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Setsuna February 4th, 2021 3:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10274349)
the teacher was actually pretty good! Filipino guy but super fluent in Japanese, or should i say Nihonggo. has a Japanese wife too and she was a cutie! it was legit a fun class & i learned quite a bit under him, but for some reason the only thing that really stuck with me was otsukaresama-desuka, and i can't even remember what that means anymore lmao.

That's super cool to hear actually, I think a lot of the time a teacher can make or break a class and having bad teachers caused me to drop a couple classes in high school. You're close, you're thinking of otsukaresama deshita, which basically means "good work". It's used typically at the end of work days or things like that and is a super common phrase. A fun fact is that meaning is really different to the literal translation, which is basically "you are tired". You can kinda read between the lines and find how that was started to be a more polite phrase. Depending on how polite you're being to the person you're talking to, it can be shortened by quite a bit, usually to something like otsukaresama but I've heard it go as short as otsu online.

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Not a Setsuna gif but one of my favourites and it's perfect for a situation like this...

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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchup (Post 10274290)
What has never made sense to me is these peeps that wake up from comas with a different accent or speaking another language. How is that even possible? It makes zero sense, I can't get my brain around it. How can you gain something you haven't learned?

Anyway, quoting you too 😁

That kind of stuff is really strange to me, the closest I've heard to things like that is someone having amnesia and their taste in foods changing. But to be honest, I kinda always thought those were either stretched or just fictional.

Thanks for the quote Ash! Here's one for you too. <3

Roni February 4th, 2021 6:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchup (Post 10274835)
That's the thing, I understand losing something, but how on earth can you gain knowledge you haven't learned? The only thing I can think of is that those people were exposed to that language or skill, maybe watching others or tv etc, and even though they didn't learn it, their subconscious must have taken it in. Otherwise, as a girl of science, I can only conclude ... witches :)

looks like it's time to burn some folks at the stake!
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Originally Posted by Aisaka (Post 10274899)
That's super cool to hear actually, I think a lot of the time a teacher can make or break a class and having bad teachers caused me to drop a couple classes in high school. You're close, you're thinking of otsukaresama deshita, which basically means "good work". It's used typically at the end of work days or things like that and is a super common phrase. A fun fact is that meaning is really different to the literal translation, which is basically "you are tired". You can kinda read between the lines and find how that was started to be a more polite phrase. Depending on how polite you're being to the person you're talking to, it can be shortened by quite a bit, usually to something like otsukaresama but I've heard it go as short as otsu online.

aahh dangit that's actually how i spelled it initially. i was just having my doubts if it was the correct way to spell since PC censored the shit part lol. really cool origins to learn about tho!

Ecliptic February 4th, 2021 10:10 PM

Good afternoon!

Roni February 4th, 2021 11:15 PM

good afternoon as well! i'm off in a bit but just making my marks on threads for the meantime hehe

Ecliptic February 4th, 2021 11:21 PM

Oh cool lol

Roni February 5th, 2021 12:29 AM

and i'm back an hour later to win on this thread too! i know this ain't the "Last Post to Win" thread but it's hunger games over there, so i'm claiming this one instead :p

Ecliptic February 5th, 2021 2:14 AM

XD but no. I steal the win here too :)

Roni February 5th, 2021 2:20 AM

we'll see about that

WizardOfOdd February 5th, 2021 3:14 AM

Ngl, I accidentally pressed on this thread. Oh well...

Roni February 5th, 2021 3:25 AM

ngl, i purposely pressed on this thread when i saw someone other than me had replied.

also what's up Wizard

Ecliptic February 5th, 2021 3:27 AM

Same for me heh

Roni February 5th, 2021 3:51 AM

doing some late evening design work right now for my freelance gig. i could actually focus because the forum's a ghost town for the meantime lol. how are y'all doing?

Ecliptic February 5th, 2021 4:00 AM

I'm good. First exam went extremely well so pretty happy too hehe

Roni February 5th, 2021 4:02 AM

awesome to hear! how many more to go before you're done?

WizardOfOdd February 5th, 2021 4:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10275126)
doing some late evening design work right now for my freelance gig. i could actually focus because the forum's a ghost town for the meantime lol. how are y'all doing?

Feeling good, my shoulder feel sore. But that's just it, I guess.

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Originally Posted by PokeGuy1238 (Post 10275142)
I'm good. First exam went extremely well so pretty happy too hehe

Oh, great to hear that!

Roni February 5th, 2021 4:07 AM

what happened to your shoulder Wizard?

WizardOfOdd February 5th, 2021 4:09 AM

It's just tired I guess, learning photoshop using pen tab and writing for my RP does that I think. Just need a bit of rest and I'm pretty sure it'll be okay.

Roni February 5th, 2021 4:11 AM

oh dang you have a drawing tab? neato! i've been putting a bit of money aside bcs i've been thinking of buying one soon. sorta wanna get back to drawing heh.

WizardOfOdd February 5th, 2021 4:14 AM

Yeah I have one, it's cheap but reliable and really for a beginner like me? It's more than enough. Hopefully, you'll be able to save enough money to buy one soon ^^

Ecliptic February 5th, 2021 4:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10275147)
awesome to hear! how many more to go before you're done?

Not much. 9 more hehe.

Roni February 5th, 2021 4:21 AM

i'm sure i'll be able to get one in a month or so if i want to! what brand and model is that that you have atm?

WizardOfOdd February 5th, 2021 5:09 AM

I believe it's a Wacom. Although I don't really remember the model. It's definitely on the lower end of the spectrum, that one I'm sure

Roni February 5th, 2021 6:46 AM

oh those are the high end brands for us lol. i'll look at prices of the lower end models, but i think i've also heard of huion. some say that's an even more budget option. not too sure yet.

Setsuna February 5th, 2021 2:05 PM

Another thread I neglect to check until my morning FT check... More to backlog!
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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10274931)
aahh dangit that's actually how i spelled it initially. i was just having my doubts if it was the correct way to spell since PC censored the shit part lol. really cool origins to learn about tho!

I completely forgot about the fact it'd censor that, haha. That wasn't a bad call though, since "desuka" is still used very often in Japanese (it's a polite way of asking a question) so... yeah, safe bet. I imagine otsukaresama desuka would translate to a very polite way of asking "are you tired", but don't quote me on that. I'm really not practiced enough to know for certain.

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Originally Posted by PokeGuy1238 (Post 10275142)
I'm good. First exam went extremely well so pretty happy too hehe

Good work on your exam, that's great to hear.~

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Originally Posted by PokeGuy1238 (Post 10275175)
Not much. 9 more hehe.

9 definitely seems like more than not much... Hang in there, hopefully they go well for you.~

Roni February 5th, 2021 7:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Aisaka (Post 10275578)
Another thread I neglect to check until my morning FT check... More to backlog!

workin my way through all these Forum Games threads as we speak heh. love the amount of activity they're getting so far.
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Originally Posted by Aisaka (Post 10275578)
I completely forgot about the fact it'd censor that, haha. That wasn't a bad call though, since "desuka" is still used very often in Japanese (it's a polite way of asking a question) so... yeah, safe bet. I imagine otsukaresama desuka would translate to a very polite way of asking "are you tired", but don't quote me on that. I'm really not practiced enough to know for certain.

heh reminds me of how Cofagrigus always gets censored :p but like that's cool to know! i'm remembering fragments of my Japanese 101 learnings a little bit now hehe.


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