Japanese Pronouns That You Need to Know
Every time we speak, we would always use pronouns in our sentences. Japanese of course also has pronouns but used slightly differently. In Japanese there are a lot of pronouns, mostly there are a lot of them because of the level of politeness. There are also some archaic or rarely used pronouns that add the number of pronouns in Japanese. In this post, we will talk about the pronouns that you need to know which you may encounter in real life. First-Person Pronouns The first kind of pronouns we will talk about is the first person pronoun. In this post we will discuss three of them which are used the most in daily life. Also, because Japanese is a pro-drop language, the first person pronouns can be omitted from a sentence. Watashi/私 The first one you need to know is the pronouns watashi. Watashi is one of the polite pronouns in Japanese. This pronoun is used when you are talking to a stranger, people older than you, and also your senior. This pronoun is also used as a ...