The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

What Should I Call "You"? Part 1: Zero Pronouns

Feb 26, 2021

26:06

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YO, You Shouldn't Spell a Third Person Pronoun, Right?

02:06

How to Answer a Question in Japanese

01:46

Where Are You From?

01:36

Introduction

2min

How to Translate Japanese Pronouns in Japanese

3min

Canadian Dialects

2min

The Third Person Pronouns in Japanese Conversation

3min

Where Are You From?

2min

Is It Possible That You're Asking Where Is She From?

2min

How to Answer a Question in Japanese

2min

YO, You Shouldn't Spell a Third Person Pronoun, Right?

2min

YO, YE, on Your Tone and Intonation.

1min

10.

Ya, Ya, Toly. Is It a Student?

2min

11.

Are You a Student?

3min

12.

Zero Pronon Method Does Not Work

2min

13.

Do You Know How to Say a Word in Romaji?

2min

This is the first episode of our "What Should I Call 'You'?" series. In Japanese, pronouns for "others" (which includes everything besides "I" — "you" "they" / "she" / "he" ) are not generally used in conversation. In this series, the Tofugu crew discusses different ways to refer to others without using pronouns. In this episode, Kanae, Jenny and Rachel talk about the "zero pronoun," aka simply leaving out pronouns. After listening to this episode, check out our article for a more in-depth explanation of the topic: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/what-should-i-call-you/

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