Thread: Impact of "yo" particle on Mate and Matte (Wait!)
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06-12-2017, 03:39 PM
"MATTE" and "MATTE KUDASAI" are order or instruction. It is stressful for Japanese people. With "YO", the talker can leave from order/ordered relation and keep (kind of) friend relation. It could be the "emotional appeal as you wrote.

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