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How to say “I” in Japanese
In your textbook…
“ 私”
But I’ve almost never said “ 私” .
We say…
For boys For girls Strange
俺 ( おれ ) うち <= house 我輩
僕 ( ぼく ) わ ( あ ) たし 拙者
わし {name} まろ
How to say “You” in Japanese
In your textbook
“ あなた”
But I’ve almost never said “ あなた” .
we say …
{name} 、おまえ、きさま、てめえ、あんた、きみ
How to say “he & she” in Japanese
In your textbook
“ かれ” & “ かのじょ”
We sometimes use these words but we use
あいつ
やつ <= also means “thing”
Not good way to say “what?”
When you hear something that you don’t like from your friends or somebody. You can say…
ん? え? は? あ?
Casual way to say “ こんにちは”
If you say “ こんにちは” to your friends, it’s really strange because it is too polite.
You can say
おっす
よう
What does it mean?
Basically “ まじで” means like “are you serious?”
But you can say it, whenever you wantまじで