Japanese dreams
In English, we say somebody dreams or has a dream when they’re sleeping.
There is no verb in Japanese that is directly equivalent to the verb “to dream”.
When Japanese people describe a dream they either see a dream 「夢を見る」 or paint a dream 「夢に描く」.
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July 26th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Martin Luther King had a dream i seem to remember .
July 27th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I thought Martin Luther King you are referring to was American, rather than Japanese, but it is true, that in English, we “have” a dream, as if it were an object.
Does anyone know the first few lines of Martin Luther King Junior’s “I had a dream” speech.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
In Martin Luther King’s famous speech :
I Have a Dream - Address at a civil rights march on the 28 August, 1963. in Washington, D.C. United States America.
In parts of the speech he talks about a dream. I guess he means a future, a vision that he’d like to see in the United States…..
“I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
(and ended in a brilliant, most memorable crescendo)
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
(A truly brilliant speech, but MLK was perhaps ‘painting a dream’ as The Dragon suggests ? Roy Thorpe)