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Are these bad words to use in a class? 2008/12/7 08:33
are these words classroom friendly. i will be acting out a skit containing these words/phrases~if they are too bad will you please give me the nicer version
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*Usotsuke! (liar)
*Oshaberi! おしゃべり(Loud mouth)
*Damare-yo! (Quiet Stupid.)
*Nobita-kun wa baka da yo. のび太君は馬鹿だよ(Nobita is stupid)

*Yamete! Bakana mane wa shinaide ne. ehhh!! kenkayamero!馬鹿な真似はしないでね。喧嘩やめろ! (Stop! Don’t do anything stupid. Stop fighting)

*Damatte-yo!

*Kenka uten noka? (you want to fight?)
by LanguageStudent  

... 2008/12/7 12:47
LanguageStudent,

If you are asking if you, as a student, can use those phrases in your class, I'd say, no, at least some of them. They are quite rough words.

But if you are going to act out a skit, and the skit contains these phrases - apparently those come up in a quarrelling/fighting scene - there is no harm, and on the contrary, there is no way to "tame" quarrelling words.

I just want to make sure that you are aware that some are apparently boys' wording, and one is girls' speech.

Um... on another thought, if you want to have a less colloquial version (more "textbook" style) so that more students will understand it, I can do that for you too. What I mean by that is, for example, saying "Kenka wo utte iru no ka? "instead of "Kenka utten no ka?"
by AK rate this post as useful

level of rudeness 2008/12/7 13:09
Is the same person saying these phrases? You have some pretty big changes in register there, for example "Baka na mane o shinai de" is relatively mild, so if the same person then said "Kenka yamero!" (quite harsh) it would be odd.

"Oshaberi" is also a very mild phrase, whereas "Kenka uttenno ka?" is pretty rude, and you wouldn't be likely to hear those two phrases in the same argument between Japanese people.
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... 2008/12/7 13:12
Sira,
Seeing the name Nobita-kun, I automatically assumed this was taken from the cartoon Doraemon, and I associated the rough ones with Jaian, the mild one that says "Nobita-KUN" with Dekisugi, the feminine one with Shizuka-chan, etc. I think those are said by different characters - I hope I'm not wrong :)
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thanks 2008/12/7 13:29
wow thanks for the replies everyone. and yeah i am doing a skit with doraemon characters so yup these are some lines with doraemon and suneo having a fight and shizuka trying to break them up.
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