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Sobekhotep · **Posted:** Mon 07 Sep 2009 2:50 am

rickardspaghetti wrote:

When do you use ちゃん and さま?

<ちゃん> should be used mostly with young children and also when a man is talking to a young woman whom he knows well.
Milantex touched up on <様> a bit. I should point out that Japan does not have a president.

Their head of government is the Prime Minister. The head of state is the Emperor.
I don't think you'd use <様> with the Prime Minister but you definitely would with the Emperor. Although not with his name, you have to say <天皇様>.
Generally, <様> isn't used much in modern Japanese with people's names, only with certain titles.

ILuvEire · **Posted:** Mon 07 Sep 2009 4:43 am

Sobekhotep wrote:

rickardspaghetti wrote:

When do you use ちゃん and さま?

<ちゃん> should be used mostly with young children and also when a man is talking to a young woman whom he knows well.
Milantex touched up on <様> a bit. I should point out that Japan does not have a president.

Their head of government is the Prime Minister. The head of state is the Emperor.
I don't think you'd use <様> with the Prime Minister but you definitely would with the Emperor. Although not with his name, you have to say <天皇様>.
Generally, <様> isn't used much in modern Japanese with people's names, only with certain titles.

The only place I've ever heard 様 used frequently is with 客様 "customer-sama."

rickardspaghetti · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 2:28 pm Posts:204 Location: Sweden

In Minami-ke you can frequently hear Chiaki refer to her sister as Haruka nee-sama. And then there is also "Kore ga watashi no goshujin-sama". Great fun! :lol:

Milantex · Joined:Fri 14 Aug 2009 4:24 pm Posts:29 Location: Serbia

rickardspaghetti wrote:

"Kore ga watashi no goshujin-sama"

goshujin-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ^_^

rickardspaghetti · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 2:28 pm Posts:204 Location: Sweden

Moe Moe Kyun!

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

Getting a little creepy now.

Milantex · Joined:Fri 14 Aug 2009 4:24 pm Posts:29 Location: Serbia

Talib wrote:

Getting a little creepy now.

Indeed. The topic had gone way off.

ILuvEire · **Posted:** Mon 07 Sep 2009 6:14 pm

Why are there pictures of anime girls in french maid uniforms? :shock:

I'm confused, I'm going to back out of this thread slowly...

rickardspaghetti · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 2:28 pm Posts:204 Location: Sweden

ILuvEire wrote:

Why are there pictures of anime girls in french maid uniforms? :shock:

I'm confused, I'm going to back out of this thread slowly...

...and straight to doujinland.com.

ILuvEire · **Posted:** Mon 07 Sep 2009 6:24 pm

rickardspaghetti wrote:

ILuvEire wrote:

Why are there pictures of anime girls in french maid uniforms? :shock:

I'm confused, I'm going to back out of this thread slowly...

...and straight to doujinland.com.

Wow, no thank you. :shock:

I'm going to gouge my eyes out now, brb.