TextFugu » Topic: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1 [ANSWERED] http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/feed/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:28:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en-US http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15720 <![CDATA[08-16-2011 → Good Life #1 [ANSWERED]]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15720 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:18:56 +0000 koichi Today’s mini-lesson is from the drama “Good Life.” It’s just one sentence:

僕は僕が生まれた日を覚えている

Here’s what I want you to figure out. You’ll get the answers tomorrow, but discuss it and try to figure it out by tomorrow.

1. Based on the sentence alone, what do you know about the person in terms of their physical appearance / biology?

2. Why「僕は僕が」? It feels like too many 僕’s, perhaps, but there’s an important reason it’s there. What does this do?

3. What does 生まれた日 mean?

4. How would you translate this sentence?

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15722 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15722 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:19:48 +0000 koichi Long post to cover any spoiler answers (for those that want to try and figure it out without looking at other answers)
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glhf

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15727 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15727 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:28:23 +0000 Kaona 1. No idea.

2. Isn’t 僕 the manly way to say I? I don’t know, perhaps this person is a guy trying to add emphasis on his ‘manliness’?

3. I don’t know about the 生まれた part but I know that 日 means day.

4. Use Google Translate. XD If that doesn’t qualify as an answer well I don’t know.

*looks around suspiciously* I never get involved in these things…hmm, looks like I’m finally wanting to try and learn something.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15729 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15729 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:32:20 +0000 koichi You’re doin’ good! Even if you get parts of it it shows you’re getting there (and when you know all tomorrow of it, think of all the cool things you know!).

Here’s a clue – your answer to number two is a hint for the answer to number one ;)

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15730 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15730 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:36:51 +0000 Armando 僕は僕が生まれた日を覚えている
Let’s see…
Something like.. I am trying to remember the day I was born? I don’t know about the　double 僕

Maybe one of them means manservant? That’s the best I can do I’ll see what else I can deciｐｈer.

EDIT: Oh so by biological you meant as in male??? Darn it I knew that! I was just thinking it was too obvious… If it isn’t then too bad >.>

DOUBLE EDIT: My new answer, seeing what Elenkis posted.

僕は=Overall topic. I…
僕が生まれた= I was born…
日=Day (The “I was born” is modifying “day”, so… day I was born
を覚えている=Remembering (This is modifying the previous clause, so…)
I am remembering the day I was born.
Thx to Elenkis though.

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15731 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15731 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:41:42 +0000 Elenkis 1. The person is male.
2. The first 僕 is the overall topic of the sentence (and doing the 覚えている). The second is the subject of the verb 生まれた. Also the edict dictionary says that boku can mean also mean “you” when addressing young children, so the second could be that.
3. The day that I/you/he/she/they was born.
4. “I’m remembering the day that I/you was/were born.”

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15753 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15753 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:09:58 +0000 光る青い玉 1. It tells us that it is most probably a man that is speaking.
2. The first 僕 is about who is reminiscing (覚えている) as the second one help describes what he is reminiscing about… About the day (someone) was born.
3. 生まれた日 Day (subject) was born (Day of birth)
4. I am reminiscing about the day I was born…

These are my guesses… I chose reminiscing instead of simpler verb remembering because of the different feeling that is attached to it as not simply remembering in the sense of not forgetting but also implying thinking about this day with regret or melancholy…

]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15756 <![CDATA[Reply To: 08-16-2011 → Good Life #1]]> http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/08-16-2011-%e2%86%92-good-life-1/#post-15756 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:52:21 +0000 Jacob 1. He’s a man, possibly young
2. I wa I ga is like I ____ MY ____
3. Birthday
4. I remember MY birthday.

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