Comparetive cultures
Every Tuesday I have applied linguistics class.
Today's topic is comparetive cultures.
We compare Japan with America.
Japanese is modesty.It's old habit.
So we have a lot of word about honorific.
Sometimes It's difficult for me...
On the other hand, American is equal basis.
For example, when I say to my friend "good bye",
Japanese sometimes say "Ganbatte". Maybe in english"keep trying".
That's why we think keep trying is good things.
But American say "take it easy".They think relax is good.
Comparetive culture makes people think different.
What do you think of it?I think it's so surprising and interesting!
Today's topic is comparetive cultures.
We compare Japan with America.
Japanese is modesty.It's old habit.
So we have a lot of word about honorific.
Sometimes It's difficult for me...
On the other hand, American is equal basis.
For example, when I say to my friend "good bye",
Japanese sometimes say "Ganbatte". Maybe in english"keep trying".
That's why we think keep trying is good things.
But American say "take it easy".They think relax is good.
Comparetive culture makes people think different.
What do you think of it?I think it's so surprising and interesting!
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Every Tuesday I have applied linguistics class.
Today's topic iswas compareative cultures.
We compared Japan with America.
Japanese is modestyare modest if you meant the language you can say "is a modest language".It's an old habit. tradition?
So we have a lot of word about honorifichonorific words.
Sometimes Iit's difficult for me...
On the other hand, Americans isare on a equal basis. I'm not sure what you meant here.
Maybe in eEnglish"keep trying".
But American say "take it easy".They think relax is goodit's good to relax.
Comparetive culture makes people think differently.
What do you think ofabout it?I think it's so surprising and interesting!
I also think it's really interesting to compare cultures because it really shows that from the beginning we're all the same but our cultures is what makes us different from each other!
英語頑張ってね!
I mean them.That's all right. :D
Every Tuesday I have Applied Linguistics class. ("Applied Linguistics" is an acceptable class title, if that's really the name of the class. It's good to capitalize the words in the names of classes.)
We compared Japanese culture with American culture.
The Japanese culture has a long tradition of modesty. (Americans don't focus on the modesty involved in Japanese relationships. Rather, they think of the social structure that results. Americans tend to describe Japanese culture as hierarchical, instead of modest.)
So we have many honorific words.
Sometimes the modesty is difficult for me. (It is much better if you can use a definite noun -- such as "modesty" -- here instead of the indefinite one.)
On the other hand, Americans treat each other as equals. (More often than in Japan, but there is still much social stratification.)
For example, when Japanese people tell their friends "goodbye," sometimes they say "Ganbatte."
Roughly translated, "ganbatte" means "keep trying."
That's because we think that it's good to keep trying.
But Americans say "take it easy." They think relaxing is good.
Comparative culture makes people think differently. (I am not sure what you mean. Maybe you mean "People have different opinions when they compare cultures"?)
I think it's so surprising and interesting! What's your opinion? (I switched the sentences because it's better to conclude your statement by asking for others' opinions. Otherwise it seems a little bit like you are answering your own question and don't want to hear your listener's opinion.)
Bjosse85 and I changed it to past tense. But if you mean that every week you compare Japan with America, it would be present tense, as you wrote it originally.
This class changes a topic every week so "We compared Japanese
culture with Amerian culture" is right.
Yes, I mean "People have different opinions when they compare cultures". It's so difficult to explain my opinion in English but lately I understand by degrees:D Thanks a lot!