I'm having a little trouble with the word おなかが痛い. I researched this word,… - Feed Post by tetsuya21

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  pekoegal

  it's actually a sentence: onaka ga itai.

  October 10, 2014 at 10:46am
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  tetsuya21

  Thanks, that explains a little. I thought it was a single word when I researched so I ignored the obvious.
  
  As I move forward through the lessons I'll keep things like that in mind, that it could be a sentence.
  
  Thanks again for your help, and taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.

  October 10, 2014 at 11:48am
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  pekoegal

  No worries. Since it's all scrunched together like that, it's easy to miss that it's a sentence, especially because the "common" translation would reduce it to a single word.

  October 10, 2014 at 11:51am
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  HayashiNarumi

  onaka = inside (stomach)
  ga = a particle
  itai = pain

  October 10, 2014 at 9:37pm
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  tetsuya21

  Thanks HayashiNarumi, I wouldn't have broken the sentence up to learn the individual meaning.
  
  I'll remember them.
  
  Thanks again for helping out, I really appreciate it.

  October 11, 2014 at 3:46am
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  mog86uk

  On the other hand, 腹痛 (ふくつう) is a single word (a noun). If you wanted to say something descriptive about a stomachache, you'd probably need to use 腹痛 (ふくつう) instead. Like "bad stomachache", using the adjective ひどい (cruel, terrible, awful. bad), would be something like ひどい腹痛.

  October 12, 2014 at 12:41am
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  tetsuya21

  Thanks mog86uk, I'll keep that in mind for ふくつう.
  
  I'll try to remember your advice on that word, and when it should be used.
  
  Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it
  

  October 12, 2014 at 8:27am