What Should I Call "You"? Part 4: Other Tricks

This is the fourth 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 back up options you can use when the other methods we've covered don't work, such as using すみません (sumimasen), そちら (sochira), お宅 (otaku), and more! After listening to this episode, check out our article for a more in-depth explanation of the topic:

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What Should I Call "You"? Part 4: Other Tricks is an episode from The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language by Tofugu.

This episode is 00:42:03 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2021.

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