Asking Questions Discussion
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Proud of myself to have finished the first part of my course! now to convince my mom to buy me premium...
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I plan on using my "I'm American and don't know any better" card as long as I can when asking questions, and just not worry about how to ask the question such that it offends the least amount of people possible. Seems like something you would just pick up.
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Last lesson to me, anyone else? ):
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It's more like the difference between the schooling system in Asian countries and western countries. Because I heard In Asian countries, such as Japan and China, the school level increases as Primary (小学校) x 6 years < Medium (中学校) x 3 years < High (高校 / koukou) x 3 years < University (大学) x 3 years. And college is similar to university but treated as a lower level (between high and university) by the society. So high school, college, and university are three totally different things.
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It is not only more efficient to omit "わたし" but also more polite. It is bad form to go "Me, me, me" all the time^^
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@Gaylen/Karol
I think I can guess where the confusion is stemming from. The definition of "college" depends on your country: for example, college in England is similar to high school in the United States, while college in the United States is similar to university in England. I think saying "high school" and "university" while avoiding "college" altogether would be less confusing. Obviously, whoever made this site is not British :P
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@Joe
Only if it's in informal, I believe. Ex: For " たのしい です か。", the equivalent w/o か would be "たのしい だ？"
@Karol
"University" and "College" means the same thing to me, I'm not sure of they're very different. :o
However, daigakusei is a college student, while koukousei is a high school student (b/c koukou = highschool).
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I hope this helps~ :3
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I think that Daigakusei is an University Student, not College; Koukousei is a College/Sixth Form student.
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You can also turn things into questions by using a rising intonation at the end of your sentence.
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someone miss spelled collage
