Yes.
Not to be confused with this guy:
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| Author: | wineandgolover [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tenuki grammar |
How would you conjugate the word teunki, assuming we can reasonably use it as a verb? Present tense: I tenuki You tenuki He/she tenukies We tenuki you tenuki They tenuki Past tense: I/you/he/she/we/you/they tenukied Please note I would rather not write, "I play tenuki" and conjugate the word play. That gets boring in subtitles. Thanks. |
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| Author: | EdLee [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:58 am ] |
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Yes. Not to be confused with this guy: |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
Well, it is not a verb. Not even in Japanese. So it cannot be conjugated. Also, given that Japanese words do not change their form I would have to say that if you are going to use it as a verb then it shold remain unchanged and if you really want to emphasize person and tense then you must use a form such as He played tenuki. |
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| Author: | daal [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
wineandgolover wrote: How would you conjugate the word teunki, assuming we can reasonably use it as a verb? Present tense: I tenuki You tenuki He/she tenukies We tenuki you tenuki They tenuki Past tense: I/you/he/she/we/you/they tenukied Please note I would rather not write, "I play tenuki" and conjugate the word play. That gets boring in subtitles. Thanks. Whether tenuki is a verb in Japanese or not, in English we use it as one, and your conjugation sounds fine. If you want to avoid the tiresome discussion about the misuse of foreign words, you could use "play away" or "play elsewhere." Who said subtitles need to be exciting? DrStraw wrote: Also, given that Japanese words do not change their form I would have to say that if you are going to use it as a verb then it shold remain unchanged He tenuki, I tarzan. |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
I google, therefore I also tenuki
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| Author: | EdLee [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:42 pm ] |
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Bonobo wrote: I google, therefore I also tenuki Funny, I also thought of google in this regard, a few hours before your post. Slightly off-topic: |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
Bonobo wrote: I google, therefore I also tenuki There is your problem! Googling is dangerous. You should startpage. |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
DrStraw wrote: Bonobo wrote: I google, therefore I also tenuki There is your problem! Quote: Googling is dangerous. You should startpage. Well, that seems quite impossible since I always launch my browser with three windows and an insane number of tabs (as if three windows weren’t already insane) But I notice that you apparently visit the internet with a typewriter or perhaps rather a Telex device — two spaces after a full stop … that explains a lot  Loading a page must be terribly loud, though …
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| Author: | EdLee [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:17 pm ] |
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Quote: You should startpage. Bonobo, I can't parse this; what is startpage ?
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| Author: | oca [ Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
I only need to know how to conjugate one verb at the first person for the moment |
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| Author: | HermanHiddema [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
 http://xkcd.com/1443/ |
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:19 am ] |
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EdLee wrote: Quote: You should startpage. Bonobo, I can't parse this; what is startpage ?You’d have to ask the good doctor for this to be sure, but I’d assume it means “the” page we can set to load when starting a browser (or opening a new window or tab). For me, that’s about a dozen tabs in three windows which I regularly reload. |
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| Author: | HermanHiddema [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Re: |
Bonobo wrote: EdLee wrote: Quote: You should startpage. Bonobo, I can't parse this; what is startpage ?You’d have to ask the good doctor for this to be sure, but I’d assume it means “the” page we can set to load when starting a browser (or opening a new window or tab). For me, that’s about a dozen tabs in three windows which I regularly reload. Startpage is a search engine, an alternative to google, so DrStraw is just verbing it the same way you verbed google
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Re: |
HermanHiddema wrote: [..] Startpage is a search engine, an alternative to google, so DrStraw is just verbing it the same way you verbed google Oh … OK, thanks for educating me! <edit> And thanks for the hint to DrStraw </edit> |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:54 am ] |
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EdLee wrote: Quote: You should startpage. Bonobo, I can't parse this; what is startpage ?A search engine which does not store everything you search for and sell the information to the world. |
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| Author: | Abyssinica [ Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
Reasonable answer: He tenuki'd. He played a tenuki. Both work because this is English. If you loan a word into another language, does it retain all of its original properties? No. |
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| Author: | wineandgolover [ Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
Thanks all for your opinions and your humor. |
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| Author: | joellercoaster [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
I love that everybody has resisted the urge to talk about the Japanese verb that the noun comes from. Well played, L19 
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| Author: | Bonobo [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
joellercoaster wrote: [..] the Japanese verb that the noun comes from. Care to enlighten us, please? TIA, Tom |
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| Author: | Fedya [ Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenuki grammar |
Quote: Reasonable answer: He tenuki'd. He played a tenuki. Both work because this is English The first one doesn't work because it's apostrophe abuse. In the rare case of a verb ending in -i, ski being one of the few I can think of, you're still going to add -ed to get the past tense. Then again, I know somebody on another board who consistently uses get's, which enrages me no end. 
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