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#410292 - Wed Feb 20 2008 04:42 AM Any Japanese Speakers out there>
The_lioness33 Offline
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Hello, I am after help.

What is the Japanese word for the colour gold, and is it an 'i' or a 'na' adjective.

I am thinking that the work is 'kiniro' or just 'kin'
I am unsure whether the first one would be am i or a na adjective though.

I am trying to say Gold, high heeled shoes. My Japanese teacher told me to just say high shoes, but we didn't get as far as the gold bit.

So far my sentence reads 'kutsu ga kinirokute takai desu. (I adjective form)

Or
kutsu ga kiniro de takai desu. (Na adjective form)

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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#410293 - Tue Apr 29 2008 09:09 AM Re: Any Japanese Speakers out there>
jordandog Offline
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lioness, According to this translator, it can be either 'kogane', 'kin', or 'go-rudo'. The problem is that none state what the strictly color word would be. It might help you?

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html
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#410294 - Fri May 02 2008 12:17 AM Re: Any Japanese Speakers out there>
romeomikegolf Offline
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My son is fluent in Japanese, and is married to a Japanese girl, I got this from him this morning
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Gold High Heeled Shoes = Kin iro no hi-ru (you could say Hai hi-ru too….) It’s all phonetic, so the I sounds are like “bee”, the O sounds are like “con” and the last U is stunted, but is pronounced like the letter U


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