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Originally Posted by omk3
Well, as I'm learning japanese right now, I'm not sure if the words for I and you are new (they don't seem to be), but they are amazingly varied (me as in small boy, me as a superior adult man, me as a sexy woman, me as an equal, etc etc, in very simplistic terms), and still are never used if it can be avoided. It is a source of surprise that you don't learn I and you on your very first lesson, as in most languages I know, but it makes sense, as you can actually speak japanese without ever using these words.
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Oops, you're right, how could I forget about all those versions of "I". However, I do think (and hope
) that what I said is true of anata (you), which is not all that frequent as you usually address people using their name or title.