This is urgent. Does anyone speak Japanese? - Page 2

PunkNJunk · 02-4-2007, 11:24 AM

i can speak some japanese
i take chinese but the writing is essentially the same...
what is he saying?

verra · 02-4-2007, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeek

"watashi" is generally used for females. You can use it for males, but generally speaking, men use "boku".

Also, "wa" is only the spoken word. It's written "ha".

Really? I thought "atashi" was for females, and "watashi" was generally formal...I guess boku is more acceptable. Oh well.

**Squeek** · 02-4-2007, 09:32 PM

"atashi", "watashi", "watakushi", etc. They're all pretty much the same thing.

Like I said, you can use them for males, but generally speaking we use "boku" or "ore"

evilbutterfly · 02-4-2007, 09:41 PM

の　わい

jewpinthethird · 02-4-2007, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeek

"atashi", "watashi", "watakushi", etc. They're all pretty much the same thing.

"atashi" is informal and only used by females (and effeminate males).

"watashi" is your standard non-gender "I."

"watakushi" is extremely formal.

"boku" is informal and only used by males (and masculine females).

"ore" is even more informal.

"jibun" is what badasses use...or so I've been told.

Varia · 02-4-2007, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

"atashi" is informal and only used by females (and effeminate males).

"watashi" is your standard non-gender "I."

"watakushi" is extremely formal.

"boku" is informal and only used by males (and masculine females).

"ore" is even more informal.

"jibun" is what badasses use...or so I've been told.

yes

yes

yes. Can also be used in situations where watashi is too polite but ore is too informal.

boku is used by males, and more childish. Often used by kids until they graduate to ore.

jibun is like onself. Can be used slightly different than all the others.* Other than that, it's pretty formal "I".

*ore no kuruma ga hoshii
I want MY car

jibun no kuruma ga hoshii

I want my own car

jewpinthethird · 02-4-2007, 10:08 PM

Alright! We've established the various ways one can refer to oneself!

What was the thread about anyway?

**Squeek** · 02-4-2007, 10:12 PM

It was about something that was necessary last week.

ps i've never taken japanese so what do i know

FictionJunction · 02-4-2007, 10:23 PM

Jibun is used to to refer to someone else in the Osaka dialect; that's my understanding anyway.

Varia · 02-5-2007, 03:35 AM

Can be used like that in any dialect, but is usually not.

Keroro54 · 02-5-2007, 03:57 AM

i do..

jewpinthethird · 02-5-2007, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varia

Can be used like that in any dialect, but is usually not.

It's used in Space Country.

Varia · 02-5-2007, 07:35 AM

underwater in space

02-4-2007, 11:24 AM	#21
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