Writing informative posts that people get offended at.keatonatron wrote:I'm not sure what part of that makes me a Mikepaul_b wrote:
I'll just be calling you 'Mike' from now on.
, but when you write a long article for purely informative purposes, and someone gets offended and says you're arrogant, it can be kind of a shock.
Yeah It weirded me out at first cuz I had no idea what it was when i read it on the tv (Cuz they always write down what ppl say on TV as you know.)Oyaji wrote:
As to "sugoi", you are absolutely right: It is occasionally written in kanji. However, the original post said: "Other words that usually don't use kanji". *Usually* being the operative word. In normal writing, すごい is usually written in hiragana.
The point is, learning when and where to use kanji is just as important as learning the kanji itself.
Haha. That's okay I guess.paul_b wrote:Writing informative posts that people get offended at.keatonatron wrote:
I'm not sure what part of that makes me a Mike
The truth is, in real life not even the Japanese people use 2nd person pronouns very frequently. Like rigid male/female speech patterns, they are largely simply part of "movie/drama/anime" speech. In general, a non-Japanese will not have the opportunity to develop most of the kinds relationships that allow for their use. For example, family (immediate and extended). Sempai-kohai. Osana-najimi. The 2nd person pronouns can be, but are not necessarily indicators of closeness and familiarity. Even husband and wife can (and do) call each other by their names rather than "omae/kimi/anata", or they might refer to each other by their title. A lot of older couples refer to each other by "otousan/okaasan".trabia-wind wrote:
haha i read this.. but what confuses me is.. on another website someone i know was talking with a japanese (they didn't know each other) and called her "anata", and she said to call girls "kimi" cause they prefer that? o_O
two_heads_talking wrote:politeness in every culture is the best.. one of the reasons i always scratch my head when friends always want to know the etchi phrases and bad words.. i just tell them that the japanese don't have any and leave it at that..keatonatron wrote:As I pointed out in another thread: In the wrong situation, "お前" is a fightin' word. Go to Japan and use it with people you don't know and you just might get yourself beat up.kotori wrote: お前 - omae - informal/rude 'you'
君 - informal/intimate 'you'
One thing Coco pointed out in her post above, learning politeness is very important, because there are very small differences between saying something in a way that will get a good response and saying it in a way that will make the other person angry (note Coco's examples). お前, used in the proper situation, is a perfectly normal, common word. In the wrong situation, it can get you into a lot of trouble.
besides it is always better to be far too formal than to be far too informal. even the japanese have only so much tolerance for a breach in their cultural etiquette
Both would be entirely fine. Boku is not formal, but that doesn't mean it's casual. And, as has been noted before by one of our native speaking forumites, the tone of your statement is influenced by the entirety of your expression, not just what pronoun you use.Noob wrote:
Hmm, so i can use Watashi for a new boss, and Boku for a stranger, and both will be ok? I just feel that "boku" isn't something you say respectfully. I was under the impression it was informal. Kind of like saying " hey man" instead of hello.
