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[–] Marmaduke@lemmy.world 120 points 2 weeks ago (22 children)

Everyone in MGS apparently speaks like that because that's how you speak in Japanese, when you acknowledge something you just repeat it as a question instead of saying something like "oh cool", normally it's localized away.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (15 children)

I've always wondered if that was the case. I've also noticed that a lot of translated sentences end with some variation of "isn't it?" and figure there's some similar linguistic quirk at play.

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Desu ne? Is my very uneducated guess on what is translating to isnt it?

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Starf4rged@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Naruhodo (doesn't Naruhodo at all)

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Someone JSLs (Japanese as a Second Language)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

i never opened a japenese dictionary but my guess is you say "sodesuka" when you agree with sth, but you say "naruhodo" when you figured something out anew

[–] MrRandom@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

ain't that so?

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