What Should I Call "You"? Part 3: Using Family Roles/Social Roles
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
English - March 12, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 470 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: What Should I Call "You"? Part 2: Using Names
Next Episode: What Should I Call "You"? Part 4: Other Tricks
This is the third episode of our What Should I Call "You"? series.
In Japanese, pronouns for "others" (which includes everything besides "I" — "you" "they" / "she" / "he" ) are not generally used in conversation. In this series, the Tofugu crew discusses different ways to refer to others without using pronouns.
In this episode, Kanae, Cameron and Mami talk about using family roles (such as "dad," "auntie") and social roles (such as "sensei," "president") in place of pronouns.
After listening to this episode, check out our article for a more in-depth explanation of the topic: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/what-should-i-call-you/