Basic Japanese #2

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Are you still studying japanese? It took a long time but here we are with Basic Japanese #2!


Today we'll learn about pronouns. It's easy so don't worry. 

Let's start with personal pronouns:
  • Watashi (私), means 'I' , mostly used by females, it's formal.
  • Ore (俺), means 'I', used only by males it's very informal.
  • Boku (僕), means 'I', used only by males, it's informal but normal. 
  • Anata (貴方, 貴男, 貴女), means 'You', used by both males and females, it's mostly used by wives to address their husbands -english form is 'Dear' in this case-  
  • Kimi (君), means 'You', used by both males and females, it's informal to subordinates, but otherwise it's very polite.
  • Anta, meanse 'You', it's used by both males and females, but it's very informal. When used in a formal context it may even be rude.
  • Omae, means 'You', mostly used by men with higher status or age, it's very informal and extremely rude to the elders.
  • Kisama (貴様), means 'You', mostly used by men, it's informal and extremely rude and inappropriate.
  • Kare(彼), means 'He', it's formal. Informally can also mean 'boyfriend' if you add 'shi', kareshi.
  • Kanojo(彼女), means 'Her', it's formal. Informally, can also mean 'girlfriend',
  • Ano Hito, means literally 'That person', used by both males and females. 
  • Ware-ware (我), means 'We', used by both males and females. It's formal and mostly used speaking of behalf of a group or company.
  • Ware-ra (我等), means 'We', used by both males and females. It's informal. It doesn't need the 'tachi'.
  • Kare-ra (彼等), means 'They', used by both males and females, it's commonly spoken and written.

Note : For the plural of pronouns we add the informal suffix 'Tachi' (達) . For example, 'Watashi \ I' becomes 'Watashi-tachi' that means 'we', so it is with all the pronouns above.  If you want to be more polite and formal, instead of 'Tachi' use 'Kata\Gata' (方).


Well this was a short post, next time we'll have to study 'Demonstrative and interrogative nouns and pronouns'. So stay tuned!
Go here and here to recap the previous lesson and exercises.

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