みえこさんの My Diary を読むのは面白い。

英語でと日本語でブログを書きます。

でも私はコメントを書くのはちょっとむすかしい。

そしてここにコメントを書きます。

たとえば、みえこさんはの「entry」の４月30日に「ちょっと」で書きました

「ちょっと」は英語で何と言いますか。

In addition to "a little", two other translations might be "sort of" (American, pronounced "sorta") and "a bit" (British). They aren't exactly interchangeable, though. They're just sorta the same--just a bit.

"Sort of" means "of the same kind (sort)" or "not exactly". So, to use Mieko's example A little strange, a little dislikeable, a little disgusting, a little interesting, ---- and a little big???, I, an American, would say "it was sorta strange; it was sorta disgusting; it was sort of big (but not really/exactly big).

Whereas my resident Brit would translate 「ちょっと待って下さい」as "Could you wait a bit, please?" Americans usually say, "Please wait a minute". However, you can't say "Please wait sort of."