Tenuki grammar

[wineandgolover]

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.

[EdLee]

Yes.

Not to be confused with this guy:

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[DrStraw]

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.

[daal]

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?

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.

[Bonobo]

I google, therefore I also tenuki

[EdLee]

I google, therefore I also tenuki

Funny, I also thought of google in this regard, a few hours before your post.



Slightly off-topic:

Not to mention to Kirby Delauter . (w/ easter egg)

[DrStraw]

I google, therefore I also tenuki

There is your problem! Googling is dangerous. You should startpage.

[Bonobo]

I google, therefore I also tenuki

There is your problem!

Nope, no problem here

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 …

[EdLee]

You should startpage.

Bonobo, I can't parse this; what is startpage ?

[oca]

I only need to know how to conjugate one verb at the first person for the moment

I resign

[HermanHiddema]

http://xkcd.com/1443/

[Bonobo]

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.

[HermanHiddema]

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

[Bonobo]

[..]

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!

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And thanks for the hint to DrStraw

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[DrStraw]

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.