079 Facets [Video:english & text]

[wearsatorc]

[The video turns on to show the woods it actually looks pretty quiet, looks like this part of the woods doesn't have any monsters at the moment....]

BIZZT!

Heh...Missed me again.

[The screen goes dark as the communicator is picked up and after a few moments Knuckles face can be seen.]

I heard quite a while ago that someone was running Japanese classes somewhere, anyone know if they're still going?

[Text]

Kobato you settled in okay?

You too Iris, Jake, you okay?

Comments

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

I think they're still going on. And I can always help, as well as Leo and Raph. You'll probably need people to practice conversation with.

... Also stop taunting your communicator. It's going to get you one of these days.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

Do you know who's teaching them? And thanks, you're probably right.

If it shocks me it will be because it was programmed too, not because I taunted it.

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

Nope, but I can ask.

Heh, what, I can't joke?

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

Sorry, it's just that everyone speaks about these things like they're alive...one girl is even calling hers Communicator-san. [ Sigh]

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

... Okay, that's pushing it a bit far, even for me.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, San means friend doesn't it? I can think of a few things to call these communicators, 'friend' isn't one of them.

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

-san is a term of respect, actually. Which is why Leonardo uses it with me. Or for female friends you're not too close to.

-kun is used for male friends, or, in rare cases, female friends you want to imply are the same as men. Be careful with that one!

-chan is used for children and good female friends. Amy would be a "-chan".

I've also heard -sama used around here--that's a hell of a lot more respect than -san, mostly used for people much higher in status. Or for the leader of a village. Never really liked being called it myself, though.

[Oops. Explanation barf!]

But because not everyone is Japanese here, I've a tendency not to use honorifics. It makes people more familiar. There are some I use honorifics for--Naja-san and Giovanni-san, for example--but I prefer to seem closer to my friends. Honorifics can be seen as a form of separation, in a way. My son never really used them, either.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

...

But women are the same as men.

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhh boy. Don't say that around a woman, or you'll get slapped.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

[*blink blink*...*sigh*]

Okay why would be slapped?

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

Women generally get annoyed at us men. For having a lack of manners, for being... guys. And women like it when you give them a bit more respect.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

...Does this count for women fighters as well? [Since apart from Tikal they're the only females he knows.]

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

See, that's an exception. Some prefer to be considered "one of the guys" and might want -kun to be used after their names. But for those that are primarily considering themselves to be women, I'd use -san. And leave -chan to women you're particularly close to.

[wears-a-torc.livejournal.com]

These honorifics make things far more complicated than they need to be.

[foxtamer.livejournal.com]

[Minato snickers a lot.]

Pretty much, yeah. You shouldn't worry about using them yourself most of the time... just knowing what they mean is enough.