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Koto Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

I'm proud of you

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00Would it be OK to say "I'm proud of you" to opposite-sex friends?02br
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0 01font 00Hi Koto,02br 00I think it's ok to say to ANYONE. 05002br 02br 02font 00 010id1

— Fleder_m@u_S

  • 0 01font 00Hi Koto,02br 00I think it's ok to say to ANYONE.
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0 01font00Hi Koto,02br
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01cite10Koto12cite10Hope I'm posting it in the right place. 12br
10Would it be OK to say "I'm proud of you" to opposite-*** friends?12br
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10Thanks in advance! 12br
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10 01b01font00Certainly! But now you have piqued my interest
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0 01font00Same question here, I've heard there're many things Japanese women supposed not to say (in Japan?), eg. kinshikei... (Actually i see they say it in anime many times 05000). But even such a compliment is restricted or something?02br
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00I can't think of anything particulary rihgt now, but "I'm proud of you" is something that I would not say to opposite-*** friends or older people. 02br
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00And yeh, there are things that women wouldn't say. Now, it really depends on girls, though..02br
00Years ago, I was with my boyfriend(this one was a conservative Jap
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0 01font00Hi Koto,02br
00Haha, I've heard that Japanese men (or even boys) are a bit more conservative than men in other countries. It seems to be right in your boyfriend's case. 05002br
00If there's a little problem with "umai", how about "oishii"? Is it appropriate in any case?02br
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00By the way, I guess there're
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0Hi Fleder_m@u_s!02br
00Hahaha, yeh my ex was conservative. 02br
00Japanese men in general...hmmm..depneds, but you might say that they are a bit more conseravative than men in other countries. I heard Korean men were conservative. I don't know any Korean people, so it might be wrong.02br
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00"Oishii"is good in every situation. But "Umai" isn't.. I
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00Would it be OK to say "I'm proud of you" to opposite-*** friends?02br
02font00I'd like to differ a little. I'm not so sure that "I think it's ok to say to ANYONE". To be proud of something suggests that you possess it, or have some proprietary interest in it. 02br
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00eg I can b
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi guys,12br
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11font10Would it be OK to say "I'm proud of you" to opposite-*** friends?12br
12font10I'd like to differ a little. I'm not so sure that "I think it's ok to say to ANYONE". To be proud of something suggests that you possess it, or h
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0Hi,02br
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00I 01i00sort of 02i00agree with Clive, but not entirely.02br
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00You would say that to someone with whom you have a close relationship. For example, if you have a good friend who you know has been struggling with a difficult decision, and she finally makes up her mind and does something that you know was difficult f
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Sometimes saying "I'm proud of you" can imply a position of superiority-- the speaker over the listener.
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