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What does the SHI at the end of Japanese sentences mean?
Course 5 Lesson 11: ヨーロッパからの手紙 (Comprehension)
| moosethemooche | Post Date: 2010-01-12 02:06:24 |  save to notebook | saved questions | |||
 member since 2009 Sep 22 Questions: 5 Comments: 0 | ここは観光する所が多いし、昼間だったら、一人でぶらぶらしていても大丈夫なので、後一週間、滞在しようと思っています。 I don't understand the grammar in the first part of the sentence...I understand that "ooi" means "many" or "numerous" but I don't get why there is a "shi" at the end of it. Thanks so much for explaining. | |||||
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| YesJapan Teacher (George) | Post Date: 2010-02-03 04:49:52 | |||
 member since 1997 Aug 25 Questions: 14 Comments: 2205 |
Great question. It's very possible we don't cover this in our grammar lessons. Very simply SHI means "AND". It is used to connect sentences in and is VERY VERY VERY often used in Japan. I don't think you can go one day without hearing it. Sometimes it's added after an adjective and left hanging: TANOSHII SHI And it's fun. KOWAI SHI. And it's scary. These type of phrases might be just added to something that someone else said. I use this A LOT also. One phrase I say after I say something to someone and get no response is: KIITENAI SHI... And they aren't even listening. This always gets a laugh by the people around me who did hear what I said. Try it out! Hope this helps! George YesJapan.com | |||
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