
First-Person Pronouns: 私 (わたし/わたくし/あたし)
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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What Is Your Default First Person Pronoun?
i use boku, mostly because i found out a while ago that like, watashi is not so natural. I don't think that's the best reason. Oe sinkifid my ranking of a first person pronounced pro poku, and then a close watashi, second, andthen a close or a third. They're all pretty close. How could they have so many first person pronouns? There's no way. So i won't ask you guys, what is your default first person pronoun and why? Usually i oh, bi, like it santimes. I use me, like me. Very hungry. Me, want to go sleep. Sweep me. Likee
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