One Question: Baka in plural form?

[calv930]

I was wondering...if there is a plural form for ばか（BAKA)?
I know you can call more than 1 person an idiot by saying あんたたちはばか（anta tachi ha baka).

I' just wondering if ばか has a plural form out of curiosity and if there is please reply with the plural form! Thank you!

--Sorry if this offends anyone....in anyway--

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by calv930

I was wondering...if there is a plural form for ばか（BAKA)?
I know you can call more than 1 person an idiot by saying あんたたちはばか（anta tachi ha baka).

I' just wondering if ばか has a plural form out of curiosity and if there is please reply with the plural form! Thank you!

--Sorry if this offends anyone....in anyway--

There aren't really many plurals in Japanese. There aren't strictly plurals at all, but there are similar things. You've referred to one. Some words permit doubling as well, like ひとびと for people (ひと also works). I'd just stick with ばか.

[calv930]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

There aren't really many plurals in Japanese. There aren't strictly plurals at all, but there are similar things. You've referred to one. Some words permit doubling as well, like ひとびと for people (ひと also works). I'd just stick with ばか.

So, ばか has no plural form?

[jesselt]

As Kyle said,

"There aren't really many plurals in Japanese. There aren't strictly plurals at all..."

[andylaurel]

Lol.
お前らバカだもん
???
You don't pluralize the adjective (noun??)
you pluralize the subject... but you don't have to (from my limited understanding). I have hear お前ら from time to time though.

[clintjm]

Originally Posted by andylaurel

Lol.
お前らバカだもん
???
You don't pluralize the adjective (noun??)
you pluralize the subject... but you don't have to (from my limited understanding). I have hear お前ら from time to time though.

The pronoun... as you said, is pluralized. Since pronouns aren't usually needed, no you don't have to pluralize the subject.
ども also added to the target group can be rude in a emphasized way. I.e. super formalizing the target group.

[sushidushi]

I saw something in a text book a while ago that used 'こどみ' to mean 'children' in an example sentence.　I would have expected 'こども'. Would that have simply been a spelling mistake, or am I missing something obvious (or, indeed, not so obvious)?

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by sushidushi

I saw something in a text book a while ago that used 'こどみ' to mean 'children' in an example sentence.　I would have expected 'こども'. Would that have simply been a spelling mistake, or am I missing something obvious (or, indeed, not so obvious)?

I`m going to guess it was just a typo. こどみ is not a word...

[sushidushi]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

I`m going to guess it was just a typo. こどみ is not a word...

Thank you. This ilustrates one of the many limitations of text books - but that's all I have (constant) access to. It's good to show myself that i was paying enough atention to spot the error, anyway...

[BenBullock]

Originally Posted by calv930

I' just wondering if ばか has a plural form out of curiosity and if there is please reply with the plural form!

There are several possible plurals, for example bakadomo, bakatachi or bakara.