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Originally Posted by SHAD0W
lol i know i gotcha.
So its as expected.. thats good. I've never heard anyone ask not to speak politely, what does that go like?
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It may actually depend on the family you will stay with. Not all Japanese speak the same way. In some families, the parents expect their kids to speak to them very formally. But in many others, you can talk to your parents as if they were your friends. So start with the formal kind of speech that I'm sure you're learning right now. If the mom and dad don't ask you to speak more informally, you won't. If they do, you will.
This happens to not only foreign guests. It happens to us, too. When I meet someone as old as or older than myself for the first time, I tend to speak fairly formally. They often ask me to speak less formally as we get to know one another.
So, unless you stay with an exceptionally 'formal' family, it wll be a great opportunity for you to learn informal/colloquial Japanese.