Not japanese, but my understanding is that japanese uses a lot of honorifics and their pronouns use them too. So you don’t just say “I” but “I, a humble servant,” or “I, an esteemed gentleman,” or “I, the owner of this establishment,”
Yes, along with changing their word choice and grammar to fit the situation as well - informal vs formal, personal vs polite, business vs political, elder vs youth, male vs female, etc.
Yeah, from my basic understanding of language, it seems like Japanese is a far denser language that something like English. I’ve heard that people are able to indicate tone and other such things in a way that’s just kinda built into the language, whereas with English or similar languages it would require extra sentences that seem awkward
Not japanese, but my understanding is that japanese uses a lot of honorifics and their pronouns use them too. So you don’t just say “I” but “I, a humble servant,” or “I, an esteemed gentleman,” or “I, the owner of this establishment,”
Yes, along with changing their word choice and grammar to fit the situation as well - informal vs formal, personal vs polite, business vs political, elder vs youth, male vs female, etc.
Yeah, from my basic understanding of language, it seems like Japanese is a far denser language that something like English. I’ve heard that people are able to indicate tone and other such things in a way that’s just kinda built into the language, whereas with English or similar languages it would require extra sentences that seem awkward
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