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lol123 09-21-2008 03:07 AM
what does this say?
 
たかちやん

anyone know?

taintus 09-21-2008 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lol123 (Post 589801)
たかちやん

anyone know?
Looks like it's supposed to be ”たかちゃん”, with a small や. 　 Probably a shortening of someone's name. We call my friend Takahiro "Taka-chan".

lol123 09-21-2008 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by taintus (Post 589802)
Looks like it's supposed to be ”たかちゃん”, with a small や. 　 Probably a shortening of someone's name. We call my friend Takahiro "Taka-chan".
so is Taka-chan like a name or what?

lol123 09-21-2008 03:39 AM
bumpy bumpy....

MMM 09-21-2008 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by lol123 (Post 589805)
so is Taka-chan like a name or what?
Yes.

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Ronin4hire 09-21-2008 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by lol123 (Post 589805)
so is Taka-chan like a name or what?
A nickname.

It's like calling Nicholas or Nichola "Nicky" Samuel or Samantha "Sam" etc...

Ronin4hire 09-21-2008 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 589816)
Yes.

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By the way MMM... what is the rule for chan compared with kun?

SSJup81 09-21-2008 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire (Post 589819)
By the way MMM... what is the rule for chan compared with kun?
Whee, even I can answer this.

Chan and Kun are casual, but, chan is usually used for girls and kun for boys. You can use chan with boys and kun with girls, but generally, it's the way I mentioned. They're also used towards boys and girls who are younger than you, but as I said earlier, both of these honorifics are casual. For example, that "Taka-chan" is probably used by someone who is a friend of this "Taka-chan".

Ronin4hire 09-21-2008 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SSJup81 (Post 589825)
Whee, even I can answer this.

Chan and Kun are casual, but, chan is usually used for girls and kun for boys. You can use chan with boys and kun with girls, but generally, it's the way I mentioned. They're also used towards boys and girls who are younger than you, but as I said earlier, both of these honorifics are casual. For example, that "Taka-chan" is probably used by someone who is a friend of this "Taka-chan".
Aah.. thanks SSJup81 :)

I realised that they were both casual but was unsure as to how liberally you could use them.

Wasabista 09-21-2008 05:31 AM
Also, "kun" is used for subordinates at a company. In this case women can also be addressed or referred to as "kun."


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