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chocochip_826

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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:22 pm

Konbawa(its night here)watashi wa chocochip_826 desu.watashi naraimasu nihongo.gomei "my japanese is really bad!" sweatdrop

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:47 pm

what doese watashi mean???

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chocochip_826

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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:02 pm

I'm pretty sure it means "me" or "I" but I'm not that fluent in japanese so don't count on it xp

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:23 am

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what doese watashi mean???

its Female I, males should say Boku

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IAMONAN

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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:53 am

"Watashi" is referring to ones self.
It could be used by male or female.
Males just have a alternate word, "boku", because the Japanese language is just so cool like that.

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:56 pm

Actually, 私゛わたし゛ can mean the english words "I" or "me" depending on its purpose in the sentence as indicated by the particle that follows it and it is often used by both men and women (However あたし is more common with women. ("I" in english is the personal pronoun and "me" is the inderect object pronoun)
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僕゛ぼく゛ is indeed used almost soley by males however it is only used when speaking to someone of higher authority than the speaker.
(僕゛ぼく゛ originally meant manservant)

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chocochip_826

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:34 am

o.o can't read japanese lol.

so "watashi" is used by both men and women.

"boku" is used only by males.

is that right? so since I'm a girl I'd go

watashi namae wa whatever my name is.
and if I were a guy it'd be

boku namae wa

interesting! lol

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:25 pm

To say ones name you would go...
私/僕の　名前は　〜　です。　(My name is ~)

Don't forget your particles! They are a pain in the butt, but sadly, you need them.

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Flower_in_the_Dustbin

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:29 pm

わたし(watashi) is more formal, it's the standard way of saying "I" in Japan...it's the one you're gonna use the most. If you wanna be more informal you can use　あたし(atashi) if you're a girl or　ぼく(boku) if you're a boy.
If you're speaking to someone more important than you, you do NOT use boku, since you should speak in a formal way.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:34 pm

chocochip_826

Konbawa(its night here)watashi wa chocochip_826 desu.watashi naraimasu nihongo.gomei "my japanese is really bad!" sweatdrop

If you wanna say that in correct japanese it's
こんばんは、私は(name)です。私は日本語を習っています。
konbanwa, watashi wa (name) desu. watashi wa nihongo o naratte imasu.
Good evening, I'm (name). I'm learning japanese.

^^

Last word is gomen?

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