Doyoubiteyourthumbatmesir wrote:
This is where I get confused. I've had someone tell me that the ~てくれ ending of what Marth is saying is very polite, but I've also read heard that the taunt is mocking. There's also the fact that he uses an impolite or informal form of "everyone." Japanese has so many polite and impolite ways of saying everything! Sarahrose, you wouldn't happen to be Japanese would you? If you are could you please explain to me who made this language so complicated? Was it someone who enjoys tormenting gaijin students? >_<
But the DESUDESUDESUDESU still stays. If Marth is the type of prince who talks to foreigners he's never met without at least a proper です, then it's no wonder his booty keeps getting betrayed. I'd like to think he's smart enough to understand that being rude to foreign warriors (who may of may not get the gist of what you're saying) is a good way to start a war. And that's just what he needs...another war...
Yes, he does use a rude way of saying 'everyone', it's rude because he doesn't know them personally. 「みんな」is the ruder version of 「みんなさん」. Notice how the more polite version ends in "san".
And there's a lack of です。Which makes it kinda rude as he doesn't really know everyone.
And that's all it is to it! I'm not sure about verb endings as the only real verbs I know are 食べます、飲みます and できます. Yeahhhhhh I'm mainly self taught (learning Japanese at school sucks they don't teach you much) so I'm probably wrong about everything.
Polite and impolite terms are actually easy to learn. Basically, you get the basic words like ごめん and ありがとう and they're the least polite. You then just add the extra stuff to make them more polite, like ありがとう ございます is more polite and ありがとう ございました is even more polite.
...But I'm pretty sure you already know that. And I think Japanese is easier to learn than say
English.
And no, I'm 100% Aussie. I'm just a weaboo.