• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Not japanese, but my understanding is that japanese uses a lot of honorifics and their pronouns use them too. So you don’t just say “I” but “I, a humble servant,” or “I, an esteemed gentleman,” or “I, the owner of this establishment,”

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      Yes, along with changing their word choice and grammar to fit the situation as well - informal vs formal, personal vs polite, business vs political, elder vs youth, male vs female, etc.

    • LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Yeah, from my basic understanding of language, it seems like Japanese is a far denser language that something like English. I’ve heard that people are able to indicate tone and other such things in a way that’s just kinda built into the language, whereas with English or similar languages it would require extra sentences that seem awkward