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• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  But tigers and pumas come from different continents, and neither of those continents are Africa.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Maybe they are in a big cat sanctuary

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• Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oblivion-ass conversation

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It being textbook standard 敬語 really cements that.

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• WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  • “I saw a mud crab a couple of days ago. Nasty creatures!”
  • “Farewell!”

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• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can read that!! I wasn’t really confident about it but a month of practice and I can see progress!

  Also, yeah. I too think that’s a conversation two Japanese people would have in a safari.

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  (it’s not a lie)

  Like, someone doing the test is also not going to believe a tiger made it all the way to Africa.

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or a puma for that matter. Or maybe they’re just visiting a zoo.

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• earthfm@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Farewell

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• idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Is this a polite conversation? I feel like it’s impolite to say that someone’s lying. It’s also impolite to lie (with a lot of caveats, but it’s at least impolite if it’s an obvious lie), so you don’t need to pretend to believe a person who’s trying to deceive you, but just accusing someone of lies without checking is rude.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It’s polite in the grammar sense. Japanese uses different verb endings depending on the level of politeness. Speaker A is using polite form while B uses casual form. This is normal when the speakers are not on the same social/hierarchical level. Like conversation between an employee and a boss, or a young person and an older person.

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  • Phoenix3875@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Although うそ literally means “it’s a lie”, it should have been translated to “Really?”

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    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t it even be more accurate to translate it as “You’re lying!?”. Not sure it would fit the “polite” tone, but then again, they’re about to be eaten by a tiger and/or a puma.

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thank you ! That’s why it’s important that the language textbook labels this as polite. When students ask about it, they’ll learn about either a linguistic or cultural difference that could make communication more difficult, if it’s not addressed.

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  • ProfessorScience@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also A is using polite sentence endings. 〜ます, 〜ました, and です.

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• Okokimup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s an old Chinese proverb: lies are like tigers; they are bad!

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• wieson@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Looks like they travelled there for the big cat conference

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• Zoldyck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sayonara

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• tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  残念だな。

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• davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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