• Lampenoel@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Japanese for example. Pronouns like he (kare 彼) or she (kanojo 彼女) aren’t used as frequently as in English or many other western languages. Usually it is familyname + status-suffix.

    For example: Smith-San(さん) -> Mr/Mrs Smith

    Tanaka-Sama(様) -> Very respectful form of adress

    Aoyama-Sensei(先生) -> Teacher/Doctor/Artist

    To any native/professional speaker: correct me if I’m wrong.