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Rei’s Quote

Japanese: てめぇらの血は何色だ！
Romaji: temēra no chi wa nani-iro da!
English: What’s the colour of your blood!

Analysis

てめえ means “you” in a very aggressive and rude way and ら is the suffix which makes it plural, so てめえら means “you all” or “you guys”.

There is another similar suffix which is たち but with てめえ, ら is more commonly used than たち as ら also implies the speaker is looking down on the people, so it’s often used with disrespectful pronouns like てめえ, おめえ, 貴様 and so on, whereas たち doesn’t have that kind of nuance.

の is the possessive particle and 血 means “blood” so てめえらの血 means “your blood”. And は is the particle which indicates the topic of the sentence.

何色 is combined with 何 meaning “what” and the suffix 色 meaning “colours” so 何色 means “what colour”. By changing the suffix, you can modify the question, for example, 何人 (なにじん) meaning “what nationality”, 何語 meaning “what language”, and 何味 meaning “what flavour”. Remember that you read it as なに, not なん. It’s read as なん when it’s attached with a counter suffix such as 何時 meaning “what time”, 何歳 meaning “how old ” and 何人 (なんにん) meaning “how many people”.

Lastly, だ in the end of the sentence which contains a question word like 何 (what), 誰(who), どこ(where) and so on, is used to demand information in male speech which often sounds strong and authoritative. For example, when a teacher finds cigarettes in a student’s bag, he would say これはなんだ？ meaning “what is this?”, or when a boss in the office is looking for his subordinate Yamada, he would say 山田はどこだ？ meaning “where is Yamada?”.

Examples

Personal Pronoun + ら (plural)

こら！お前まえら、うちの壁かべに落書らくがきするな！

kora! omaera, uchi no kabe ni rakugaki suru na!

Hey! You guys, don’t draw graffitis on the wall of my house!

集団しゅうだんで万引まんびきした？本当ほんとうにバカな奴やつらだ。

shūdan de manbiki shita? hontō ni baka na yatsura da.

They shoplifted in a group? They are real idiots.

こいつら、まとめて倒たおしてやる！

koitsura, matomete taoshite yaru!

I will beat these guys altogether!

何 + Suffix (what …)

最寄もよりは何駅なにえきですか？

moyori wa nani-eki desu ka?

What is the closest train station?

何大学なにだいがく出身しゅっしん？

nani-daigaku shusshin?

What university did you graduate from?

休やすみは何曜日なんようび？

yasumi wa nan-yōbi?

What days are your days-off?

Interrogative + だ (used to demand information in male speech)

金かねはどこだ？早はやく出だせ！

kane wa doko da? hayaku dase!

Where is the money? Give it to me now!

大事だいじな会議かいぎに遅おくれた理由りゆうは何なんだ？

daiji na kaigi ni okureta riyū wa nan da?

What is the reason why you were late to the important meeting?

正直しょうじきに言いえ。黒幕くろまくは誰だれだ！

shōjiki ni ie. kuromaku wa dare da!

Tell me the truth. Who is the mastermind?

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Kenshiro’s Quote

Japanese: お前はもう死んでいる。
Romaji: omae wa mou shindeiru.
English: You are already dead.

Analysis

おまえ is a second person pronoun “you” which is usually used for equals or inferiors in male speech. It’s used either when you’re looking down on someone or showing your intimacy for closest friends or your beloved person depending on the situation. But there are girls who hate being called おまえ so it’d be better to stay away from this word. Basically it’s used by men but you occasionally hear it from a girl who is boyish or bossy.

は is a particle which indicates the main topic of a sentence. It shows what Kenshiro is talking about right now and it’s followed by the explanation of the topic.

もう means in this situation “already” which emphasises something was completed before the present time.

しんでいる consists of te-form of the verb しぬ meaning “to die” and いる originally meaning “to stay still”. It describes an ongoing state resulting from the earlier action. So in this case, he died at some point and his state of being “dead” continues as the result of the action “die”.

Examples

Verb Te-From + いる (describes a state resulting from the earlier action)

この時計とけいは壊こわれている。

kono tokei wa kowarete iru.

This watch is broken.

The earlier action: 時計とけいが壊こわれる – The watch breaks.

電気でんきが消きえている。

denki ga kiete iru.

The lights are out.

The earlier action: 電気でんきが消きえる – The lights go out.

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