linguistic theory for the day

[kaigou]

Emphatic participles in Japanese, for which there is no direct equivalent in English, may instead be translated as follows (as deduced after lengthy research, discussion, and some chocolate). Just take a simple statement:

I'm going to walk the dog

...and add the following:

you gotta problem with that?



Works for pretty much any statement, anywhere, anytime.

Hah.

Now, I wonder. What characters other than Duo (GW) use this kind of emphatic participle in the original Japanese? Do tell.

Comments

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sometimes it can take away from things...in the Fushigi Yuugi manga, they leave it as "no da" at the bottom of the speech bubbles, and when Chichiri is being cute and happy, it works...but there was one time in the lastest vol. where it was just inappropriate, because he was being rather serious.

Also, Chichiri not being one of the main/on the screen all the time characters helps, because he doesn't have as much dialogue as say, Miaka or Tamahome.