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- "Mom, I'm off."
"Mom, I'm off."
Translation:お母さん、行ってきます。
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This really should accept 「行ってきます、お母さん」 in addition to 「お母さん、行ってきます」. There are many other items that don't require a specific word order.
Notice that there's a difference between making a reference to your own mother and talking directly to her.
I think both would be possible. If your are very polite/distant or just live in a country where children have to respect their parents a lot (like int the old days) you would say "okaasan". If it's a more relaxed atmosphere in your family you would use haha.
It seems to be common for very young kids to use honorifics when referring to their parents.
Might be something like a kindergartner taking the school bus, I think.
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That would be for when they are talking about their parents to others.
When you talk to your parents (whether in kindergarten or older) you should use honorifics, when talking about your parents to others you shouldn't (as it sounds like you are bigging up your parents, and thus yourself), kindergarteners however are being taught to use honorifics for their parents and so do so when talking to others as well.
Its taken me days and numerous attempts to pass one level... Why all of a sudden is DL marking answers wrong just because you failed to put in a comma... I have never had to put in commas before... we need consistency
I wrote: "お母さん, 行ってきます" and got it wrong. The correct solution was: "お母さん、行ってきます。"
This is literally copy-pasted. So what's wrong with my answer, because I don't see a difference. Oh I just realized while typing this, that the comma in my answer is not a Japanese comma.
母さん、行ってきます should be accepted, I've heard people address their older siblings and parents without the honorific お.
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The pronunciation sounds different here. "Mother" seems to be pronounced "kaha" here instead of "haha". Is this correct or a glitch?
It is correct.. Because there is a differnce in pronunciation when a kanji makes a word on its own, or when it is combined with other kanji, hiragana or katakana to make one word .. So the kanji 'haha' alone is pronunced haha while when it is combined with O and SAN it is pronounced OkahaSAN
I hope this makes sense to you : )
What??!! Didn't you two learn about kun-yomi and on-yomi?? It was like in the first lessons
The て form (of 行く) followed by another verb is a chronological ordering of those actions: "I (will) go and then come"
No, it's a normal expression. It means you'll go and return, rather than just "go”
It's an expression used daily in Japanese homes. A bit like calling "Honey, I'm home!" (Which is "ただいま", btw :) )
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I am glad that I am not the only struggling one. When could I use that on the street?
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i wrote 「おかあさん行ってきます」 and it was marked wrong, but i'm not sure why. i thought in written japanese, commas were optional and spaces aren't used?
Is there some memoric device for all these coming and going statements? I'm having trouble keeping them in order. Here in the states we just say, "sup" when arriving and, "don't forget your gun" when someone is leaving. Don't even ask what we say when we're the ones leaving.
