What Should I Call "You"? Part 2: Using Names
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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Yobe Yo to Callmanestede Os
Name dis onits own in japanese isn't it? It's usually some one you'l ready close to, i guess. In the rsons, i feel like yo, ya. But that's a little bit different from what it is in Japan. For example, nos e turns into noncan aha, nonsense. That's cur yo. I had a friend named nacha. Oh, is n tatme. Yobe yo to callmanestede os, throw away away. Ro no aja lds more intimate thanwhat it is in the western culture in generalum. And this is a reaty formal situationan we wouldn't use like miss
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