Saturday, April 16, 2011

Soooo many 'I''s!

One thing I am definitely picking up with the Japanese language is that they like to have many ways to describe the same concept, and it is especially tied to the concept of politeness. I am floored at how many ways there are to say 'I'. I should have guessed that this would be the case with the Japanese language when I finally (thanks to TextFugu, yea!) figured out what the difference is between おんよみ and くんよみ.  (I'm still trying to get over おんよみ and くんよみ. It kinda of scares me, to be honest!)

Ways to say 'I'
わたし
わたくし
あたし
ぼく
おれ
じぶん

~Happy, Happy Japanese Learning to You!~

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