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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:07 am
OfCourseImAwesome Primary school?
What grade's that? o.o;;
& dang, lucky. My schools don't offer it as a language option.
Primary school would be Year/Grade 1 through to Year 7 smile I think, in Australia, that LOTE (Language Other Than English) is compulsory, up until Year 9 (which is equivalent to a freshman in high school? Or the last year of middle school. Eep, I am unsure) - that was my educational experience, at any rate ^^
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:39 pm
yeshyesh OfCourseImAwesome Primary school?
What grade's that? o.o;;
& dang, lucky. My schools don't offer it as a language option.
Primary school would be Year/Grade 1 through to Year 7 smile I think, in Australia, that LOTE (Language Other Than English) is compulsory, up until Year 9 (which is equivalent to a freshman in high school? Or the last year of middle school. Eep, I am unsure) - that was my educational experience, at any rate ^^ Wow, that's like so Harry Potter.
With the Year thing instead of Grade.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:46 pm
Taken from Wikipedia, this is gonna be long:
San (さん) is the most common honorific and is a title of respect. It is used for the surnames or given names of both males and females. Although in translation san is usually rendered as a common courtesy title like “Mr.” or “Ms.”, unlike these it is never used in self-reference. Using san to refer to oneself makes one appear childish or incredibly vain.
Kun (君) is an informal honorific primarily used towards males (it is still used towards females, but rarely). It is used by persons of senior status in addressing those of junior status, by males of roughly the same age and status when addressing each other, and by anyone in addressing male children. It can also be used by females when addressing a male that they are emotionally attached to. Usually it depends on the relationship between the two people. In business settings, women, particularly young women, may also be addressed as kun by older males of senior status. It is sometimes used towards male pets as well.
Chan (ちゃん) is a diminutive suffix. It is an informal version of san used to address children and female family members. It may also be used towards animals, lovers, intimate friends, and people whom one has known since childhood. Chan continues to be used as a term of endearment, especially for girls, into adulthood. Parents will probably always call their daughters chan and their sons kun, though chan can be used towards boys just as easily. Adults may use chan as a term of endearment to women with whom they are on close terms.
Chan can be considered a feminine mode of speech in that it is used mainly by, or towards, females. Its pattern of usage is similar to using "dear" when addressing someone in English. Males would not use chan when addressing other males
Senpai (先輩) is used to address senior colleagues or mentor figures, e.g. students referring to or addressing more senior students in schools, junior athletes more senior ones in a sports club, or a mentor or more experienced or senior colleague in a business environment. As with English titles such as Doctor, senpai can be used either by itself as a title, or with a person's name in place of san.
Kōhai (後輩) is the reverse of this. It is used to refer to juniors (but not normally address them: kōhai are normally addressed by name +kun; addressing someone directly as kōhai would be somewhat rude).
Sensei (先生) is used to refer to or address teachers, practitioners of a profession such as doctors and lawyers, politicians, and other authority figures. It is used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill.
Sama (様) is the formal version of san. This honorific is used primarily in addressing persons much higher in rank than oneself and in commercial and business settings to address and refer to customers. It also appears in words used to address or speak of persons or objects for which the speaker wishes to show respect or deference, such as okyaku-sama (customer) or Tateishi-sama (a stone idolised as a deity).
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:14 am
OfCourseImAwesome Primary school?
What grade's that? o.o;;
& dang, lucky. My schools don't offer it as a language option.
Hahaha I forget you guys call it "elementary" school right? That's amusing. Yeah, yeshyesh studied it when it was no longer compulsory. She was like the only one hahaha. But she is as you can see, good at it!
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:17 am
Hee, I was a LOTE-nerd ^__^
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:58 am
undacuva_druid OfCourseImAwesome Primary school?
What grade's that? o.o;;
& dang, lucky. My schools don't offer it as a language option.
Hahaha I forget you guys call it "elementary" school right? That's amusing. Yeah, yeshyesh studied it when it was no longer compulsory. She was like the only one hahaha. But she is as you can see, good at it! hmm. where do yoo guys live?O__o
yeah. but elementary skool for us is 1-5th grade. middle is 6-8th. & high is 9-12th.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:11 am
MyOwnRainCloud undacuva_druid OfCourseImAwesome Primary school?
What grade's that? o.o;;
& dang, lucky. My schools don't offer it as a language option.
Hahaha I forget you guys call it "elementary" school right? That's amusing. Yeah, yeshyesh studied it when it was no longer compulsory. She was like the only one hahaha. But she is as you can see, good at it! hmm. where do yoo guys live?O__o
yeah. but elementary skool for us is 1-5th grade. middle is 6-8th. & high is 9-12th. Wow that's crazy! We live in Western Australia. We have primary: 1-7, high: 8-12 and tertiary including university and TAFE. We also have colleges incl. various high school years available to mature age students and some strange schools often called colleges which are various combinations of primary and high school eg 6-12, 7-12 etc. Also I believe school ages are different here. eg. We are usually 12 when we are in yr 7. Oh! And legal ages: 16- learning to drive but only learning, sex 17-you can drive on P plates 18- smoking, drinking, gambling, clubbing, voting, going to jail, the whole shebang! Hehe
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:24 pm
That's pretty cool. o:
Though it's really different from where me & Sophia live.
Oh & btws, what is TAFE & LOTE? o.o;;
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:54 pm
OfCourseImAwesome That's pretty cool. o:
Though it's really different from where me & Sophia live.
Oh & btws, what is TAFE & LOTE? o.o;;
TAFE stands for "Technical and Further Education" - kind of like university, just not as costly (or so, that's why some people I know opted for TAFE rather than uni) and not nearly as... recognised, I guess. I think they give out the equivalent of an associate's degree. And LOTE is just "Language Other Than English".
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:57 pm
yeshyesh OfCourseImAwesome That's pretty cool. o:
Though it's really different from where me & Sophia live.
Oh & btws, what is TAFE & LOTE? o.o;;
TAFE stands for "Technical and Further Education" - kind of like university, just not as costly (or so, that's why some people I know opted for TAFE rather than uni) and not nearly as... recognised, I guess. I think they give out the equivalent of an associate's degree. And LOTE is just "Language Other Than English". Wow! You know stuff! I'm not surprised at you knowing stuff just... I really don't hahaha!
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:20 pm
undacuva_druid yeshyesh OfCourseImAwesome That's pretty cool. o:
Though it's really different from where me & Sophia live.
Oh & btws, what is TAFE & LOTE? o.o;;
TAFE stands for "Technical and Further Education" - kind of like university, just not as costly (or so, that's why some people I know opted for TAFE rather than uni) and not nearly as... recognised, I guess. I think they give out the equivalent of an associate's degree. And LOTE is just "Language Other Than English". Wow! You know stuff! I'm not surprised at you knowing stuff just... I really don't hahaha! Oh I seee now.
Anyways, gotta find some Japanese to put up.
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:30 pm
Some random words I know;
Mizu = water.
Ringo = apple.
Kirei = pretty, beautiful.
Asuma = devil.
Oishii = delicious.
Sugoi = amazing.
Yasha = demon.
Kage = shadow.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:13 am
undacuva_druid ...Oh! And legal ages: 16- learning to drive but only learning, sex 17-you can drive on P plates 18- smoking, drinking, gambling, clubbing, voting, going to jail, the whole shebang! Hehe Oh god! *facepalm* I can't believe I used that phrase!!! gonk
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:11 pm
undacuva_druid undacuva_druid ...Oh! And legal ages: 16- learning to drive but only learning, sex 17-you can drive on P plates 18- smoking, drinking, gambling, clubbing, voting, going to jail, the whole shebang! Hehe Oh god! *facepalm* I can't believe I used that phrase!!! gonk What phrase..?
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:40 am
Don't make me repeat it!!! The S-B one...
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