Talk:Watashi Wa

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Please dont delete; this band is still popular and this article is of use. Thank you Fluffywhitepolarbears (talk) 04:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Watashi wa desu means "I am", Watashi wa, by it self, just means I...

no, watashi wa is I am... , as wa implies that watashi "is" something --- "Watashi wa desu means "I am", Watashi wa, by it self, just means I..."

"I am" would be -WaTaShi Wa IMaSu.

The phrase "Watashi wa" is never used alone; it's not a statement, and therefore can't be translated as one. "Watashi" means "I", whereas "wa" is a particle and in itself carries no particular meaning; it simply indicates that the preceding noun is the topic of the current statement. As someone mentioned above, you would need a statement of being, such as "iru", making the correct statment "watashi wa iru", or "imasu" depending on the situation. (私はいる, 私はいます, respectively)

It would actually be much closer to the English "I am" if you simply said "iru", though that's pretty vague. Tultach (talk) 20:15, 1 August 2009 (UTC)Tultach[reply]

I am = God

Being that this is a christian band, and that a name for God in the bible is "I am" I guess that was their intention with the name. Even though it's a mistranslation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.157.61 (talk) 21:30, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article rating an importance

Because this is a, let's face it, poorly written article I've put it in the Stub class. However, because they are relevant right now with an upcoming release of an album for the first time since the mid 2000s I've listed this as a mid-importance, people will be looking for information about them activley and the article should provide as much as it can. WulfNorth (talk)