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sukoruduwan
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Using You're Welcome

Postby sukoruduwan » January 10th, 2007 7:35 pm

こんにちは。 アメリカ人にしたら労われる上で「You're Welcome」とは言い足してことがごです。日本語人もですか。宜しくお願いします。

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Postby Psy » January 10th, 2007 9:08 pm

あのう、母語話者じゃないですけど、上のメッセージはちょっと分かりにくいと思いますが... Ummm... though I'm not a native speaker, I'm having troulbe understanding you...

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Postby sukoruduwan » January 10th, 2007 9:12 pm

Sorry... Should have thrown an english translation, since I don't really know what I'm doing here. :-D (Your Japanese is undoubtedly better than mine, and if you can't understand me, then it's more likely my mistake than yours...)

Anyway...

The question itself was:

For an American it is polite to say "You're welcome" after you are thanked. Is this the same for a Japanese person?

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Postby Psy » January 10th, 2007 9:24 pm

Absolutely. Normal answers are どういたしまして (you're welcome) or simpler いいえ (no, [it was nothing]).

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Postby sukoruduwan » January 10th, 2007 9:32 pm

どうもありがとう。


(Edited to fix どうも)

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Postby Tom » January 10th, 2007 10:58 pm

How would a conversation go after the いいえ? In English, the first person might then say, "Well, thanks anyway," or something like that.
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Postby Psy » January 11th, 2007 4:01 am

I suppose it depends...? Saying that concludes the thanks/your welcome exchange. It's rather like saying "don't mention it." Unless you're talking with a friend or something, the conversation ends.

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Postby Comazon » January 12th, 2007 1:44 pm

^Exactly.

As far as I can tell, it's so well-established into the Japanese language that people know how you meant to use it and won't bother following it up.

I'd be surprised to hear otherwise.

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