2011年3月5日土曜日

Pronoun Project

I am going to introduce different uses of 4 pronouns.
They are 'I', 'You', 'He/She' and 'They'.


1) I


Used By Male
わたし   (general)
ぼく        (general)
おれ      (informal)
わし       (by old people)
わたくし (formal)

Used By Female
わたし(general)
あたし(informal)
うち (general, especially by Kansai people)


2) YOU


あなた (general)
あなた (intimate, to partners)
あなた (to inferior)
あんた (intimate/to inferior)
おまえ  (to inferior/informal)
きみ     (to inferror/informal)


3) He/She


かれ       (general)
かのじょ (general)
こいつ    (informal/to inferior)
あいつ    (informal/to inferior)


4) They


かれら    (general)
あいつら (informal/to inferior




-In general, we call ourselves 'わたし' , 'ぼく' or 'おれ'.  However, Japanese tend to skip the 'subject' (I)   when talking to others.
-When we call others, we can notice from above that it may result in rudeness or insult towads him/her by saying 'あなた'.  Even 'きみ' is not an ideal way to call others.  That is, if we know his/her name, we normally call by the name, btu not the pronoun 'you'.






















P.S. THIS BLOG IS EXTREMEMLY HARD TO CONTROL ( AT LEAST IN MY COMPUTER)
        IT TAKES ME OVER AN HOUR TO TYPE AND RE-TYPE AND UPLOAD PICTURES
        AND MAKE ALTERATION.  EVERYTIME WHEN I SET EVERYTHING WELL ON
        THE SCREEN, WHEN IT COMES TO BE PUBLISHED, IT TURNS OUT THAT EVERY-
        THING IS IN WRONG POSITIONS AND WRONG FONT AND COLOUR...
  
        THEREFORE, MAYBE IT IS A BIT WEIRD TO PUT PHOTOS AT THE END,
        HOWEVER, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ARRANGE THEM IN RIGHT  
        ORDERS BELOW CORRESPONDING PARAGRAPHS.  SORRY FOR THAT.