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Learn Japanese with Anime - A Pig That Doesn’t Fly Is Just An Ordinary Pig

In this video we’re going to analyse Porco’s quote from Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta).

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Analysis

This is the basic sentence structure, “A wa B da” which means “A is B”. 

A: 飛ばねえ豚 (the topic of the sentence)

飛ばねえ means “doesn’t fly”. It is a broken version of 飛ばない, usually used in very informal, male speech.

豚 means “a pig”.

飛ばねえ is a verb, modifying the noun 豚, so it means “a pig that doesn’t fly”. In Japanese, when you modify a noun with a clause, the word order is just like when you modify a noun with an adjective or a noun such as おいしい食べ物 meaning “delicious food” and 日本の食べ物 meaning “Japanese food” so the modifier always comes before the noun that is modified. For example, 昨日買った食べ物 meaning “the food that I bought yesterday” 勉強している人 meaning “a person who is studying” 昨日読んだ本 meaning “a book that I read yesterday”.

B: ただの豚 (the predicate noun)

ただの means “ordinary” or “just”. So ただの豚 means “an ordinary pig”.

Sentences

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Porco’s Quote

A pig that doesn’t fly is just an ordinary pig.

Modified Nouns with Clauses

The restaurant that I went to yesterday was very expensive.
The town where I live is near the sea.
Meals that my mother makes are all delicious.

The Basic Sentence “A は B だ” (A is B)

Shinjiku at night is lively.
The part-time girl is still a student.
This apartment is new and clean.
NOTE

だ is only attached to a noun or na-adjective in casual speech. 

Vocabulary

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arubaito
noun, suru verb
  1. part-time job
iku
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to go
okaasan
noun
  1. mother
gakusei
noun
  1. student (esp. a university student)
kinou
noun, adverb
  1. yesterday
kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
josei
noun, no adjective
  1. woman; female
sumu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to live (of humans); to reside
zenbu
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. all
tada
no adjective, noun
  1. ordinary; common; usual
tsukuru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to make (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating)
totemo
adverb
  1. very (とっても is more emphatic)
tobu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to fly (esp. 飛ぶ)

Kanji

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3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. woman, female
Readings
Kun'yomi: おんな、め、をとめ、むすめ、なんじ。
On'yomi: ニョウ、ニョ、ジョ。
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4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
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5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. mama, mother
Readings
Kun'yomi: はは、も。
On'yomi: ボ、ム、モ、ボウ。
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5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. life, genuine, birth
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.む、う.まれる、は.える、は.やす、お.う、なま、き、あい、あさ、あり、あらは.る、あ.る、あれ、い、いか、いき、いく、いけ、う、うぶ、うまい、うまは.る、うまる、うる、え、お、おい、おいし.く、おお、おき、おや、おや.す、おゆ、きつ、ぎゅう、くるみ、ごせ、さ、さん、すぎ、すすむ、せ、そ、そう、たか、ちる、なじ、な.す、なせ、なば、なり、なる、な.る、にう、にゅう、ぬく、のう、のり、ばい、はえ、はさま、ふ、ぶ、ふゆ、み、む、む.す、もう、や、ゆ、よ、よい、よど、りゅう、-う、う.まれ、なま-、うま.れる、うまれ。
On'yomi: しょう、セイ、サン、ショウ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. going, journey
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.く、ゆ.く、おこな.う、おこな.い、C、-い.き、-ゆ.き、-いき、-ゆき、おこ.なう。
On'yomi: C、A、ゴウ、コウ、アン、ヒン、A、ギョウ。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. study, learning, science
Readings
Kun'yomi: まな.ぶ、まな、まなぶ。
On'yomi: ガク。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. tall, high, expensive
Readings
Kun'yomi: たか、たか.い、-だか、たか.まる、たか.める。
On'yomi: コウ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Readings
Kun'yomi: す.む、す.まう、ず.まい、すみ、し、-ず.まい。
On'yomi: ジュウ、チュウ、ヂュウ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. make, production, prepare, build
Readings
Kun'yomi: つく.る、づくり、つく.り、づく.り、な.す、くり、まさか、あり、つくり、つくる、とも、なお、なり、ふか、-づく.り。
On'yomi: サク、サ、サッ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. town, village, block, street
Readings
Kun'yomi: まち。
On'yomi: チョウ、テイ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. private, I, me
Readings
Kun'yomi: わたくし、わたし、わたくし.する、わし、ひそ.か。
On'yomi: シ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings
Kun'yomi: ちか.い、おお、この、おう。
On'yomi: コン、ゴン、キン。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. night, evening
Readings
Kun'yomi: よ、よる。
On'yomi: ヤ。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. sea, ocean
Readings
Kun'yomi: うみ。
On'yomi: ハイ、カイ、唐音。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. fee, materials
Readings
On'yomi: リョウ。
Stroke Count
11 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings
Kun'yomi: みち、まろ、まさし、まこと、ひ、のり、に、とおる、ただし、さとる、おさむ、ことわり、よし、あや。
On'yomi: リ。
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13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. new
Readings
Kun'yomi: あたら.しい、あら.た、にい、あら-、にい-。
On'yomi: シン。

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