Comments on: Japanese, The Borrower Language Part 1: Where The Japanese Language Came From http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: James A http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-298544 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-298544 イギリス actually refers to the United Kingdom. England is イングランド. There is a huge difference between England and the United Kingdom.

]]> By: Kenate http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-268832 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-268832 In this list only 1st are japanese words right? balaico is romaji for ブランコ and swing translation or ,,ブランコ” means both balaico and swing?

ブランコ / baloiço / swing

イエス / Jesus / Jesus

イギリス / inglês / England

かるた / cartas / cards

コップ / copo / cup

パン / pão / bread

天麩羅 / tempero / tempura

タバコ / tabaco / tabaco

ボタン / botão / button

アルコール / álcool / alcohol

オランダ / Holanda / The Netherlands

]]> By: Kanrei http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-187412 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-187412 About foot and leg meaning the same, we have that too in some swiss dialect, that they use the swiss german word leg for both leg and foot. How irritating was that, when someone talked about leg and means foot.

]]> By: echo http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-187215 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-187215 Such a cute article <3 I will be working on gairaigo phonology in cognitive linguistics this year, so I had a lot of fun reading the cultural parts :) Only little thing : chili pepper is spelled "piment" in French ^_^

]]> By: Johnny http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-180027 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-180027 Great article, but is gohan (御飯）wago (和語) ?
“Go” is the onyomi of 御　and “han” is the onyomi of 飯。
“Meshi” is the kunyomi of 飯 so it should be wago.

]]> By: Reader http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/25/borrowing-part-1-the-languages-of-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-155926 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32931#comment-155926 I really enjoy your articles, but I think you need to proofread better. There are so many little mistakes… words left out, words doubled, mistyped punctuation, etc.

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