--- In [email protected], "KoOkY!"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah that's a more understandable explanation for me I think. And
> it's okay if they drop the desu ka entirely also?
Yes, it is. In casual conversation (among friends or family members)
they usually don't use "desu ka".
> The entire sentance on the page is "usagisan (Mr. Rabbit?) mogu
> mogu mogu (to pick). Nani tabeteruno?" So the anata wa and desu ka
> are generally more formal speech?
The sentence "usagisan mogu mogu mogu. Nani tabeteruno?" means "Mr.
Rabbit, (nibble, nibble, nibble), What are you eating?"
The phrase "mogu mogu mogu" is an onopatopoeia for chewing food
without opening the mouth or making much noise. It's usually used
as "mogu mogu", like "Nani mogu mogu tabeteru no?" I don't know if
there is an English word for it, so I have to settle for "nibble,
nibble" for now.
I guess the pase has a picture of a rabbit eating something, and the
book is supposed to be read by parents/teachers to children, hence
the sentence.
Generally, they don't use the second person (anata) in
Japanese. "Desuka" is used in formal and polite speech.
Kamui
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