It’s not always correct to let it do so. For example, ありがとう will convert to 有難う if you hit space, which (while technically correct) is basically never used.
Thank you!
This should be なくてはいけません
「より良き明日」is a song title, translated as “A Better Tomorrow”
Is the より in the title the same as the one you would see in a ～より。。。～のほうが comparison? I’m trying to tease out how it works in this example.
Definition #4 on Jisho
Not really grammar, but I’ve been mulling over it for some time now.
I generally get the reason why one word should be in kanji or in kana. When to Use Kanji vs Kana
But why are some words (verbs?) split? The first part in kanji, the second in kana?
For example this sentence:
かの女は失れんしてとても悲しんでいます。 (WK vocabulary 悲しむ)
She got dumped and she’s very sad.
Why is the second part of 失れんして (or better 失れん) in kana?
I would have used 失恋して .
Considering it’s a WK word it’s confusing. It’s a word from the same level (lv 17) so one would see it in a couple of days anyway. I’ve seen the same thing in other Context Sentences, often with kanji we should already know or have just learned.
Is it a didactical choice the WK team made? Is it just the more common version in Japanese? Is it common to split words or verbs (using kanji only at the beginning) in Japanese?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to explain
If you haven’t learned a kanji yet, WK puts it in hiragana in example sentences. It’s as simple as that.
In this case, they’re in the same level, but you can’t guarantee you’ll have learned it yet.
I had thought about it. I simply excluded that possibility because of all the unknown kanji I had encountered in those sentences.
For example in WaniKani / Vocabulary / 恋愛
(level 17) the third sentence uses 際 (lv 21) 甘 (lv 36) 酸 (lv 32). [Sometimes the first of the three sentences does that as well, even though the first ones are usually the easiest ones.]
Anyway, WK choices aside, knowing it’s not a quirk of the Japanese language is all I needed to know. Thank you!
It’s possible that the item in question, or other items around it, changed levels at some point and they just forgot to adjust the associated example sentences. Or they made a mistake in writing them the first time.
Third example sentences ignore the rule of only using kanji you’ve already learned and go all out from level 1.