Me, You, Him/Her and Jobs
1. Jobs
We use the same pattern we use to introduce ourselves: Watashi wa … desu.
- Gakusei (Student)
- Sensei/Kyoshi (Teacher)
- Kaishain (Employee, you hear a lot of this word because it covers too much.)
- İsha (Doctor)
- Kangofu (Nurse)
- Enjinia (Engineer)
- Bengoshi (Lawyer)
- Kutsuya (Shoemaker, it is enough to bring the “ya” attachment to the end of the word.)
- Meganeya (Optician)
- Yaoya (Greengrocer)
2. Personal pronouns
- Watashi -> Me
- Anata -> You
- Kare -> Him
- Kanojo -> Her
- Watashitachi -> We
- Anatatachi -> They
- Karera -> They (men)
- Kanojotachi -> They (girls)
End of name attachments:
…san -> for older people …chan -> for little girl …kun -> for little boy But the use of spoken language in japan may not be exactly this way, irrespective of age. For Example:
…san -> friendly female friends talking …kun -> friendly male friends talking