Desu? What? o.o

[Nukei]

I thought it meant - Am/I am, etc.

Such as -

Watashi wa baka desu

Translation:
I am an idiot.
Watashi being I and desu being am.. o.o I don't understand desu anymore @[email protected]

[Skuda]

I always understood it as something like a period. Something formal, no doubt. Not usually used in casual speach.

[DikkyRay]

Needs more cowbell desu

[Weeaboolits]

Boku wa baka ja nai!

[Weeaboolits]

Dearumasu.

[Nani-chan]

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q287/Tei-kun/1168820525340.jpg

[Moo2u]

I'm a non voter.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Nani-wa(t)?

[ShinMaruku]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y278/rainbow_monkiez/ninjakid.gif
His wisdom is flawless

[DizzyDi]

TEACH ME.

[VanHalen]

Does that chicken have a dojo?

[astuarlen]

Diss ou? Watt?

[Mixfortune]

desu is more like the 'am' of 'I am', since well... watashi wa already denotes the subject as yourself.

desu is a copula (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copula), and has no meaning by itself.



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[ShinMaruku]

On 2007-04-22 09:05, VanHalen wrote:
Does that chicken have a dojo?


Yes he does and it's full of chicks. XD

[Mixfortune]

On 2007-04-22 09:43, astuarlen wrote:
Diss ou? Watt?



Idol bell leaf sick end lumpers Andrew. Plea sell lab irate.

[Weeaboolits]

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/Ronin_Cooper/Smilies/criticize.gif

[astuarlen]

Yore force ant hence corn fuses migraine.
Eye well countin' ewe two mole ova writ. o;

[Mowse]

I've always thought of desu being "it is"... depending on the sentence.

kireidesu, for example, means "It is pretty."

Though, "kirei" itself implies the same thing.

Mixfortune is probably most accurate in saying that it doesn't have an exact definition. It's mostly for being formal (when speaking Japanese)...

... As for English use, it's mostly used to sound utterly annoying by putting it at the end of everything you say.

[ShinMaruku]

Funny Desu is pronounced des. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[UnderscoreX]

day sue.

[Nani-chan]

On 2007-04-22 17:41, Mowse wrote:
... As for English use, it's mostly used to sound utterly annoying by putting it at the end of everything you say.



http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s27/Lance7652/Desu/Desu.gif

[ShinMaruku]

What the hell is that desu thing from? I like usin it to creep people out. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

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[Mixfortune]

'Idol bell leaf day kin ember sand drew', mayhaps?

[astuarlen]

God shah.

[Weeaboolits]

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/Ronin_Cooper/Smilies/criticize.gif

[Nani-chan]

On 2007-04-23 08:31, ShinMaruku wrote:
What the hell is that desu thing from? I like usin it to creep people out. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

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It's Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/Suiseiseki_Suiseiseki/suiseiseki.jpg

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[Weeaboolits]

what's Rozen Maiden about?

[Nani-chan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozen_Maiden

Well I got to about episode 10 of 12 (season 1) and then just stopped. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

Shinku, this doll in red is the main protagonist.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l283/cloverj17/Rozen%20maiden/rozenmaiden.jpg

While the fallen angel doll Suigintou is the antagonist of season 1.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c380/SPhantom/Rozen%20Maiden/normal_mary_mary.jpg

[Weeaboolits]

Sounds odd, I might scope it out, see if it's worth watching http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Nani-chan]

I just wanted to see what the Desu thing was about. Yes, Suiseiseki does say it every sentence.

[omegapirate2k]

You people watch too much anime.

[Nani-chan]

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/Suiseiseki_Suiseiseki/thshinkuani2.gif

[Weeaboolits]

On 2007-04-23 22:14, omegapirate2k wrote:
You people don't watch enough anime.I agree.

[MayLee]

I9 always thought Desu meant, "It is"

[MayLee]

On 2007-04-22 17:41, Mowse wrote:

... As for English use, it's mostly used to sound utterly annoying by putting it at the end of everything you say.

Ever heard of Steel Angel Kurumi? XD

[foamcup]

On 2007-04-23 22:14, omegapirate2k wrote:
You people watch too much anime.

[Weeaboolits]

On 2007-04-25 15:46, MayLee wrote:
Ever heard of Steel Angel Kurumi? XDPerhaps.



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