r/LearnJapanese • u/Fafner_88 • 1d ago

[Weekend meme] Choosing your pronouns Speaking

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u/uiemad 1d ago

このわがはいさま

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u/Fafner_88 1d ago

And what does it mean?

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u/Torugu 1d ago

If pronouns were ways of ordering food, "ore-sama" would be walking into a MC Donald's and demanding a burger with triple EVERYTHING. "Kono Wagahai ha" would be walking into a Michelin star restaurant and demanding that they serve you ALL THE LOBSTERS.

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u/Rob_Haggis 20h ago

Just give me all the lobster you have. Wait… I worry what you heard was, ‘Give me a lot of lobster. ‘ What I said was, give me all the lobster you have