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.:: Neko De Aru ::.


Originally posted November 17, 2007 | Revamped October 30, 2012



8-month-old Layla posing for me outdoor.


Shot with a Canon PowerShot A630 | Postprocessed with Adobe Photoshop CS4
Full View recommended | I hope you'll like it!




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*femketje Apr 30, 2009  Professional Photographer
sweety
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!ValeVioleta Jan 22, 2008   Photographer
Cute kitty... =)
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~Child-of-God Nov 24, 2007
I love the colors. :) Beautiful cat! :D
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=WishmasterAlchemist Nov 25, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanx! =D
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~grimfairyreaper Nov 20, 2007
I thought the japanese would be Watashi wa Neko desu...meh.

She is a gorgeous cat a deffinate cat at that! :lol:
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=WishmasterAlchemist Nov 20, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Watashi wa is correct... but this book has been written in 1905 and the author chose the "ancient" form "wagahai wa".

As for "desu" it's a bit difficult to explain but you must know that "aru" is the verb meaning "to be" while "desu" hasn't a real own meaning and the most common meaning that it takes is "to be" but it can subsitute any verb, when it's clear in the context that you're talking of a determinate verb, for example because you used that verb in the previous sentence...
For example, if you are asked: "Nani o tabemasuka" = What are you eating?" you can answer with "desu" instead of "tabemasu": "Sashimi desu" = I'm eating sashimi; as in that context "desu" is meaning "to eat".

Therefore, to mean exactly "I AM a cat" the author used the verb "aru" whose meaning is "to be" in order to avoid to be misunderstood (as "I am a cat" is a strange thing to say...).
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=WishmasterAlchemist Nov 20, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Oops, forgotten about "de" which is a particle with many different applications... in this case it is used to indicate the "nominal predicate" (don't know if you call it this way) with the verb "aru"...
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~GramMoo Nov 19, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
great shot......love the colors in this photo....beautiful cat !! :love:
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=WishmasterAlchemist Nov 20, 2007  Hobbyist Photographer
Many thanks! :hug:
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~KirraGirra Nov 17, 2007
she is so cute :love:
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