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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: please repeat that
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 08:45:51 EST
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Just for the sake of confusing discussion further....

"Mo ichi-do itte kudaisai" (please say that one more time) is somewhat
rude in Japanese.  As in English, the polite request form is a negative
question ("kudasaimasen-ka").  Of course, asking things politely in
Japanese is complicated by the fact that one answers logically.

So "O-cha wa nomimasenka" (Won't you drink some tea) is answered
	"Iie, nomimasu" (No, I will drink)
or      "Hai, nomimasen" (Yes, I won't drink).

--Lee Gold