japanese questions

Annie · (#1 (**permalink**))

Dear friends:
I met some japanese language questions could you do me a favor?
1what is the difference between ここ　and ぁそこ?
2please tell me the meaning of this sentence:
ぁそこに　ぉとこの　ひとか　ぃます

Many thanks for your help advance.
Annie

masaegu · (#2 (**permalink**))

Ni hao!

ここ = here (close to the speaker)

あそこ = there (not very close to the speaker)

あそこに男の人がいます　＝　There is a man over there.

Annie · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by masaegu

Ni hao!

ここ = here (close to the speaker)

あそこ = there (not very close to the speaker)

あそこに男の人がいます　＝　There is a man over there.

Many thanks for your help.I still like to know that why they say a man in ぉとこのひと but not ぉとこ?

masaegu · (#4 (**permalink**))

That is a good question. If you say just おとこ, it sounds very rude to the Japanese ear. It would sound like you are talking about a crime suspect. The same thing with the word おんな. We just don't use those two words by themselves very often.

おとこのひと = man

おとこのこ = boy

おんなのひと = woman

おんなのこ = girl

Katchan6 · (#5 (**permalink**))

or it could just be casual, not nessarily rude

Shadowulf · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Annie

I still like to know that why they say a man in ぉとこのひと but not ぉとこ?

In japan if you say to your colleague "男があなたをよんでるの" (literally in english- "theres a man/boy calling you"
To them, they would understand it as "Your man/boy is here", implying that its your boyfriend or husband or whatever
same case with using おんな

So they say "男の人" for male, and "女の人" for female when refering to the respective gender. Similarly 男の子 and 女の子 for male/female child.

Sorry the explaination is a bit vague, but i hope you understand it

If you dont understand it, just pm me or something and ill try to explain it more clearly

Annie · (#7 (**permalink**))

Many thanks for all of your help.Thank you very much.I have got the difference between those words.どぅま　ぁりがとぅござぃます

Shadowulf · (#8 (**permalink**))

どういたしまして☆ anytime