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Can someone answer these?; Need an expert in Japanese...
Topic Started: Jan 1 2009, 06:53:59 AM (1,116 Views)
Skye	Jan 1 2009, 06:53:59 AM Post #1
I will love YUI...I love YUI... Posts: 901 Group: YUI Lovers Member #20,520 Joined: Nov 23 2008	I've got a few quetions about the Japanese language: 1. What is the diff between アタシ and あたし ? 2. What is the diff between watashi, atashi, boku and ore? I mean, when do you use them? They all mean 'me' in English right? 3. Is watashi and atashi the same? 4. What is the diff between anata, kimi and omae? When do you use them? They all mean 'you' in English right? 5. Is あいつ directed to a guy only, or can it be used to say about a girl? Hope someone can understand what I'm asking and answer them too....



kosukesanjt	Jan 1 2009, 11:11:37 AM Post #2
Posts: 249 Group: YUI Lovers Member #2,450 Joined: Feb 9 2007	watashi is universal for I boku is only for boys ore is only for boys and is less formal than boku atashi is the cute way for girls to say I kimi, i believe, is "you" but for people that are lower than you omae is really slang and can sometimes be used with a bad connotation. anata or anta are universal for you i can't read the japanese characters you posted. It sometimes doesn't work if the internet browser doesn't have that ability. Firefox can do it though. hope that helped and if I'm wrong, someone please correct me. I'm pretty sure i've got it right though.



Skye	Jan 2 2009, 04:31:20 AM Post #3
I will love YUI...I love YUI... Posts: 901 Group: YUI Lovers Member #20,520 Joined: Nov 23 2008	oh, sorry 'bout the characters... Let me ask them again: What's the diff between hiragana atashi and katakana atashi? and, Is aitsu directed to a guy only, or can it be used to say about a girl? (If you get what I mean. If not, it's ok.) And thanks kosukesanjt, for your help! :good



Kippei	Jan 2 2009, 03:04:35 PM Post #4
内閣総理大臣 Posts: 500 Group: YUI Lovers Member #6,286 Joined: Jan 15 2008	kosukesanjt Jan 1 2009, 07:11 PM watashi is universal for I boku is only for boys ore is only for boys and is less formal than boku atashi is the cute way for girls to say I kimi, i believe, is "you" but for people that are lower than you omae is really slang and can sometimes be used with a bad connotation. anata or anta are universal for you i can't read the japanese characters you posted. It sometimes doesn't work if the internet browser doesn't have that ability. Firefox can do it though. hope that helped and if I'm wrong, someone please correct me. I'm pretty sure i've got it right though. ore - rough or arrogant sounding first-person pronoun, formerly also used by women omae - formerly honorific, now sometimes derogatory term referring to an equal or inferior presence kimi - it's normally use to refer to buddy, pal, and can also be use to refer to ruler, sovereign, master. and depends on the situation, it can also be use to refer to female compatriot anata - the other, the other side, yonder, you, dear、lady (it all depends on how u write it in Japanese... 貴方, 彼方, 貴女 anta - familiar/familial form of anata aitsu - he, she, that guy, that girl (usable for both sex) アタシ/あたし - no difference



Skye	Jan 3 2009, 06:13:33 AM Post #5
I will love YUI...I love YUI... Posts: 901 Group: YUI Lovers Member #20,520 Joined: Nov 23 2008	Eh, there's such a word as anta? At first I thought it was typo... Didn't see it before... :rolleye And about the hiragana and katakana atashi, why some use hiragana, why some use katakana? But anyway, thanks you guys!!



Kippei	Jan 3 2009, 10:26:09 AM Post #6
内閣総理大臣 Posts: 500 Group: YUI Lovers Member #6,286 Joined: Jan 15 2008	Skye Jan 3 2009, 02:13 PM Eh, there's such a word as anta? At first I thought it was typo... Didn't see it before... :rolleye And about the hiragana and katakana atashi, why some use hiragana, why some use katakana? But anyway, thanks you guys!! there're no kanji for "anta", it's written in hiragana or katakana using katakana or hiragana is juz a matter of personal preferences



midd	Jan 3 2009, 03:50:52 PM Post #7
YUI rock!!! Posts: 119 Group: YUI Lovers Member #12,301 Joined: Jun 19 2008	if i'm not mistaken, we write some word in Katakana is to 'clearly state' the word if you got what i mean... it's like how you say "it's me!" correct me if i'm wrong... :sry



Kippei	Jan 4 2009, 03:59:10 AM Post #8
内閣総理大臣 Posts: 500 Group: YUI Lovers Member #6,286 Joined: Jan 15 2008	midd Jan 3 2009, 11:50 PM if i'm not mistaken, we write some word in Katakana is to 'clearly state' the word if you got what i mean... it's like how you say "it's me!" correct me if i'm wrong... :sry not really... katakana is mostly used for foreign words, but it can also be use for normal words as replacement for hiragana or kanji...



Skye	Jan 4 2009, 06:51:05 AM Post #9
I will love YUI...I love YUI... Posts: 901 Group: YUI Lovers Member #20,520 Joined: Nov 23 2008	En en. But what is anta??:huh:



Kippei	Jan 4 2009, 08:17:49 AM Post #10
内閣総理大臣 Posts: 500 Group: YUI Lovers Member #6,286 Joined: Jan 15 2008	Skye Jan 4 2009, 02:51 PM En en. But what is anta??:huh: told u before didn't i ?? anta - familiar/familial form of anata



Skye	Jan 5 2009, 02:54:32 AM Post #11
I will love YUI...I love YUI... Posts: 901 Group: YUI Lovers Member #20,520 Joined: Nov 23 2008	Ah! Gomen, gomen! :sry



ketsuko	Jan 9 2009, 05:43:10 PM Post #12
Posts: 75 Group: YUI Lovers Member #3,284 Joined: May 15 2007	katakana is used also to emphasize on something, and i guess it applies in this case.



MonkOfWar	Feb 22 2010, 12:57:11 PM Post #13
M249 SAW piles up the bodies in BF3. Posts: 886 Group: YUI Lovers Member #24,957 Joined: Apr 7 2009	There are other forms of 'you', normally encountered in anime/manga or not found in dictionaries. There's 'kisama 貴様' which formerly meant 'your honourable self' but is not a put down. 'Teme　てめ' is the sort of term you address someone who you don't mind starting a fight with!!!! 'Antaあんた' is a contraction of 'anata　あなた'. 'Watakushi　私' is a humble form of 'watashi　私'. Yeah, they use the same kanji. I always use 'ore　俺' for 'I' becoz it's macho! 'Omae　お前' is my favoured word for 'you' but shouldn't be used on people you don't know or figures in authority [like your boss]. Edited by MonkOfWar, Feb 23 2010, 08:22:24 PM.



Miyuki	Feb 24 2010, 02:55:40 AM Post #14
YUI Argentina! Posts: 337 Group: YUI Lovers Member #25,336 Joined: Jun 2 2009	omg! omae is written with 前?? o i learn something new everyday xD so... that's why it is rouge... coz it's like "hey, you, before-person" xD like saying "you're inferior" about the "atashi", kosukesanjt sayed it is cute, but many old people find it vulgar, so try never using it in front of conservative people. and "aitsu" is vulgar too... it's like you're saying "that one...", you should say "ano hito" or "ano kata" if you want to be polite



EugeneAng	Feb 24 2010, 09:28:55 AM Post #15
YUI-chan wa...Boku no....Insupire-shion. Posts: 805 Group: YUI Lovers Member #24,815 Joined: Mar 21 2009	To add something on,aitsu is used when you're fighting with someone,or so my Japanese teacher told me.If you wanna be safe just use 'kare' for him/he and 'kanojo' for she/her. Oh yeah,and i think kisama is used when you wanna start a fight too,according to what i see in animes. Edited by EugeneAng, Feb 24 2010, 09:29:38 AM.
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MonkOfWar	Feb 25 2010, 01:04:09 PM Post #16
M249 SAW piles up the bodies in BF3. Posts: 886 Group: YUI Lovers Member #24,957 Joined: Apr 7 2009	'Aitsu' is just to mean 'that guy over there' while 'koitsu' would be 'this guy over here'. Corresponds with 'are' and 'kore'. I don't hear 'soitsu' being used as often as the other two. I'm sure it's not only for someone you have beef with. Parents or teachers may refer to a group of children as 'aitsu'. Another form of reference would be 'ano yatsu' for 'that person'.


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