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Post by Kanoa on Apr 6, 2005 23:24:39 GMT -5
 I started a new file on my imported game of More Friends of Mineral Town. I was at the Doc's black heart event thingy and then I decided to try and practice my translating skills.. When he said my name he would always add Kun at the end.... "Ari-Kun" he said.. I find that strange... Since, Kun is suffixe (sp? ) for boys, while Chan would be for Girls. Just decided to point that out.^_^; Sorry if thats some really pointless info ._.;; |
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Post by Butterscotch on Apr 7, 2005 8:24:35 GMT -5
While "kun" is used mainly for boys it can be used for girls too. Since Jill is sort of tomboyish it kind of works.
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Post by DetectiveOcelot on Apr 9, 2005 19:32:58 GMT -5
I've heard that -kun can be used as like... for a elationship, or good friends... like... If you read Fruit's Basket, Tohru will always call her friends: ______-kun. And TOhru is a girly-girl, and they call her Tohru-kun....
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Post by Kanoa on Apr 9, 2005 22:05:09 GMT -5
Thats both true..^^; But I don't think the Doc and Ari are good friends yet. Cause black heart would be considered strangers right?o.o; *Shudders*And I don't think I'm good friends with the Mayor.o.o; Even though he always says "Ari-Kun"  It scares the jeebers out of me. |
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Post by newkirby on Apr 15, 2005 9:58:28 GMT -5
Watch Shoujo Kakumei Utena, everyone in the series calls Utena (main heroine) , Utena-kun (except Anthy, because shes a slave and calls Utena, Utena-sama), which suits her because shes tomboyish. Also, chan is like a pet name, not neccessarily for girls (commonly used for girls though).
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Post by cliffgirl on May 1, 2005 9:26:47 GMT -5
the doctar is not a homefish  |
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Post by Katatyana on May 15, 2005 3:19:03 GMT -5
Chan is not nessesarily for girls, it is actually used for good friends and family. Kun is used for boy names, but perhaps it can also be used to address a patient of such? Close guess?  |
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Post by Nikku on May 15, 2005 13:02:23 GMT -5
"-Chan" can be used for both boys and girls (the reason why only girls normally use it, though, is 'cause most guys don't want to endanger their "masculinity" by showing affection to another buddy.) Also, "-kun" is used for people younger then yourself, so I don't think it's suprising that closed-off Doctor would use a formal "-kun" instead of a friendlier "-chan."
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Post by DetectiveOcelot on May 21, 2005 0:03:59 GMT -5
"-Chan" can be used for both boys and girls (the reason why only girls normally use it, though, is 'cause most guys don't want to endanger their "masculinity" by showing affection to another buddy.) Also, "-kun" is used for people younger then yourself, so I don't think it's suprising that closed-off Doctor would use a formal "-kun" instead of a friendlier "-chan." acctually, -Chan is mostly used for younger children or used as a pet-name among young girls. a couple would call eachother by -kun, as would guys that were friends. or, on some occasions, very close friends call eachother -kun... doctors probably want their patients to feel comfortable, and that's probably why he used -kun even though he did not know your character well... Same thing for the mayor... he doesn't want the residents of the town to hate him, so he's probably just being overly friendly! Edit: and, -San would be more formal... it's like Mr or Mrs... so yea, if doctor wanted to be formal (Which makes some patients feel uncomfortable) he would call her Ari-san... |
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Post by Dragon Heart on May 21, 2005 11:40:27 GMT -5
....huh?
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Post by Katatyana on May 21, 2005 16:28:17 GMT -5
-kun, he wants to be friendly and reassuring to his patient. Or did something else confuse you?
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Post by Dragon Heart on May 21, 2005 16:51:22 GMT -5
:oim sorta confused w/ the whole thing im not all that smart... |
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Post by kaitou on Jun 1, 2005 22:20:44 GMT -5
"-kun" is a suffix used among male friends, it is also used by people in high status to call inferiors in the work place.
eg. The Mayor calls you Ari-kun because Mayor is of higher class than Farmer(ess XP), the same with the doctor. Also I think it's used to call people younger than yourself because in Card Captor Sakura, Sakura's Dad calls Tomoyo's Mum "[Iforgothername]-kun" and she was taught by him in high school.
On an off topic note I am a FoMTfG fanboy XP. Jill is so cute.
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Post by Ane-Chan on Jun 1, 2005 22:38:26 GMT -5
also sorta off topic, but -chan is used for 'dearest' mainly on girls by their lovers. At least it was somthing like that... well, it is in the front of a tsubasa book.
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I started a new file on my imported game of More Friends of Mineral Town. I was at the Doc's black heart event thingy and then I decided to try and practice my translating skills.. When he said my name he would always add Kun at the end.... "Ari-Kun" he said..
It scares the jeebers out of me.
