Saturday, July 21, 2012

Japanese Basics: About "namae"

About "namae"
There are three different ways to say "name" in Japanese, depending on who you're talking about and how polite you're being.

1. Most polite, humbles yourself in comparison to who you're talking about ("Use for" example: Someone of a high status):
お名前 / おなまえ / o-namae
("O" is an honorific that can be added to some words to make it more polite. Often translated to "honorable __," so, here it would be "honorable name" (sounds kind of extreme in English).)

2. Formal ("Use for" example: Someone in "your circle"):
名前 / なまえ / namae

3. Informal ("Use for" example: Yourself):
名 / な / na

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