#nerdy cafe

[seoultrip2017]

홍대 너디카페

[larsona-is-me]

One day...

when I own my own nerdy store, when I’m finally surrounded by the things I love and I can run things my way, I’m going to do my best to help the community in my own way. Tournaments for charity or some other good causes (child’s play is definitely something I want to be involved in), anime and games for kids, events for underrepresented groups, such as (but certainly not limited to) discussions about women, more specifically strong female protagonists, in games. One day I hope I can see people in my area who are a niche group who don’t feel like they belong  anywhere and help to give them a space they feel comfortable in.  

[koiyukisnotepad]

What to do When You Forget the Word You Want to Use

"Just as native speakers of Japanese know how to rephrase words using other explanatory expressions when they cannot recall the most suitable words, intermediate learners of Japanese, too, should start to learn how to rephrase words they don't know or cannot remember. By doing so embarrassing pauses can be avoided."

-Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar

What Does That Mean?

If you forget a word(and not just in Japanese!), you can use one of the following strategies to help you get the message across to whoever you're speaking with.

Strategy #1: Use a Noun Clause(ex. 'The Man Who Sold The World)/something else that describes the word that's not coming to mind.

It's like describing a pair of shoes you wanna buy, but forgot the name of to someone at the shoe store EX(here, the speaker forgets the word for a type of Cafe in Japan, 喫茶店（きっさてん[Kissaten]）, sometimes translated as Coffeehouse): ね、そこに会（あ）いたい？あのき。。。き。。。きっ！　オタクっぽいカフェ。 (Hey, you wanna meet up there? At that cof...cof...cof! That one nerdy cafe) Strategy #2: Use a simpler word whose function relates to the word not coming to mind.

It's like asking someone to pan cook something in a bit of fat when the word you want to use, Sauté, won't emerge EX(here, the speaker forgets one of the words for dictation, 口述（こうじゅつ）) おら、口。。。口。。。口。。。あのう。。。書（か）きなさい！ (Hey you, dic...dic...dic...uhh...write this down!) Strategy #3: Ask someone what the right word is. You can do this in Japanese with one of 2 phrases: (word)は(language)で何と言う(How do you say X in (Language)?)　＆　(noun clause describing the word)をで何と言う(What would you call (noun clause describing the word)) EX(here, the speaker is asking an English-language native speaker he knows what the word for 'bike' is in English Marcusくん、「Bike」は英語で何と言うこと？ (Marky-Mark, What do you call a Bike in English?) では、「Bicycle」か「Motorbike」について言いますの？ (Well, uh, you talking about a Bicycle or a motorbike?)