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I don't know any Korean, but the difference in Japanese is that you (generally) don't address people with kōhai. The younger one usually says '<name>-senpai' or
by Kretiini 10y ago
I don't know any Korean, but the difference in Japanese is that you (generally) don't address people with kōhai. The younger one usually says '<name>-senpai' or 'senpai', the elder just '<name>'.
They're really not that different.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> The younger one usually says '<name>-senpai' or 'senpai', the elder just '<name>'. Really? I thought use of a bare name was only for intimate relationships.
- jrockway 10y ago<name> here is the family name, which in a language without idiomatic spoken pronouns, is how you talk about people.
- bitwize 10y agoIt could also be <name>-san, <name>-kun, or <name>-chan.
- ekianjo 10y ago> Really? I thought use of a bare name was only for intimate relationships. Not only. Even at work you can refer to your colleagues without the honorific -san in some specific contexts.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoIncluding vocative address?