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Traditionally, they were "o-toh" for dad and "o-kah" for mom. You might add "-chan" or "-san" or remove the "o-" prefix, depending on your taste. Personally, a
by euske 11y ago
Traditionally, they were "o-toh" for dad and "o-kah" for mom. You might add "-chan" or "-san" or remove the "o-" prefix, depending on your taste.
Personally, a phrase like "every language" immediately flags a BS sign to me.
- ss248 11y agoKids use okasan/otosan only when they are talking about third party mom/dad. They use haha (which make even more sense, according to article) or chichi when speaking about their own mom and dad.
- princeb 11y agohaha and chichi are more formal.
- Steko 11y agoIt really depends what you mean by 'traditionally'. My reading of [1] is that the 'ka' reading is one of many although it's become more prevelant in modern usage. [2] says that 'papa' was most common in Old Japanese. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AF%8D#Japanese https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AF%8D#Japanese [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_and_papa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_and_papa