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1. Niko :lyrical_lily: (niko@jir.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 23:48:58 JST Niko :lyrical_lily:
   English speakers are anxious about third-person pronouns, but I as a native Jawa speaker can't stop thinking about second-person pronouns.
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   • ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ (kurohitsuji@pawoo.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 00:09:43 JST ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ

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     @niko
     You mean the Jawa language has second-person pronouns with gender differentiation?

   • Niko :lyrical_lily: (niko@jir.moe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 00:09:43 JST Niko :lyrical_lily:

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     • ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ
     @Kurohitsuji Not gender differentiation, but registers indicating politeness level. There are three general registers: ngoko (for informal speech), madya (middle), krama (the highest register). There are at least one second-person pronoun for each register. I guess other Austonesian and Asian languages have this kind of style too, including Japanese. My personal problem is, sometimes I neither want to sound too formal nor too casual
   • ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ (kurohitsuji@pawoo.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 00:30:47 JST ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ

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     @niko
     Oh, I see. I understand your problem. Japanese also has several second-person pronouns.

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   • Niko :lyrical_lily: (niko@jir.moe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 01:37:33 JST Niko :lyrical_lily:

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     • pine
     @pinetree @Kurohitsuji it's weird for a king to use it when he has to address a peasant
   • pine (pinetree@misskey.id)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 01:37:35 JST pine

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     • ヒツジ・マスカルポーネ

     @niko@jir.moe @Kurohitsuji@pawoo.net Use 'panjenengan' and speak like a king. because you are 👑

   • Niko :lyrical_lily: (niko@jir.moe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 01:37:52 JST Niko :lyrical_lily:

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     @goo @pinetree "mengapa" is cooler than "kenapa"
   • :vepi: Dr. Beach Dork (goo@dobbs.town)'s status on Thursday, 22-Jun-2023 01:37:53 JST :vepi: Dr. Beach Dork

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     • pine

     @pinetree @niko when u say "mengapa" instead of "kenapa" and get the fluoride stare..