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HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS<br />
■ Pronouns<br />
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Personal Pronouns<br />
watashi I<br />
bok I (m, fam)<br />
watakshi I (pol)<br />
anata you (sing)<br />
kimi you (sing, fam, to a subordinate)<br />
kare he<br />
kanojo she<br />
watashitachi we<br />
anatatachi you (pl)<br />
kimitachi you (pl, fam, to subordinates)<br />
karera they (m)<br />
kanojotachi they (f)<br />
sorera they (inanimate objects)<br />
watashi wa Igiris-jin des<br />
[‘I’ + sub. part. + ‘English am’]<br />
I’m English<br />
The subject of the sentence above is followed by the subject<br />
particle wa (see page 270).<br />
Care should also be taken not to address Japanese using<br />
anata, the direct translation of ‘you’.The best way to say, for<br />
example, ‘where are you going?’ in Japanese, is to use the<br />
person’s name plus -san, instead of the word for ‘you’.<br />
Another acceptable way to say this is to omit both ‘you’ and<br />
the name in Japanese.<br />
Eigo o hanasemas ka?<br />
[‘English’ + ob. part. + ‘speak can’ + question part.]<br />
do you speak English?<br />
Nakada-san wa Frans-go o hanasemas ka?<br />
[‘surname Mr’ + sub. part. + ‘French’ + ob. part. + ‘speak’ + question part.]<br />
Mr Nakada, do you speak French?