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[fajrdrako]

An interesting item about memory and language.

I suppose it would be the same in languages other than English?

Comments

[chatona.livejournal.com]

It's been a great many years since I've studied Japanese and I never got very far with it. I know that I only learnt one kind of past tense and I think that our teacher did not omit any kind of past tense, so Japanese might only have one on the same level of imperfect and perfect in English? But don't quote me on that.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It would be interesting to look it up; or ask someone who knows Japanese. I wish we could just ask Toshiko!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

I could ask my best friend. He's half Japanese.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Let me know what he says.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

No, there's no such thing in Japanese. Although if you want to say you "have done" something at some point in your life, there's a specific way of saying that

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Right!

And the Japanese, in my experience, have good memories.