Ｗｈａｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ うち anｄ いえ?
うち ｖｓ いえ
Elena-S
June 10, 2011
2679
June 10, 2011
they are written with the same character: 家 and are just different readings of it...
But I don't know exactly if there is a meaningful difference between the two readings, but anyway, they both mean "home"
Pascal-P
June 10, 2011
@Elena S @コッド
Uchi is used for your own house, while ie can be used to refer to any house.
Eg. Uchi ni ikitai? "You wanna go (come) to my house?"
Ano ie wa dasakute, mazui desu ne? "That house is unstylish and ugly isn't it?"
Hope that helps.
2679
June 11, 2011
I was thinking about something like that, but was not sure :). Thanks for the help !
anne-r
September 22, 2011
what is the difference between むかい and むこう
Pascal-P
September 22, 2011
mukai means "opposite" while "mukou" means beyond. Simple!
Keyatta--12
October 11, 2011
actually i think you're wrong with the japanese word for opposite. cause if you saw in lesson 2.1 then opposite is "hantai" and the opposite side is "hantai gawa"
Pascal-P
October 12, 2011
Nope:
Hantai & Mukai both mean "opposite". They are synonyms.
Hantai can mean opposite not only in position, but as in an opponent, or the opposite as in a contradicotry.
Mukai is more restricted to opposite as in "Opposite the bank".
hope this helps.
2679
October 14, 2011
Pascal-san is right here.
Just think of "hantai" as something contradictory, and it can be used almost at anything, while "mukai" and "mukou" are restricted only to direction/location.
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