Re: group of questions

dareka wrote:
Tricky Trash wrote:

[...]
3. `mohan` and `tehon` from above.. Are these two words the same? How
are they different? Meaning? Usage?


模範 has a sense of excellent example while 手本 doesn't
necessarily have that sense.

Maybe something like "model" vs. "guide"?

[...]

7. Is choudai (in the sense of `give me please`)polite? For example
could a suborinate say `pen wo choudai` to his boss? could a waiter
used this word to a customer?


No, quite impolite. ちょうだい is a colloquial word when used
as a verb.

Would ちょうだいいたします just get funny looks?

(Also, it probably wouldn't sound quite so bad for someone to say 'pen-o
choudai' to *her* boss as to *his* boss, I bet.)

[...]

10. finally, if something `runs out` can i just say naku naru? i
realize this question is lacking in context, but in general is this
strange sounding? at work, i wanted to say That the paper in the
printer had run out, so i used nakunaru, but i was seemingly laughed at
for the comment, heh. maybe it was the accent, or the rest of the
sentence or something, but is nakunaru ok in this sense? kami ga naku
natta= odd?

No, it's OK.

I would have said it as HLLLL, but I see that 明解日本語アクセント辞典
says that both 亡くなる and 無くなる are LHHH. Something else I'm never
going to get right!

Bart
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