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"男ですよ。"
Translation:I am a man, you know.
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Thanks God the Japanese course doesn't ask me to say things like "I'm a beautiful butterfly" and such things like the other Duolingo's courses do.
Or that "I have not washed my clothes for a year", which, to be fair, would be too long.
That's my go-to example when I tell people that I'm learning Japanese.
(Side note: The anime "Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!" has a character named Ringo Oohoshi (Ringo being her given name). She'd use that sentence from time to time xD )
Holy cowz that is the Kanji for きれい？ Is there a reason to write it in kanji instead of in hiragana?
Usually writing a word that is typically written in kana alone in kanji is for putting emphasis.
It can also be used to look more archaic.
我我波侍デ御座在ル。
いいえ、あなたはおとこのむすめだ。 I didn't know how to write it in hiragana either. But this is one of the few times where Google Translate comes in handy. It shows how it's written in romaji.
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I think in this case it's read as 'ko' so it's otokonoko, however with the kanji for 'daughter' it's used for 'traps' if you know you know
I don't understand yet why they translate よ as "you know" it's more like of course
Or just "I'm a man, yo." works too. It's a bit informal, but still English.
I used "I am a boy" on 男です and was marked wrong with the right answer being "I am a guy". Now here, I used "I am a guy, you know" and was marked wrong with the right answer being "I am a man, you know".
I understand that "男の子" and "男の人" mean "Boy" and "Man" respectively, is there a consensus on what word should be used with just the "男" character/word?
There's no indication of subjective in this sentence. it can be 'he' , 'I' or 'It' even.
Objectively speaking, it could indeed be "he," "she," or "it." Nothing subjective about that statement!
Well.. It could either be "he" or "I". If someone assumes that someone is female, then you could reply with " 'she' is a man", where you put emphasis on the 'she' part. Though, if that was the intention, then the sentence would've started with 彼女は. The same would apply to 'it'.
But other than that you're right that there's no indication of subjective in this sentence :)
My "she" has to be a sort of typo, a mental glitch. (I get more and more of those these days.) I intended to quote Youngjin658865.
The last time I practiced this skill I thought "男" was man and then kept getting questions wrong because it was actually "男の人”, but now I'm getting questions wrong because it actually is just "男" I'm so confused :/
I said "I am male, you know" and it counted as incorrect. What did I do wrong
I made the same mistake. I guess if they wanted "male" as an answer, they would have put 男性 (dansei) instead of 男(otoko).
Could this also be translated: "I am a boy, you know." if spoken by a child who'd just been mistaken for a girl?
In other words, can 男 be short for 男の子 as well as 男の人?
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Am I the only one who hears this in a female voice? Is this another genderbend character?
I think that speaks more to what you want to think rather than what's actually there... I sense you might have some good manga recommendations.
