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SPEECH STYLES 3: BABY TALK

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Aiko_589

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:43 am


japanese has many speech styles, and though you may never use some yourself, it is very important to understand. (afterall, if a child is in pain and says 兄たん、痛いでちゅよ、さみちがりやでごじゃる! And your like "なぁ~に「さみちがりやでごじゃる」よ! your in trouble)

so lets learn! (oh yeah, this is also useful because people will from time to time feel the need to imitate babies,just like people who use ♥  instead of the word love [♥ :people who have trouble distinguishing words from shapes use this to mean love] (joke)
PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:46 am


Lets start witht he basics ne?

ok babies dont use it much (except when their mothes think its time to start-erm, you may not know what i mean by that but its ok) but です Becomes 

でちゅ (dech) 
でちた 

Thats it to desu 

ござる Is used a lot by babies and it becomes:

ごじゃる 

さみちがりやでごじゃるよ 
i am a lonely and pitiful person.(this sentence is not as negative as you think, it is just unexpressable in english properly)

Aiko_589


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:03 pm


oh i forgot to add to the above:

でしょ(う)⇒ でちょ(う) 
PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:05 pm


Sound change:

A hint to figuring out kids japnese is knowing sound change (like in english kids say r= w, its like that)

び= み 

し= ち 

さ= しゃ 

せ= しぇ 

そ= しょ 

ざ= じゃ 

Aiko_589

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