Results 1 to 11 of 11
  1. Default Question about Japanese Language


    Okay, frequently in Japanese I hear people say things after a person's name: "sama", "san", "shi", "sensei". I get the "sensei" one because it's more known to english speakers, but the other ones have me lost. What do they mean?

  2. Default


    Let me Google that for you, Fiel-chan~
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics
    Last edited by Russt; 2009-08-14 at 05:16 PM. Reason: Fiel-chan ^-^

  3. | (◕ ‿◕)| (❍ᴥ❍ʋ) Straight Male
    IGN: You
    Server: get
    Level: me
    Job: so confused.
    Guild: Follow the
    Alliance: Pretty Lights!
    argentina

    Default


    They denote speaker's closeness to another person. Like If I called you Paul-chan or Paul-kun, it'd mean I'm very close to you, like a best friend or something.

  4. Default


    d'oh. I deserved that. Thanks.

  5. aka ClawofBeta Straight Male
    Corn's Avatar [Jr. Event Coordinator]

    IGN: ClawofBeta
    Server: LoL.NA
    Level: 30
    Job: Bot Lane
    Guild: N/A
    Alliance: N/A
    New_Jersey

    Default


    Uh....you just called him something very....insulting ish? You're supposed to say that to your little brother/sister or something .

  6. | (◕ ‿◕)| (❍ᴥ❍ʋ) Straight Male
    IGN: You
    Server: get
    Level: me
    Job: so confused.
    Guild: Follow the
    Alliance: Pretty Lights!
    argentina

    Default


    No. If I were very close with Paul, I could call him Paul-kun and he would be like ''oh okay''.



  7. Default


    Huh? Dialect or false? lol I know that '-han' is kansai dialect, but I've never heard of '-tan.'

  8. Default


    -tan is just for moe purposes. You usually see it in anime as referring to cute or young characters, and it's sometimes used IRL for mascots and such.

    I think there's a section on -tan, -chama, etc. in that Wikipedia article linked above.

    EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...alk_variations

  9. Default


    Heh... That would explain it. I've never been around otakus. I've always stayed as far away as I could from Anime and all that crap. lol

  10.  

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •