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Anonymous
1:08 AM
@gibbon Some people think they're interesting. My friend does.
 
Anonymous
I just treat them like any other vocabulary.... learn them as I come across them
 
jkerian
jkerian
1:31 AM
@gibbon They're a very focused, concentrated form of idiom
Another use: if you like conducting a traditional tea ceremony :)
 
 
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Flaw
Flaw
5:16 AM
When he declares "is not": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfmv43dGK4&t=6m05s
ではございません is used

When he declares "is": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfmv43dGK4&t=9m07s
です is used.
By symmetry I expected でございます to be used for "is"
Why です instead of でございます as expected from symmetry?
Or if I may ask from the other direction, why ではございません instead of ではありません ?
Also I noticed that it's not only one person. The rest of them also declare "is not" and "is" using ではございません and です.
ではございません ← ではありません ← ではない = だ → です/であります → でございます
That's the symmetry I had in my mind.
 

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