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#329 - N. Korean citizen (09/21/2012) [-]
watashi wa is "my name is"
#343 to #329 - CptSoapMacTavish (09/21/2012) [-]
Furthermore "Watashi" only applies to female speakers. The masculine version of "Watashi" is "Boku". So if you're a man you say "Boku wa derp desu."

Furthermore Watashi and Boku are used in formal talk, when talking with friends or close people the conversation shifts into the free-form and "Watashi" ---> "Atashi" and "Boku" ----> "Ore".

Enjoy your free lesson in japanese.
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#352 to #343 - ganondork (09/21/2012) [-]
Small clarification is necessary here: 'watashi' isn't exclusively feminine, yet it is usually perceived as being so.   
   
I didn't know about atashi and ore, so thanks for that!
Small clarification is necessary here: 'watashi' isn't exclusively feminine, yet it is usually perceived as being so.

I didn't know about atashi and ore, so thanks for that!
#332 to #329 - ganondork (09/21/2012) [-]
Watashi wa just means "I", the "wa" implies that "watashi" is the subject of the sentence.

So, "watashi wa ganondoruku desu" would mean "I am ganondork" (desu means 'is').
User avatar #340 to #332 - akinto (09/21/2012) [-]
Subject wouldn't be the right grammatical term, "wa" indicates topic, in this case however the topic and the subject of the sentence are the same.
#347 to #340 - ganondork (09/21/2012) [-]
Yes, you're right, I'm not a native English speaker so I obviously make mistakes. Thanks for the clarification!
User avatar #348 to #347 - akinto (09/21/2012) [-]
No problem, I don't even speak Japanese, at least not well, it just happens that I remember that from when I took Japanese in college XD
User avatar #336 to #332 - PiMaker (09/21/2012) [-]
>inb4 le desu
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