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Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 22nd, '09, 09:35
by Her Ugliness
Waltz wrote:Maybe it is reguarding the item as its own thing or entity.
The "O" is just a suffix that indicates politeness and respect.
But I think the reason why some words are always used with an o (like ocha) regardless whether you are talking polite or just with friends, is just that it got so common with some words. I think that, for Japanese, it's almost as if tee mean "ocha" and not "cha" and the original meaning of the "o" got lost (even though they are all aware of what it stands for).
Not sure whether it's gets understandable what I mean....
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 22nd, '09, 11:04
by Waltz
I thought about being its own thing because a sensei talked about how "onaka" has "o" in it but it's not like we are saying "Oh honorable stomach" or refering to the stomach as not our own. It was really odd in a literal sense but interesting.
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 22nd, '09, 21:11
by Yuuko
Maybe that's something new that Aya can add to the cultural information post. xD;
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 12:59
by Waltz
I don't know. I can't ask Happy Cloud sensei right now. -shrugs- Also, Happy Cloud is basically what his name boils down to by the kanji.
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 17:21
by chibi_jinyo
Hello <3
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 19:21
by Goere
konban wa
Did nothing last days, so I've got no questions today ^^
Thx for answering the o-thing :)
Can write some Katakana now.. Will look for an japanesebook for some grammar and words.. I made my decision, I'm rly going to learn japanese, will take a class in a year, theres no time for it now..hope it wont be too hard oO
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 20:39
by Waltz
Depends on calling memorizing hard. Kanji is its own difficulty level.
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 22:53
by Yuuko
Konnichiwa, everybody. :)
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 22:56
by Mikael Hart
Yo. What's up, Yuuko?
Re: ¥ The Bento Box ¥ Come learn Japanese ¥ Winners Announced
Posted: Mar 23rd, '09, 23:05
by Yuuko
Eating a slice of pizza. xD; And I also finished the sketch of Kimbo's art. 8D Next is to retrace with a pen and then color << >>